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Colorectal Cancer

Archives for March 2010

went to dr. re. new treatment
I went to my see my oncologist today. I had written a few days ago about how frustrated I was, and that I went all week long last week without anyone returning my call even though I called the office daily Tues-Fri. Won't go into all the details there again, but it was really unbelievable. If I had gone into the office…
Update on Hubby **Update**
My husband met with another Oncologist last Thursday. It was definitely an eye opening experience. The dr. did a very thorough exam, and was very surprised that there was no tenderness or pain in his liver (Never has been, and that the liver was not really enlarged, asked a lot of questions and spent a lot of time going…
Sunburn today, Snow tomorrow! Anyone else got CRAZY weather?
What's going on? I sat outside today and really enjoyed getting a little sun but now we've got snow in the forecast for tomorrow. I'm ready for spring! Ready to get some plants in the ground! Anyone else getting weird weather for this time of the year?
proud father !!!!!
good evening seml's pray and hope all is well. well this evening my daughter dana was pinned an lpn. i am a very proud father and very proud of her. it has been hard on her sometimes but she did it. just wanted to let my family here know. next stop r.n. be well never,ever give up!! bruce
worried....
Hi everyone... I no its been a little while but i have been trying to deal with everything and with chris new found attitude... Before chris was diagnosed he was a bit of a beer drinker and loved his chewing tabacco. After all his surgeries and his trials he quit both. His dr advised him that he NEEDED too.. Well as of a…
My CT Scan Results
Hi everyone, Today I met with my oncologist + she went over my CT results. As my oncologist said "it is good news". I have no new growth + the mets from my liver have decreased in size or stayed the same. There was calcification on my liver, which she said is from the cancer dying off. This CT was after treatment #9 of…
Colonoscopy 6 months after surgery?
I guess I have a need to vent. History: Went to PCP in Sept. 2008 because of severe anemia. Doctor thought that I must be bleeding internally so set me up for colonoscopy and endoscopy of stomach. I went for the procedures on 9-24-08. The gastro doc was 1 hour late, 5 patients waiting for the procedure all with…
Ready to Juice...Champion Brand What Model?
Any suggestions...what's your favorite juicer? Thanks
Blue Boy aka "Harley" Update - New Pics, a Couple of Stories - and an Introspection on Pet CareGiver
Kathryn and several people in the group wanted to see some updated pictures of Harley, so over the w/end, I put together a couple of pics of his papa, “Jerry Lee” and several of Harley, now at 12-weeks old. Harley is the latest member of our Pet CareGiver family and he’s trying to find his way to see what he can do – or…
Medicare
I may go on SSDI and medicare in two years. i will be 54 then, are the programs the same at that age and how do they cover cancer patients ?
snomminj’s Post
So what was in the post that would be offensive enough to delete the whole thread AND the person who deleted it to NOT respond. I use this board rarely now because the allear to have a serious bias against people that share terir faith. To delete a thread without offering a explanation and hiding behind the TOU is…
CHANNEL 2 TO CALL ME TODAY
I spoke with Christie from ch 2 and she will get back to me after 2 pm and talk about doing an interview with me thursday about cc awareness and wear blue day and our million surviver walk 2011 I am so excited
cant believe no one read this post
I posted a new treatment on cc and not one person has looked at it...Issels.com talks about this and it may work for some one in here...please look at it and see if it is for you...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL THE MARCH BABIES
PGLCreg - 2 March Idlehunters - 7 March Colon2 - 20 March If you would like to be added the the Birthdays List, please do so by providing me with the following information: Date of birth including year Date of DX including year, and if NED, date of that as well.
constapation/blockage
Discussion hello everyone; this is my first discussion and i'm very interested to read your replies. i've had on and off what appears to be intestinal blockages. i had my resection 1 year and 3 months ago. my usual and or regular bathroom habbits **from what i can remember because doing chemotherapy has really changed and…
Friday Riddle Answer
RIDDLE: A + B = C C + D = E A + C = D B + D = F F = 6. Assuming that letters A-E all are represented by nonzero positive numbers, solve for A-E. ANSWER: A = 1 B = 2 C = 3 D = 4 E = 7 1 + 2 = 3 (A + B = C) 3 + 4 = 7 (C + D = E) 1 + 3 = 4 (A + C = D) 2 + 4 = 6 (B + D = F)
Just diagnosed: now asking Chemo first or surgery first?
My fiance was just diagnosed with Stage Iv colon cancer that has spread to his liver. We have met with one doctor who is recommending 3-6 months of chemo before doing surgery. I am still learning these terms but the chemo he is recommending is the one that cause problems with neuropathy because the they are afraid that the…
Update
Hello all, I had the Sir Spheres procedure done on the left lobe of my liver this past Thursday. He wanted to keep me in the hospital overnight this time for pain mgmt. I really could have stayed longer as I have experienced a great deal of pain from the procedure. I have been taking pain medication around the clock since…
kapper48
on the caringbridge site carrie writes that pat is still in the hospital and throwing up after he eats they think it may be the medication he is on but have to wait for the doctors to come in on monday to be sure...
Vitamin D
I went to a Pharmacy lecture today - and a Radiation oncologist stated that everyone should have a prelim vitamin D level drawn... He stated that there are Researchers studying the fact that most CRC patients have a Vitamin D deficiency....hummmm I have been treated for over 3 years thru a endocrinologist for an extremely…

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