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Colorectal Cancer

Archives for March 2010

Does anyone else just get teary for no reason....
Today is a I HATE CANCER day.... I'm talking to my onc before chemo. Really, I'm truly feeling great. My neuropathy hasn't even bothered me for about the last week. Just one of those days that even the word cancer can make me tear up. Maybe just tired from working last night and having to get up early this morning for…
scan not good CEA up from 12 -16 what to do?
CT scan did show groweth CEA is up from 12 -16, I need some ideas is radioology something I should consider I know a lot of you have been thru all of this I have been on the chemo over a year now. my other blood work is good just dont know which way to go with this now SHERI22
outside at last!
just a little tip of the topper to Spring. This is the warmest March i can remember for a long time. We have Spring break this week and the kids are out running around. Some years in Canada we will have snow right through March but today it is 60 degrees and you can actually be outside without boots, scarf, mitts. The snow…
List of Current Studies seeking participants
Someone took the time to find these on another forum and I thought we might have a member needing this info! Gemzar info MEK/PI3K inhibitors: biologic IGF receptor targets Advanced, Refractory Solid Tumors This study is currently recruiting participants. FOLFIRI in Combination With AMG 479 or AMG 655 vs FOLFIRI in…
Kapper48
carie posted on his caring bridge that he is at home alittle sore but very happy to be home ...I will pray for a good recovery..,.
Lisa42
I read some where that Gemzar may make Erbitux effective for patients with the KRAS mutation. If you are already getting the Gemzar maybe slipping in a treatment or two of erbitux would help.
The Reading Room: NY Times-With Cancer, Lets Face It: Words Are Inadequate
Interesting philosophical piece. NY Times Link: With Cancer, Lets Face It: Words Are Inadequate> Hatshepsut
I've been busy
Thanks to everyone tracking me down. I've been really busy. Between my son, wife, work, and play things haven't slowed down a bit. I haven't turned on my TV in 2 weeks. I've been on the computer very little. I have a lot of irons in the fire and I don't see things letting up for a while. I had a PET/CT last thursday. This…
pushed into early menopause/bowels still wierd
Hi all - first let me say that I wish that I had found you when I was going thru treatment! I was DX at age 49 with stage II TN3, Oct 2008, had colostomy and tumor removed Nov 2008, chemo Jan 2009 - May 2009, colostomy reversal June 2009. No radiation done and so far, by the grace of God I am cancer free! Now I am…
the insurance warrior
Many of you read my other thread "starting Gemzar Wed and am paying cash". In it, I talked about how my insurance company (Health Net) has denied the next chemo treatment I need, Gemzar. They say it's not on the standard FDA approved list of chemos for colorectal cancer (it isn't- but I've "used up" all the standard FDA…
insurance runaround
I don't post often but follow the boards regularly. I just have the need to vent a little about insurance. I was terminated from my job in Feb. sent in the paperwork for continuation of ins through cobra. It's been a month and haven't heard anything, so I got on the phone and started making calls. I feel like I'm getting…
Prayers are going out 4 me
got an E mail form my group and they started praying this morning so I feel alot better now that I know I have such a strong support group. This stuff ripes at you from all angles and we have to stay positive in order to win the race and I am positive that it is going to be a minor set back and not bother with worrying…
Scan
Well it's time again. John is having a CT scan on Thursday and we will see the Onc on Friday. His CEA has gone up a little so this worries me. I think I stress more about the scans than he does. The Onc cut his Xeloda back to three pills in the moring and three at night. He seems to have done better on this dose. His hands…
Confused about CEA levels?
Hi, My fiance had colorectal cancer in 2004 and has been NED since.We had his scans and blood tests over the weekend and I am so happy to tell all of you that the results were good.We shall be showing the scans to his doctor by the coming weekend but from what the doc at the lab told us it's all good.I just wanted to find…
Here's something sticky thats good:
A report from John Hopkins says chewing sugarless gum after colon cancer surgery can reduce your recovery stay in hospital by several days......."Chewing gum triggers the same reflex as eating, stimulating gasstrointestinal hormones connected with bowel activity".....Article does not mention nature of surgery…
New cancer-killing compound
2006 - New cancer-killing compound found in salad plant The Time Line: 2007 2008 2009 Artemisia 2010 2010 Artemisia Biomedical, Inc. 2010 I know how I feel about this..... The same as I've felt about Hydrazine Sulfate, TCM, and Trovax.
starting Gemzar/5FU Wednesday- update: it went well
UPDATE Wed, 3/17: Hi again, All went well today. I've just been home about a 1/2 hr from getting the "new" chemo Gemzar (gemcitabine) along with 5FU and leucovorin. All went well- no weird allergic reactions, as I'm often prone to getting, no problems at all. I didn't even fall asleep the whole time but had a lovely chat…
Starting folfox6 treatment tomorrow...
Tuesday morning I start my 6 months of folfox, my port was put in on friday, im a bit worried about how this will go. One step closer to doing the dance!!!
Waiting for my CT Scan results isn’t fun.
Had a CT Scan today, which is my first since June, 2009. I’m stage 2A and this is like waiting for the other shoe to drop. How do you people stay calm when you know the results of a CT Scan can shatter you lives, if the results show that the cancer has spread to the liver or other organs?
Pet scan is what I am having
well they just called back and it will be a pet scan never had one of them...in a week or so ...
COMING OFF TREATMENT PARTY!
I'm doing the dance, doing the dance, doing the dance, dance, dance, dance, dance! I finished my LAST round of Folfox today - all 12 (excluding Oxi after treatment #9)!!! I will have a Pet/CT done next week and see the colorectal surgeon next week too!!! This has been a LONG 9 months of treatment! My year anniversary of…
Oh No
ONC office just called and my liver mets came back alittle elevated and they will do a scan of some kind in about 2 weeks to make sure nothing is going on what does this mean never heard this before...
after chemo
It has been almost two months since I finished chemo (six months)and the tips of my fingers are still partially numb. Is that normal? Will it get better. I think I have a bit of carpel tunnel in my right wrist so that makes my right hand worse, but my left hand fingers are a bit numb. Also, you talk about mop up chemo. Is…
Friday Riddle Answer
RIDDLE: A man worked for a high-security institution, and one day he went in to work only to find that he could not log in to his computer terminal. His password wouldn't work. Then he remembered that the passwords are reset every month for security purposes. So he went to his boss and they had this conversation: Man-"Hey…
Cancer free?
hello -- so after being told i have tooo many tumors to count and a couple of years on and off treatment, i heard " cancer free" from my surgeon... i am in amazement and shock. i finally recieved my liver resection(Mayo) and "cancer free" was the words she used. I am grateful, blessed and scared. scared bc what if it comes…
Roger (Crow71) - nice picture!
Hi Roger, You are posting with a really nice picture - is it from your NYC trip? You look very relaxed!
Horrible nightmares!
I woke half a dozen times last night out of nightmares about doctor visits and CEA results. My CEA is tomorrow (Mar. 16th) and I've been totally at peace about the upcoming blood tests and then scan in a few weeks but when I sleep........ This will be my first CT scan since late Feb. '09 and CEA since Dec. '09. I believe…
sfmarie?
Hi Marie: What is the laatest update with your sister? Please let us know. I have been thinking about your family. Amy
My Mom has left this world
Just wanted to let you all know that my mom took her last breath at 11:30 am yesterday morning with my dad and all of her kids by her side and then went to be with Jesus. She died peacefully after being diagnosed with Stage IV CC in late June of ’09. I don’t tell of this news to discourage anyone here – but to THANK YOU…
fox chase
Hi everyone. My sister is going to Fox Chase in Philadelphia for a consult on Wed. She has already been to Sloan, U of Maryland and U of Pennsylvania. We are hoping they will come up with a treatment plan and hopefully surgery will be an option in the near future. She is stage 4 with mets to liver and lungs. Has anyone…

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