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Colorectal Cancer

Archives for January 2010

infection
I got a call from radiologist moments ago saying they thought they saw possible infection on ct of liver. Has anyone been told this? What does it mean and how dob they treat?
Emmed??
Not sure if I spelled it correctly, but I've had a hell of a time dealing with nausea. I only have 5 more treatments to go, but that's about 15-20 days of feeling like total crap. Since I've gone back to work, I really can't afford those off days. My onc. nurse has made it her personal mission to resolve this. (Gotta love…
Dr. Cantrell
Wasn't there someone here that was seeing him? I was curious how that was going.
Rescheduled - NOW Conference Call! February 17. 8 PM EST Dr. Axel Grothey-Professor Oncology; Medi
Talk with Dr. Laura about Colorectal Cancer chat has been rescheduled due to a time conflict with Dr. Grothey. The good news is that we have rescheduled and the Mayo Clinic has generously offered to pay for a conference call so we can all call in and hear Dr. Grothey speak! The new information follows: February 17, 2010, 8…
Had Sir Spheres procedure on Wed.
Went in at 7am, sir spheres procedure around 9:30. Two hours in and 4 hr. recovery. I have to say that when they administered the sir spheres I did feel it and it was very painful. I was told it took a lot of pain meds. and versed to knock me out. I know as soon as I felt the pain and started yelling I was knocked out…
Any idea what to expect....
My husband just had treatment #11. Last treatment #12 will be Feb 9....YEAH! Scheduled to have scan week after last treatment and follow up with onc. He has stage iv rectal cancer (mets to liver) was stable (no shrinkage)at last scan. He is really tired now but after recovering from treatments he does great! He has not had…
Leukoplasts (?)
Has anyone ever heard/dealt with leukoblasts/leukoplasts (?) on the underside of their tongue? I had one before I was diagnosed - it was a somewhat large, white, "blister" on the underside of my tongue. It didn't really hurt - but wouldn't go away. I thought it was an ulcer - but as I said - it didn't really hurt. My…
Friday Riddle
Remember NO Googling or searching the Internet allowed, and good luck ! RIDDLE: What starts at red and stops at green?
Friday Thought of the Day
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” Walter Winchell
I'll pray for you...
I have initiated a thread over on the "Spirituality, Prayer, and Meditation" board on my experience of prayer and meditation as "relational" phenomena. I want to encourage the use of that board for dialogue on matters of spirituality and prayer and I invite you to join me and others there. The thread is titled "I'll pray…
DX UPDATE..... HUMMMM.....
Hey Everybody!! Seen Onc. today. He has changed things up a bit. NO MORE CHEMO!!!!! Well, drip form anyway...and no more wearing that black bag for 46 hours every 2 weeks!!! YEAH!!!!.... No more Nuelasta shots. I will be starting Xeloda on Feb. 8th with Avastin every 3 weeks. Thats it!!! I thought he would want a PET/CT…
Need Your Advice
Hello Everyone, I am new to the network. Have been following your supportive stories for a while and decided to join. Need your advice. Diagnosed with colon cancer in Feb 09, softball sized tumor and 20 lymph nodes (all removed), discovered small liver mets, did Folfox, liver mets died, discovered small lung mets, did…
Help w/ eating healthy when eating out (Emily, anyone?)
I go to lunch with friends every Tuesday and to dinner once a month with another set of friends. Dinner is no problem because we choose high end restaurants with varied menus and several of those gals are healthy eaters, however... My lunchtime gal pals (8-10) are about 50% working women. We have to choose places close by.…
Liver Surgery On
Hi All, I do not post much, I try to respond to those that I can and offer words of encouragement. Every time I read the posts here, my heart breaks! My sister was given the green light to have liver surgery! She will have it next week. This is a BIG step, as despite chemo since April of last year, her numbers have not…
ONC appt tomorrow, them off to CABO SAN LUCAS
Do I ever need a break! Will talk with my ONC tomorrow, that is today about LTD. Life with Stage 4 cancer is too short to debate whether to work or not. I have to find a way to manage, to be able to spend quality time with my family before I meet my maker. And I don't need this stress. Take Care, hugs.....Raquel
Oxi
Did anyone have bad reaction on Oxi and after some times get it again.Wife have folfox/avastin,folfiri/erbitux and mets are here again.She's so scared of oxi but after only 3 rounds she have clear scan.That was before 18 months.
Glad to have your help
Hello Everyone, I have finally been able to log on which took me 3 weeks so I used a different E-Mail acct. First of all I want to say how helpful your posts have been in helping me with preparing me for this journey. I’ll tell you about my medical Hx. I had blood in my stool for approx. 3 months. I finally got a reference…
Had my check up
I had my surgical check up for my anterior cerival fusions. Doctor says things are looking good. Still won't remove bandages for another week and then I still have to steri strip. My long neck has seemed to stop the healing process abit. I guess they usually hide the incision in a fold or crease in your skin in the neck. I…
Results
Well i took chris to the ER today after we could not get his colostomy to stop bleeding and we did not get good news:( They did a CT and found several lessions on his liver and a blood clot in the main vein that filters the abs... So I guess being done with chemo in March is a dream in the past.. Thanks all for being here…
Funky Feet with Xeloda...
I have been experiencing some weird sensation in both of my feet….During the first 8 rounds of Folfox (oxi and 5-FU) – I did not have any feet issues..no numbing, cracking, or the other known side effects with this cocktail… My team decided to do the radiation in-between the FolFox – so I got a nice 3 week treatment…
Tune into Extreme Makeover this Sunday - fellow cc
I do not know if she is a member of our discussion board - but we could all have a "watch party" on Sunday! A fellow cc will be featured on ABC’s hit series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition on Jan. 31 at 8 p.m. The show was responsible for building a new home for the Creasey family in November 2009. Because of the family's…
Is this a cause for concern?
Okay - I hope I am just being silly but wondered if anyone knows anything about high neutrophils. I had a CBC done on 1/8 and everything was in normal range except my neutrophils %. Normal range is 40 - 74% and mine was 78.4%. I asked the nurse and she said I may just be fighting an infection. Then I went to my new bone dr…
Remind me again why we have kids?
As if having colon cancer is not enough, now I have one child (30 yrs old) wanting me to pick her over my other child (34 yrs old). My son is going through a messy divorce and we are trying to help him as much as possible. My daughter says it's all my son's fault for marrying a 19 year old, so he should have expected it.…
FINALLY a follow-up colonoscopy!!!!
I have been jumping through hoops to get this colonoscopy for six months! It looked like it wasn't going to happen, but i guess i bitched enough to finally get some results because they called a few minutes ago, and it's scheduled for FRIDAY!! I don't even have the golytly yet, but hey, i'm not complaining. The only thing…
Brake Failure
When I was 24 I was driving across San Francisco to meet a friend at the movies. As I crested a particularly steep hill above Chinatown, my brakes suddenly failed with no warning. If you've ever visited here you know how steep the hills are and how crowded Chinatown is. I careened down the hill, gathering both speed and…
Thank You All
Hi. I would like to thank everyone of you for being an inspiration to me since March 2009. I was 42 years old and DX with Stage 4 cc mets to liver and lung. I went through a month of terror not eating, sleeping or living. I was terrified and felt hopeless. I went to Sloan-Kettering and had a very netative Dr. Luckily my…
Craig is a frigging train wreck!
I saw your video. You must have won the lottery in a past life! Now things are catching up with you.
spirulina
I've ordered a bunch of stuff to make a photobioreactor (don't get spooked, it's just a sealed environment for nurturing algae) for growing spirulina. I want to go on a low calorie algae diet for a month in the spring. I've tried raw spirulina in the past and really like it. I bought enough stuff to make two. I was…
colostomy question
I know i have told you that my husbands stomach has been very painful lately and that he looked bloated. When i told the dr he said that with colostomy and illeostomy there can be pain.. But today it is bleeding ALOT out of the colostomy and it usually never puts out anything.. Could this be more of a cancer thing or more…
New TX plan/Onc thoughts...
I have a new treatment plan that includes stereotactic radiation to my 2 lung mets followed by 3 months of 5 fu. My oncologist sited a study with 2 groups of stage IV cc patients that had exhausted all available chemos. One group got 5 fu and the other nothing. The 5fu group lived 1 1/2 years longer. I had not heard/read…

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