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Colorectal Cancer

Archives for March 2010

Ater 9 months - I gave Birth to NED
Yes, After this LONG 9 months of chemo/radiation pregnancy - I gave birth to a CLEAN and HEALTHY Pet/Ct - named NED (no evidence of disease) scan on Friday 3/19/2010! I cannot thank each and everyone of you for your help, prayers and courage thru this journey....I cannot THANK YOU for ALL you have done with my posts and…
Second CT Scan in a week – concerned about radiation
Last year I had six CT Scans. Last week I had another CT Scan and because they saw a perforated diverticulum they have scheduled me for another CT Scan today. Two in one week!!! Is this too much radiation?
Neuropathy 'prevention' info
Shands Teaching Hospital article Glutathione: Glutathione is a small protein that is involved in detoxification; it binds to toxins in the body and transforms them into a form that can be excreted in urine or bile. Glutathione appears to significantly reduce numbness and tingling in the extremities, which is a common side…
Weird question re side effects from FOLFOX (5FU/Oxaliplatin)
I noticed both during treatment, and now that I am almost 2 years out, that neuropathy has been focused: 4th toe left foot; recently 4th toe rt ft and 4th finger left hand. With a chill, 4th finger rt hand was also "tingling" in that neuropathic manner. This has not been the sole extent of my neuropathy, but this oddity of…
Help With Medical Bills
This was in a North NJ Newspaper a little while ago. I hope it can help some of you out there with your medical expenses. -phil HEALTH COSTS By M.P. Mc Queen Help With Medical Bills A diagnosis of cancer or other serious disease can be devastating to one’s financial as well as physical health—even for people with…
6 years since diagnosis
It has now been 6 years since I was diagnosed with rectal cancer. I have very mixed feelings about it. I have been in treatment for most of the 6 years. I am still very much alive and feel very lucky to be here. I am struggling right now because I have run out of chemo options and have been off of chemo for the last 5…
The "enemy within", thats what cancer is to me
The Enemy Within. Unlike an insect or animal bite, a rusty nail or dirty needle the origin was within my own body, of my own body, like a deadly parasite thats trying to survive by consuming the healthy cells around it,by co-opting other healthy cells to join in my destruction, to spread their poison as far and wide as…
Just feeling blue
Hi, I will start with saying I am sorry, but I am feeling whiny and have no one to cry too but friends here. That's just part of how I feel. I am waiting to hear from UCSF and feeling anxious about what, when,where I will get my next treatment. I am stage 4 with mets to my lungs.. I feel good, but sometime am just plain…
Colonoscopy prep Part III - what's with the stringy stuff?
Okay...sorry to be so graphic... it is 2 hours after I finished the prep. What is with the stringy yellow stuff in my bm? The rest of the time I've had just yellow liquid. My insides sound like there is a party going on....especially on the left side. Is this all normal?
got another question?????? hernia
Has any one experienced a stomach hernia while on FOLFOX treatment or after surgery? If so did you wait to have it repaired after the treatments?
insurance problems
Insurance desk jockeys playing doctor.....hmmm sounds unethical to me Is the California insurance industry trying to kill us off early by denying benefits so they won't have the cost of the long haul????? Sounds like it to me. My 5FU/Irin/Avastin tx at USC were $20,000 billed to Medicare,per treatment, Medicare was…
Colonoscopy Prep - scared Part II
Okay, so I stalled for an hour and I'm now beginning the prep. The taste is very gross. The mixture is slimy and salty. I'm having doubts my friends if I can chug this stuff down. I'm drinking it from a straw hoping this will help. Thank you all who have given me such great advice so far. I hope I don't have to join your…
Xeloda Side Effects: Pale Bowel Movement Color?
My husband is once again taking Xeloda. Has anyone had the experience of having their bowel movements become very pale as a side effect of Xeloda therapy? If so, what does that mean? Fortunately, we're not looking at diarrhea or constipation as problems at the moment, but my husband's bowel movements have been a very pale…
Colonoscopy Prep - scared
Well, I am on my liquid diet and have taken the two pills for my halflytely prep. I'm not looking forward to drinking the prep. My two main fears for today: 1. The bowel movements will cause me to have severe bleeding (reason for the colonoscopy). 2. The bowel movements will mess up my electrolytes and cause my heart to…
Famous CNN photographer has died from colon cancer
Margaret Moth storyBut more than three years after being diagnosed with colon cancer, her tremendous life journey has come to an end. Moth, known for her gutsiness, striking appearance, distinctive humor and sense of fun, died early Sunday in Rochester, Minnesota. "Dying of cancer, I would have liked to think I'd have gone…
CT results
Hi everyone, We got the scan results on John on Friday. The chest CT was a final report and said that many of the sub centimeter pulmonary nodules have improved. Previous cluster of nodules in the right lower lobe are no longer measurable. A few unchanged nodules were also seen. The impression said Improved pulmonary…
Longest year of my life.
I mean that in a good way. I just finished my first year of chemo and as much as chemo blows, it's good to be alive. I am laying here in bed, late on Saturday night, thinking about all the crap that we all go through just to see another day. I know that many of you have been on chemo alot longer than I have and have dealt…
hmmmmm????
Is it possible for colon cancer to mestasize to the esophagus??? i am sure my spelling is way off...sorry... lol loves mel
Daughter having scope and endoscopy on the 23rd...
So my 24 year old daughter told me about two weeks ago that she's been having bowel problems since about August and thought she'd tell me. I immediately called my surgeon and he's doing a colonoscopy and an endoscope on her this next Tuesday. Mostly because of our family history, but then again, mostly because he can't…
Stoma Care - How Do You Do It?
I have read others posts about how they hate their bag and from others who seem to think it's not that big a deal. Aside from the fact that we all have different levels of tolerance for different kinds of stressors (I may be able to handle a bag, but can't handle needles, for example) I wonder how much of it has to do with…
Girlfriend wanted to know why its called a "stoma"
I told her its because they took the "ache" out of stomach (therefore "stoma")Hope all (trying) to enjoy the warmer weather while it lasts: Happy Springtime......steve PS:actually, the "ache" was really somewhere else.....
Starving all the time since liver resection!
Ok this is probably a weird one.....haven't had a chance to ask my surgeon yet, but who better to answer then those who have been through it. I had 1/2 of my liver and gall bladder removed 5 weeks ago due to an anal cancer that spread there. Since then, I am STARVING....like I haven't eaten in days several times a day. My…
NED FOUR YEARS HAVE A QUESTION?
HI IT WILL BE FOUR YEARS MAY 8TH SINCE MY HUSBAND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE 3 RECTAL CANCER. AFTER HAVING RADIATION, CHEMO A RESECTION AND THEN 4 MORE MONTHS OF CHEMO HE IS DURING GREAT. HE HAD PET SCANS, SIGMOIDS, COLONOSCOPIES AND BLOOD WORK EVERY 3 MONTHS THEN EVERY 6 MONTHS UNDER THE CARE OF HIS SURGEON. AT HIS LAST…
My husband's colonoscopy today
I'm so glad my husband finally got his scope done. He is too. Now that it is over, he is glad he did it because they removed 3 polyps. He knows they will never have a chance to grow and cause him the troubles that mine did. He just turned 50 this year so he was due for one. Something strange was also found durihg his…
Test set
they are going to do a C scan on my liver tuesday at 11 am ...hope they find out what is going on been very sick today in bed most of it...man cancer sucks
Stage IV cc patient released from prison
This poor guy has spent 16 years in prison and has Stage IV cc. The witness who claimed to have seen him at the scene admitted not only to lying about this guy, but wasn't even NEAR the store where this happened. Poor guy was dx'd late due to being in prison, etc. At least he's being released! I hope the govt. will repay…
So much pain
Hello everyone,I have not been on here in a while but still reading daily. As most of you know I have had Sir Spheres to both lobes now and while I know it takes a while to work, in the meantime I have been in so much pain. I started having pain in belly along with bloating before the Sir Spheres. I mentioned this to my…
Anybody had these? Eloxatin/ Oxaliplatin- Fluorouracil (5FU) Leucovorin - Avastin (Bevacizumab)-
Start chemo on Monday and this is the list of drugs the doctor gave me. He told me I shouldn't have any problems other than sensitivity to cold. Anything else I should look for? Don't want to fight any demons that won't be there, but I still worry.
Japan Study Shows Reason for Hope!
Colon Cancer Mets Surgery Great Results Long-term survival can be expected after R0 resection of pulmonary metastases I saw these articles earlier and thought I'd share this encouraging news. I especailly like this portion. The longer a person with metastatic cancer lives, the more likely that he or she will be around to…
3rd time to fight this beast! advice/options/prayers wanted
HI all. been a while since i posted, so breif history: (I am caregiver) My hubby was dx in 2004 stage 4 1 met to liver, colon resected and liver resected in 2004 with FOLFOX/Avastin in between surgeries... another surgery in 2005 for adhesions/bowel obstruction.. met returned to liver and was resected in july 2007 followed…

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