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Friday Riddle Answer
This weeks winner is PGLGreg. CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIDDLE: RIDDLE: Four couples spend an evening together. Their first names are Elizabeth, Jeanne, Mary, Anne, Henry, Peter, Louis, and Roger. At a given time... Henry's wife is not dancing with her husband, but with Elizabeth's husband. Roger and Anne are not…
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Sore feet
Just wondering if any one has or are still getting the painful blisters on there feet, i have been off Chemo since Jan 15th, and in the past 5 days i have 2 painful blister reoccuring on the ball of both feet,
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Family together again.
I thought I might share some good news from the house of "greybeard"; Several years ago my middle daughter moved to Utah to go to school. Well as things turned out, she ended up meeting a wonderful young man who is now my Son-in-law, and they have added two more grandchildren to our family, bringing the total to four, and…
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we're back
Just wanted to say, we are back from vacation. It went by way too fast, but doesn't something you can't wait for always fly by. I have read a few posts since we came back on Tuesday and just wanted to say Hi to everyone. I have posted a few pictures on my expressions, one of them is my husband at the pool in Margaritaville…
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I need your perspective here
Jim is so tired and not eating very much at all. I know it's normal after liver resection, but any suggestions on what I could offer him to eat? I'm making shakes with protein powder to help with the weight loss, but he's gone from 185 to 168 since surgery May 3rd. I remember someone saying how much it upset them when…
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Next weekend
After reading the terrible news about Pat today I wondered if we could have a roll call on Memorial Day weekend for all the members we've lost in the last year? I hope it wouldn't scare any new people, but for all they've helped we should remember these people at least once a year. We could also add friends and family that…
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My thoughts.....
When I first started out, I was so scared, and it was this sight that helped me calm down. No question or comment was too stupid. As I continued on this journey I have become the parent, grandparent, the great grandparent and as people come on to this board, they slowly take our place in the lineage. We can never forget…
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recurrence??
I no with sad regret many of you have had recurrences of your colon cancer. I am just wondering what the symtoms are?? As I last told you chris had blood in his stool so we went to the dr on Thurs.. This is not his only symtom. He is SO fatigued its a chore to get out of bed for a week now. He never had nausea through this…
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Patrick Kapper
I received a caring bridge update from Pat's wife Carrier that Patrick lost his battle this morning at 6:30 a.m. Rest in pease my friend. Tina
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where i get my inspiration!!!
good morning semi's, i would like to tell you where i get my inspiration from. her name is denise and she is my suster in law. she has just faced and beaten her 4th time with cancer. 2 times breast, 1 rectal, now lung. when i was dx she would tell me she got her inspiration from me because i went thru all the surgeries and…
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6 years ago today
good morning semi's. 6 years ago today i was dx with stage 2 colon cancer. it was a tough journey but one i made with the help of everyone here and the man up above. to celebrate my 6 years of survival i am going on a cruise with my family. i want to thank everyone here for being here to help me. yes i did have a…
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Is Xeloda the only chemo by mouth for CRC
Is Xeloda the only chemo by mouth used to bridge from FOLFOX (or any other systemic chemo) to surgery? My husband was on xeloda during radiation and the leisons in his liver grew, just completed FOLFOX and one treatment of avastin alone (was preparing for surgery) was on xeloda, the leisons grew. Has anyone tried any other…
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My Best Friend's Son
I sincerely hope you don't consider me an intruder, since it's not me I'm writing to you about. My best friend's son (age 42) has colorectal cancer, which was diagnosed toward the end of March 2010. By that time it had metastecised to his liver and the doctor said it was incurable. Because he has clinical depression, his…
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Xeloda Rash Treatment Questions and General Support Needed
My husband has developed, after 9 days of Xeloda treatment, a serious itchy rash on his extremities. He has completed four months of 5FU, Avastin, and made it through four Oxi treatments with calcium-magnesium infusions before neuropathy resulted in that treatment being removed. He was switched from the 5FU to Xeloda to…
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Life has to go on even if it sucks
Life doesn't stop when you have cancer, things happen every day that you don't want or plan for. Even though you are in the fight of your life, things areound jsut keep on going, good or bad. I have ( and have most of you as well) one hell of a year and a half. I spent the time focusing in getting better and I think I have…
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To Each His Own
Thought I'd throw this out there regarding some recent posts.... To Each His Own I cannot change the way I am, I never really try. God made me different and unique, I never ask him why. If I appear peculiar, There's nothing I can do You must accept me as I am, As I've accepted you. God made a casting of each life, Then…
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Numb limbs
I have stage 4 colorectal cancer. Prior to being diagnosed, I noticed my right thigh was numb. I mentioned this to the Dr's but no specific cause has been determined. I was curious if anyone else haad a similar experience? Possibly a tumor pressing on a nerve?
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A note from Brooks
Hey Everybody, I’m back!! First of all I want to thank everybody for the prayers and for wishing me a fast recovery. I got home for my hospital stay yesterday early evening and was so tired I couldn’t even write this quick note. As most of you know I’ve been having a hard time with my iliostomy reversal that was on April…
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What should I expect?
Hi Everybody --- Just found the board today. I already know it is going to prove very helpful to me and my family. Here is the issue --- My wife was diagnosed with Colon Cancer in January. She was staged at a IV at that time. The cancer had spread to her lymph nodes along with very signficant involvement in her liver. She…
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Surgery delayed....This isn't easy :(
We had the MRI yesterday, four weeks after the PVE. Surg. onc. disappointed the liver had not overgrown as much as he had expected. He gave the MRI info to the rad. dept to measure volume of liver. They actually did the pre-op (bloodwork, chest x-ray, etc) and the original date is still available, first week in June,they…
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It's my birthday and I'll cry if I want to, need to vent!
So if I've come to my online family, this has to be the worst birthday I have ever had apart from my mum dying or last year being on chemo. Maybe it's not so bad if you look at it that way. Ok where do I start husband filed for divorce on the 13/5 only got told on the 18/5. Doctors and psychatrist say I'm in no fit state…
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Stats, 5-FU toxicity and new drug, as per Medicalnewstoday:
"The National Institues of Health estimate that 275,000 patients in the United States undergo 5-FU therapy annually and 1,300 die from accidental overdoses or poor drug clearance. While no antidote for 5-FU overexposure has been approved by regulatory authorities, uridine triacetate (formerly known as vistonuridine) has…
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Hi from Crow71
Hey everyone. I haven't posted since my surgery, but I've been keeping up with everyone. I tend to turn inward when things get rough, and things have been fairly rough in the past several weeks. I don't like to be a complainer. I am healing well. Some things have gone badly, like the icision getting infected and turning…
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It's Been A While **Update**
It has been a month today since I posted with the news that my husband (CB) was told that his latest, and probably last chemo hope didn't work, and that he had a few weeks to a few months to live. Although we were understandably devastated, we continued on, making sure that he still met with his oncologist and regular…
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Update on my Dad
Hi everybody, Thanks for all your amazing messages of support to my introduction on this forum. It's wonderful to know there are so many brave and courageous people out there. My Dad is now on his second dose of irinotecan. I think he bounced back slightly quicker from it this time around that the last. He is still…
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SAD
I don't mean the Standard American Diet either. I KNOW that I am guilty of this at times too, but many of us attack each other way too much. Face it, we have/had cancer (or are caregivers) and we EACH HAVE A DIFFERENT STORY. How much HELP are we actually giving any NEW people who happen to come here? Isn't that WHY we post…
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Pancreas?
I have an answer, which is no definitive answer, after my PET on Wednesday. I'm tired of being "unusual." Everything that lit up before on scans is gone. Nothing in the usual suspect places - liver & lungs are clear. But my pancreas lit up. I have a fever and stomach pain, so the hopes are that I have pancreatitis. Odds…
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TEETH, NEED WORK
hI all Been absent lateley, lots of back pain, but not what i want to know abou Does anyone else have teeth that are going bad its like I am a crack addit getting bad spots at the gum lines and it is happenin fast, I can't offord to go to the denist and are you allowed to have dental work while on chemo I really need to do…
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colon cancer surgery: kindly share your experiences and guide me
Hi group, Last week I was diagnosed with colon cancer (7 cm long). I am due for surgery coming wednesday (May 26th). This is a shock of my life. I am a 51 yr old man. Otherwise very healthy. Everything else in my body as shown by CT scan, x-ray showed normal. Doctors say, I do need to stay about 5 days in hospital. Luckily…
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Grandchildren
Hello again. My name is Karen. I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 02/10. I had a sigmoid colon resection on March 24th, 2010. I am now undergoing chemotherapy, for of the 8 lymph nodes removed, one was positive. My daughter and my grandsons live with me. Their ages are 6 years and 7 months. I explained to my oldest…