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Reading Room: 5-minute colon cancer test could save thousands
http://my.earthlink.net/article/hea?guid=20100427/c862b5e1-ffb4-4ea7-a8d9-d36669ab1b71
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How do you delete pictures?
Anyone know how to delete pictures on your expression page?
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My first Chemo treatmen
My first Chemo treatment is in the morning...I am very nerves but I feel it will be OK no matter what. My sister is going with me for support and also to drive, as I don't know how I will feel afterwards. Well wish me luck. I will be back online in the next few days to let you all know how I did. Sue
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Has anyone heard about fedester?
I remember he had one polyp removed at his latest colonoscopy,but don't remember the results of pathology.
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Input from three Doctors today
We saw Jim's primary Doctor today and told him of our concerns over the conflicting information we'd gotten concerning the liver surgery. He said he would go for the surgery. Then his colon surgeon called and we discussed the situation and our concerns over what he saw, and he was concerned that the surgery may not be the…
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ATTN: betsydoglover
Hi My Husband's surgeon stated that patients could go on just AVASTIN, but the oncologist said it wasn't approved for colon cancer without a primary chemo treatment. Do you take just AVASTIN? Where are you treated-what town/hospital? I hope you don't mind the questions. Thank you! BTW My husban took folfox and avastin 12…
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pancreatic cancer, help needed!
a dear friend of my daughter has just found out that her mother in law has pancreatic cancer with spread to her liver. They are, as you would expect, devastated. They have checked with Duke and can't get in to see a doctor for 2 months, which probably is too long to wait. Any suggestions or referrals? They live in the…
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Curcumin or Turmeric
Has anyone taken Curcumin or Turmeric supplements? Cancer Lett. 2007 Oct 8;255(2):170-81. Epub 2007 Apr 19. Curcumin for chemoprevention of colon cancer. Johnson JJ, Mukhtar H. University of Wisconsin, School of Pharmacy, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705-2222, USA. jjjohnson6@wisc.edu Abstract The most practical…
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checking for lights in the darkness–stage 4 survivors
Hello everyone Though I don't post much, I do check in periodically just to bear witness to all, and to me, who are on this cancer path. I'm posting a link to a NY times article from today that pretty much sums it up for me as to why I do this. I hope you enjoy it too. P.S. My CEA yesterday was 1.5 and my every 2 month…
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Question to formerly NED patients
There have been a few members who were NED at one point and have had reccurence. Assuming you were no longer on Chemo,were any of you following a "cancer diet" or taking "anti-cancer" supplements continuing well after being NED or were you back to the same lifestyle prior to diagnosis? If you were using supplements, what…
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Looking for suggestions to help gain weight while on chemo....
Hello, This is my first posting - I am a caregiver for my mother (age-75) who is battling stage 3 colon cancer. She has completed 6 of her 12 treatments but is now having problems with nausea and lack of appetite. Before her surgery her weight was 142 -today she is at 128 - Height - 5ft. 8 in. tall so she doesn't have alot…
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cnat operate
The cancer has spread to my right lobe of the liver and head of the pancres cant remove it spreading fast chemo and radition is my only option at his point will get a port in on the 7th and pain management next week.
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after surgery
I am 3 weeks post surgery today. Have had some complications and had to go back to the hospital. My incision came open after removal of staples about 7 inches, and I was severly constipated. i am packing wound now twicw a day, and it looks good no infection. They do say that I have air trapped under my diaphram from…
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chiropractic
I have a colostomy. It has not been reversed yet. Has anyone with a colostomy used chiropractic care? I have sciatica, in the past chirop. worked great. I would like to use this therapy again.
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PET SCAN OVER
I go to the doctors apt at 11:20 am and they said he may have the results by the time I get there if not in the morning for sure. I had a very bad time last night pain very bad nothing was helping and I went to bed and ask God for the pain to go away and give me a good nights sleep and for the pet to go well today. I got…
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Miralax prep not "The Bomb"...
I am a stage II-B, 6 year survivor, so I have to do annual colonoscopies. Two weeks ago I did a miralax prep at 6:00 pm. after some Dulcolax. By 3 a.m. nothing had happened. I had a low resection in '04, so I don't get much warning when the urge to purge hits me. I was fighting to stay awake about then when I suddenly felt…
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New to site
Hi to all, I just found out 2 months ago that I have Colon Cancer. I went to the hospital with pains on my right side, they did a CT scan and found a mass in my Colon. I had surgery to remove the mass and the Doctor told me it was cancer with cancer in one lymph node, I saw the pathology report and I am Stage III B. It has…
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new here
i was dx with stage iv colon cancer on mar 26 after undergoing surgery. i'm having a real hard time. after surgery i had an ostomy bag, i'm 56 yrs old and it is hard to teach an old dog new tricks. i start chemo tomorrow and i am scared to death. i've been reading this board for a couple weeks now and i have to say i can…
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gracie 2010 welcome back!
Hi Gracie, I am glad to see you back posting. How did your surgery go + how are you feeling? I hope everything went well. Best wishes!
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Friday Riddle Answer
RIDDLE: n + n + .... n times = n^2. differentiating both sides with n we get 1 + 1 +.... n times = 2*n or n = 2*n find the flaw? ANSWER: ans. n + n + .....n times we can only add if "n" is an integer. So basically this function is discontinous and we can't differentiate a discontinous function.
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Here goes...
I'm leaving for NYC in a few minutes - first my CT scan, then onc appts. Hopefully my last 6 month checkup, and we can move on to annual scans... I'm assuming all will be clear, but I also know that cancer doesn't play by any rules. And, since I'm normal, I'm nervous. I've premedicated likely IV sites with Lidoderm (since…
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pattis brother Jeff here
http://videos.lifetributes.com/MediaViewer2.0/MovieViewer.aspx?id=134032 thx y'all for everything... i will-be praying for all of y'all... this is a video played at Patti's services,,in memory of Patti .....Jeff
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Kanzius now in FIRST PLACE- please vote!!
www.refresheverything.com/kanziuscancerresearch
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Looking for member "Kuastoi"
you and I have the same Cancer spread...lymph node only, no organs. I would very much like to speak with you. Ern
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an alternative
My wife found an alternative to Depends well kind of. They are called Guards for Men, made by Depends. On the side of the package there was pictures and descriptions of the Depends line of products and it showed a similar looking product that was listed as Depends Boost Inserts, "For added protection in Depends Absorbent…
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I am looking for a member...
The user ID is "Kuastoi" and they posted on 8/19/09, topic "Decision Point". You and I have the exact same rectal cancer...lymph node only, no organs. If you are still active, I would very much like to talk with you. Thank you. Ern
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We're going to a teaching hospital for surgery next Monday!!!!
A week from tomorrow, Jim goes for liver surgery at Loyola hospital. He had his colon surgery done on March 17th at Provena St. Joseph in Joliet, and after being told that liver surgery was not possible because of both the right and left lobe having lesions, we opted for a second opinion. The surgeon who did the colon…
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Study from MSKCC: "Surgery Not Necessary for Most Late-Stage Colorectal Cancers"
Surgery Not Necessary for Most Late-Stage Colorectal Cancers May 30, 2009 NEW YORK, NY http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/92848.cfm I've posted this link on a few of the threads - thought it merited a thread of its own. I found it on the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center website. It certainly goes against "gut" (no pun…
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Colonoscopies at 50 - why???
I am an anal cancer survivor and visit the colorectal site frequently as well. I am saddened by the passing of Patti. Though I didn't know her, I can tell she meant a lot to all of you and my heart goes out to her friends and family. I recently read about another young woman who sadly lost the battle, Liz. What I cannot…
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Crow71 update
Hi all. I have been reading and following and sharing news with Roger. I hope he will be back on the board soon. He was discharged from the hospital on Thursday. He did develop an infection in the wound at the hospital and the whole thing was opened on Tuesday night. We went back yesterday afternoon because the wound…