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Colorectal Cancer

Archives for September 2010

Just came back from the oncologist - bad news
I came back from the doc today who told me I had a 20 - 25 chance that that the xoloda he was putting me on would work and and that if it didn't work I would not live longer than a few weeks to a few months. Right now that is the end of my story. The only thing to do is to pray that the xeloda works and that a good trial…
Buzz
Just wanted to let you know that you were in our prayers today during your surgery. Ktz
Lilmiss82
Are you here? l would need to ask you something , just let me know when available, . Thank you!
Question for you baggers.
Where is your location and why? Pro/con Going to see the bag nurse Thursday and getting surgery (permanent) the 15th. Just want to make sure I select right as possible. I consider myself fairly active & hope to still kayak, cycle, fishing ect. Ive heard of some "below waistline" how low is this? Groin area, upper leg?…
Surgery tomorrow
Well, a little over three months since my initial diagnosis and I am going in for surgery tomorrow at 8am. Colon resection, ostomy (hopefully temporary), and a single liver met resection if its feasable. I would be lying if I said I wasn't a bit worried. I guess I am just now coming to realize the reality of this whole…
New to this...
A friend of mine (Jay) has just confided in me that he has been diagnosed with Colorectal cancer stage 3. He is a bit overwhelmed so, I have volunteered to go through this with him and help him in every way possible. He has had three different confirmations on his diagnosis and has his first surgery scheduled for…
Swollen feet (an indication of liver troubles?)
Anyone have swollen feet/ankles? Folfox for 6 months, CPT-11, Erbutix for 3 months, currently radiation for bone mets. Waiting for SIR Spheres, possible clinical trials.
Cancer and Diet
Since there are several posts going around about cancer and diet (food, etc), I thought I would post a link to a very informative website, see below http://www.cancerproject.org/
Christmas in September?
Hi folks, I wasn't a member last year when the Christmas Card list was done, but have heard it mentioned a number of times and have gone back to read the posts about it. In Memory of Donna, who was one who did it last year, I am offering to do it this year. We have had a number of members who have passed and many new…
New
Hello all, I am new to the board. My wife is the survivior, she now has Stage IV CC. We found the first tumor a year ago, she is only 34 (i'm 35), so it took them a while to finally find it. It was a big one, taking up the whole colon and had made it to several lymphnodes. She had surgery to take the colon out and came out…
Friday Riddle Answer
This week's winnder is abrub. CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIDDLE: Jennifer took a test that had 20 questions. The total grade was computed by awarding 10 points for each correct answer and deducting 5 points for each incorrect answer. Jennifer answered all 20 questions and received a score of 125. How…
Alternative treatment for stage 4 colorectal cancer -
Is anyone having success with something other than chemo/radiation/surgery? I've got 18 mets to one lung (all lobes invovled) and 10 mets to the other lung, all lobes involved. From what I understand, I'm not gong to beat this, so I'm exploring other possibilities rather than pumping poison chemicals into my body. I went…
Gross only go to this link if you have a good stomach
Do you believe this is true! Does this all come out during a colon cleanse? http://www.drnatura.com/picture_gallery.html Sorry Keri, but some folks may not want to see this so I didn't copy it here.
Fight Cancer In the Kitchen article
Hi everyone, I just picked up the most recent publication of "Canadian Living", a very popular magazine here in Canada. I am not sure if it is available in the US (maybe in the large cities). There is a very interesting article (IMO)called "Fight Cancer In the Kitchen", which talks about foods that help fight +/or prevent…
more surgery FRIDAY
I am getting surgery again on friday to remove ca from lung now. I had colon surgery 6 years ago and hysterectomy 7 weeks ago is it more serious on the lung also someone told me lungs grow back is that true thanks Sheri22
CT/PET why insurance pays one over the other?
Hi All, So the mass like thickening in chris abdoman is getting larger so his Dr wants a PET on the 23rd but insurance will only pay for the CT this time.. Why is that and will the CT show what they need to see? Loves, Mel
off topic LOL,ROFL and other acronyms...............
Considering lm not native English speaker l do my best to try to understand the posts of the board and damn l do it! but your acronyms drive me crazy! Is there any kind soul who can post me some of the most common acronyms used for posting in a board like this??? Hahahahahahaha ! Have fun!
Not Cancer related but freaking me out anyway
So, you would think that after all I have been through that I would not still be freaked out by going to the dentist. Not so. I need to have another root canal and some other fillings fixed since Chemo so nicely messed up my teeth. I am lucky though I found a dentist that will sedate me and about a month ago he did so and…
Shocked , l lost all my hair in 24 H
Just in 24 Hours ! it is really a shock ,that fast ,well hope this is a minor effect or maybe chemo is working very well killing fast growing cells! l wish!LOL, For the moment is a beat depressing and disgusting!
what a night
I spent 5 hours at the hospital ER last night with my sister. She is 5 week pregnant and she started to bleed she miscarried in march. Her husband was away at a softball game in york and he did not really seem to be worried about her or care.He makes me so made I wish he would just baby her sometimes but he is so hard…
Maybe this little video can put things in perspective (get some tissues for your eyes)
Its from Dr Mercola's site mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/09/06/patrick-henry-hughes-has-abilities.aspx I'm sure there are others equally poignant....... Or read the short book:"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by Jean-Dominique Bauby,written by the author's blinking of his left eye due to "locked-in syndrome"
Some Pics of my apartment on the beach
on my expressions! There is where l go on weekend! Cheers!
Kerry
I had bacon this morning!!!!! Walked right over to my Mom's, and my sister was there and they were making breakfast. Made me an egg (juevos rancheros, added some skillet potatoes, crushed a bacon strip over the potatoes, and ate it! OMG!! I felt like I had sinned! Then I added some Mango juice to my 100& cranberry juice…
Surgery.......
Traveling this morning for surgery Tuesday morning at 0730....I will be in touch as soon as possible and I will be fine, Love and Hope to all of you.......Clift
Fishing
Hi Friends, A bit off topic but I guess it's part of living with cancer. **** unhooked from chemo (#30) on Thursday and this morning was up at 2:30 to go fishing with our neighbors. They went out 17 miles and he hooked a 20 lb Mahi Mahi. Tonight was our neighborhood fishing tournament party and he won for largest fish! Now…
Another surgery post op food for thought about resting in the hospital
When at Vandy I asked the staff if they could all collect their pokes, pricks, and prods at the same time each night instead of coming in every 1 or 2 hours and waking me up. They are excellent caregivers and it was taken very well and at 2 am in the morning there were 5 in there poking, pricking, and prodding and then…
Post op questions
Hi everyone...most of you know my husband had Lap LAR 2 weeks ago. He has been feeling pretty rough the last day or two and is worried... He has a left sided pain.....has had testical pain...both of these start after he gets up. He had no BM on day 8 or so after post op and Doc recommended Miralax. He took that x2, had…
went and seen my new onc last week
I didn’t want to say anything but I went and seen my new onc last week. I told her about the leg pain I’ve been having. It’s like a dull toothache kind of pain I told he and it’s almost everyday. Been having it since chemo treatment. Well, NOW I have a bone scan next week. She said that maybe something made my cancer go…
Paella - Does this meet your approval, Pepe? - Photo on Expressions page
Rice from Spain. Saffron from Spain. Chorizo from Spain. Paprika from Spain. Giant paella pan from Spain. Chicken and seafood from US, along with peas, butter beans, etc. Spanish wine, good sangria, good friends. How does it sound, Pepe? It tasted great! Alice
cancer treatment centers of america
anyone have experience with these hospitals?

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