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Colorectal Cancer

Archives for June 2010

cea question
Hi everyone, I have heard that cea can go up during chemo, but I haven't heard anything about how how dramatically + when during chemo this can happen. Does anyone have any experience or information about this? Also they say "temporarily", what does this mean? Any help would be appreciated.
Drop in Platlets
Hi! My platlets again dropped last visit for my 6th Avastin tx.. I am at 90,000 from 198,000 in September. The doc told me its possible that the Heperin in my port could be causing the thinning of blood and a multi vitamin might help me not feel so tired. I do have some swellingness in my spline from the chemo that could…
Symptoms
Hello Again Everyone, I have finished my 4th round of chemotherapy and I have 8 more to go. I felt pretty good for the first three. After this past treatment I had aching calve muscles, back pain and joint pain. I also experienced some dizziness. That was yesterday. I went home and went to bed and I am feeling better…
Alternative Medicine Website ?
Just browsing through this, can't really tell if this is a sales pitch...... Where did my ability to concentrate go!! http://cancertutor.com/index.html
CP8
I'm getting excited to see old friends and meet new ones. Don and I have been working behind the scenes as hosts. We will have such a great time! If you can make it in October, come and meet people you hear from on the board. We are all semi-colons and therefore only semi-normal. I haven't met anyone from here that I…
Reflections On A Life - My Husband
It's been nearly a month since CB passed away and I can say that I think I am coping. Some days are better than others. I friend sent me a book on grief, and in it someone describe the feeling as standing in the ocean and feeling the waves wash up on you, nearly knocking you down, and then moving away and coming back. That…
John and Adrein
Has anyone heard from John or Adrein. I can't remember their sign on's. I was going to send them a PM because i haven't seen them on the board for a while. But I have to admit I have had my plate full the last couple of weeks. If anyone has heard how John is doing please post. Thanks Paula
semi's i am getting tired
good evening semi's, i must say i am getting tired, i have had an infection since my last surgery 1/14/10. it comes and i take meds and it goes away. that after a few days it comes back. i am going for a catscan on thursady to find out where it is coming from. i guess i am getting a little tired, other than this and the…
I would have never known about this
I finely got copies of my first and last CT scans. The hospital is 103 miles away and just never got around to it. Found something interesting in the reports. I have a bilobular, infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm. The damn thing measures 3.8 cm and has grown by .4 in 1.6 years. Did some research on this and found that 1…
News from the Cancer Front
So last Thursday George has his visit with the oncologist. The news sounds pretty good to me.All is looking good. No progression. Disease stable and still shrinking. CEA hasn't really gone down that much in the last 3 months, bounces between 17 and 20. That concerned me a little but the oncologist said those are good…
Two and Half Men Episode
I was watching a Two and Half Men episode the other night when I heard Alan say I need my foot stool - in case the morning coffee doesn’t work. Did anyone see that?
Papa Jedi, very bad news
Papa Jedi (Robert) has been in the hospital for a week after having a blood clot to his lung. He's on oxygen around the clock. His bone scan showed many new bones mets. They'll restart FOLFOX on Monday but he said the doctor told him this is very bad news. Robert was dx'd just last July/August and was thought to be Stage…
Hi everyone
i'm back. i know i just popped in and popped right back out. there were quite a few reasons. last time i was here i was not able to eat, i was sick and dehydrated. well i'm happy to say i've been able to eat for 5 weeks now and i can eat anything it seems. i lived with my brother and his wife for 2 1/2 months, and didn't…
Relay for Life
Our Relay for Life was this past Friday and Saturday, what a special event. My husband attended, I didn't expect him to come until the survivor lap, but he showed up about an hour after my youngest daughter and I did and he stayed with me until we both called it a night after the luminaria ceremony at 10:00. He put in at…
Colonoscopy clear
I had my first colonoscopy since dx in Jan. 2009 today and the gastro doc said my surgeon did such a great job that he had a hard time finding where it was resected. He found a tiny area where he could tell it had been stitched together. No polyps and no lesions. This gastro, a wonderful Christian doctor in our town who…
2nd or 3rd opinions
I would like to know how to go about seeking opinions from medical professionals outside of my medical organization/hospital. I recently had tests done on liver that came back questionable. My oncologist is saying that he "believes" the spots are only blood vessels. The radiologist however thinks they may be matastisis.…
Reading Room: 10 reasons to eat probiotics
Probiotics: A Billion Good Bugs Friendly Bacteria for Your Digestive System -- By Becky Hand, Licensed & Registered Dietitian Did you know that your digestive tract contains more than 400 types of “friendly” bacteria? These little guys, commonly referred to as probiotics (which means "pro-life"), help reduce the growth of…
Does anyone know about TM4?
My husband is stage IV and has blown through pretty much all of the standard chemo treatments except for Vectibix, which he is now taking without additional chemo agents. After his most recent recurrence he decided he wanted to find other alternatives and is now seeing some integrative practitioners who have been highly…
i'm scared
i have had colon cancer was fortunate that i only had to have 1/3 of my colon removed and no colostomy bag. it has been 3 years since that and thus far tests have a come back negative .. also back 7 years ago had to have a complete hystorectomy due to cervical cancer and have done well on check ups there.. but for the past…
cherry pits
Will a swallowed cherry pit block up a colostomy?
Ok need a good kick up the backside so to speak, scan is tomorrow...
and I'm feeling a range of emotions. Part of me does not want to go, but that's keeping my head buried in the sand. Other part is if I go and all the big if's start to go around in my head. Already started taking the prep for it, and today on bowel watch (that should be as tv show)noticed my stools have started to narrow…
"hibi" needs to be kicked off the Network
I hope this "hibi" gets kicked off soon!!!!
David is heading home with hospice - liver is failing
It is so sad for me to report David, my best friend and husband, has progressive liver failure. A little background. He was dx 4/3/2008 with stage 3C colon cancer. Had a resection and went on chemo for six months. In 12/08 had a ct scan showing cancer was in liver. Surgeons in San Antonio told us he was inoperable. He went…
Had PET/CT Friday.... Please send good Vibes/Prayers for Clear Results
July 1st is a big day for me. First thing that morning I get my PET/CT results. I am so praying I am still in remission. My results from that will decide if I am keeping my second appoinment that day.... which is with a plastic surgeon. I have lost a few pounds... 84 to be exact... and I am working on the last 20 or so.…
I've graduated.....
I really didn't want a graduation at the infusion office. I just wanted to walk out without anyone knowing I was done except me and the nurses. :) They of course announced to the other 23 patients there that I was done with all my chemo and that of course I finished all 12 rounds of treatment. I'm sure this gives…
julie 44??
Has anyone heard from Julie? Her last post was before the holidays and she hasn't picked up the pm I sent her :(
Dad has been DX with Lymphoma, now what
I have been pretty overwhelmed the past month, my dad been dx with lymphomia( second time for him, 10 years or so ago he had lymphomia, the same time i did). and history repeats it self, Not sure how to react, I was just coming to grips with the fact that i will die from this cancer one day, and reading some recent post, i…
Another CT scan for chris tomorrow
Hi My Friends, So chris was set up for his 3 month check up CT on July 30th.. But he is still feelingt really sick so his Dr ordered some blood word. Well friday the dr called me and asked me how much chris is drinking on a daily basis? I told him in the last 3wks to a month, none. it makes him too sick.. he said hummmm…
Honesty...........off the beaten path......
Our teacher asked us what our favorite animal was, and I said, "Fried chicken." She said I wasn't funny, but she couldn't have been right, everyone else in the class laughed. My parents told me to always be truthful and honest, and I am. Fried chicken is my favorite animal. I told my dad what happened, and he said my…
Am I still poisonous from chemo?
I just had to drop in and tell you guys about this. Cracked me up!!!! For you newbie’s I live in the back woods. For about 2 weeks I kept scratching my groin area. This is just something guys do. We come out of the womb knowing how. Now we have a lot of ticks this year. So this groin scratching was getting to me. It was…

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