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Colorectal Cancer

Archives for September 2010

Guys I love bacon - Need advice
Guys I love bacon. Not cooked crisp but good greasy loose bacon. The scary old woman says I can’t have it because of the illeo bag. Any of you other baggers out there eating bacon???? Kerry
Chemo ?
start chemo in october. (5 Fluorouracil,oxaliplatin,leucovorin)I was really woundering in anyone is one this type and If they lost their hair or not. I am just woundering if I need to go get a wig now or if I should just wait.
Chemo ?
start chemo in october. (5 Fluorouracil,oxaliplatin,leucovorin)I was really woundering in anyone is one this type and If they lost their hair or not. I am just woundering if I need to go get a wig now or if I should just wait.
Chemo ?
start chemo in october. (5 Fluorouracil,oxaliplatin,leucovorin)I was really woundering in anyone is one this type and If they lost their hair or not. I am just woundering if I need to go get a wig now or if I should just wait.
Chemo ?
start chemo in october. (5 Fluorouracil,oxaliplatin,leucovorin)I was really woundering in anyone is one this type and If they lost their hair or not. I am just woundering if I need to go get a wig now or if I should just wait.
new stage....IV
has anyone had a met to the pancreas? my husband had surgery last week and everything that could go wrong did. they are trying to get him off the vent today. i saw the path report and it is now in his pancreas. can't find any info on this. does anyone have some info. thanks...gerryo
Once more : any interesting week end plan or adventure?
As usual and if weather allowed go to my beach House rest, and a little of boating! Boring! l Rather prefer an adventure in the Jamaican jungle or so! Have a Funny weekend .
Friday Riddle
REMEMBER NO GOOGLING OR SEARCHING THE INTERNET ALLOWED AND GOOD LUCK !!!!!!!!! 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…
Thought of the Day
“Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see a bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.” ~ Dale Carnegie
Please Pray for my family
Its not cancer related, but my son killed himself tonight, he had been very depressed and struggling with addictions..please pray for my partner it was her first born...My heart is just so painful..I dont have the words to type anymore, I just know I and my partner need your prayers... Thank you Beth
New to this site
Hi. I am new to this site. I am remission from colorectal cancer stage 3 cat b. Was told last yr when I had a colonscopy done in Jan 09 and surgery in March 09. Had several surgeries after that and had a ilesctompy(sp). The reversal was done this yr. Been having a difficult time with loose stools, take lotmoil, immundium,…
Im New here (Natalie)
Im 37 I have 4 children (20,14,11,&3) I just got colon cancer in August they removed it and I start chemo on Oct 4th. I get my port in about a week. this has been such a big blow. I feel like I can't even breath or sleep. I am so scared whats to come. Im really scared about loseing my hair. Everytime I talk or think about…
Geotina
How was your vacation?
CEA Count
2.5, same as three months ago!!! YES!! Thank you all for rooting for me! Got to keep doing what I'm doing for now.......keep the faith. Love Ya!!!
Today's my B-Day and it's the fist time I've been happy about it
Yep... Today 47 years ago a fat little rollie pollie was born "Me" I really ever cared too much about my birthdays. Yes there was a few I liked. The ones when I was a little kid and got lots of toys. Then the one at 16 when I got my driver license. Then the one at 18 was kind of cool when I didn’t HAVE to listed to my mom…
Any experience with retroperitoneal lynph nodes?
Best way to attack them; chemo?,RFA,? radiotherapy? surgery ? Best!
Dixchi, Maglets, CaptainHop and MaryGale, and VickiCo.....
I haven't heard from them in ages.....anyone else ? I hope all is well with all of them....Buzz
Fleeing Earl-update
I just wanted to let everyone know that Earl is coming and I am getting my parents the heck outta here. You may not hear from me for a while. Will see you soon. God Bless! Ktz
port problems
How many of you have had problems with your port and have had to have them replaced? I've had mine in for three years now and the past two times my port has been accessed or flushed (two times ago I had chemo and the last time, just this past Tuesday, was a blood draw and port flush). Anyhow, these past two times when they…
Done with chemo... what happens next?? scans? testing?
Just finished 6 months 12 treatments of 5/fu--lucevorian---oxailplatinum dx with stage 3 upper third rectal cancer.. pt2 pn1 mo cleveland clinic will do a sigmoid on the 9th. I had 65 lymph nodes removed 3 were cancerous a foot of colon removed and the tumor was removed back in Jan.. Now what?? my Onc. is horrible she…
Latest test results - good news/bad news
First off, we all like to blame everything on chemo, myself included. But I learned yet another lesson. When things just don't seem right, just don't write it off to chemo effects and do nothing. When I saw my oncologist to discuss my rising CEA I told him that my anxiety levels were at an all time high for my life, and it…
intersting drug study
Diabetes drug can reduce risk of cancer, researchers find Metformin reduced the development of lung tumors in mice by more than 70%. Clinical trials on humans for lung, breast and prostate cancer are being organized. Here is the link and it mentions colon cancer and a study done in Japan as well:…
Bloating
I have had colon surgery, liver resection and a hernia repair. I am 1 year post chemo. I am NED, and my stomach is constantly bloated. My ONC has put me on a stronger Prilosec for acid reflux. My question is , Is anyone's belly constantly swollen after having surgeries. My ONC does not think that my belly should be bloated…
Ticking timed
I thought I had a bone met to the spine because I am still having neurological problems unrelated to thee brain tumor. Of course, thank god for that because I never would have found the brain tumor so early if I hadn't been on the witch hunt to cure those symptoms. They checked me me out and didn't find anything other than…
I hate homework!!!
Why is it that my children's homework stresses ME out? I want care free summer days and nights back.
Metformin and colon cancer prevention
Click here for article This is a very interesting article about how the Diabetes 2 drug, Metformin, has shown great promise in preventing colon cancer in the early stages. Whereas chemo and radiation burn and kill cancer cells, this very common drug, that has a history of being safe, appears to stop the growth of cancer…
A small question
When people say they have been NED or a survivor for as long as they have, do you start counting that time from your original diagnosis of cancer? I saw people signing their names and putting years next to how long they have been a survivor at this cancer walk once and I wondered this question. Thanks :) I know I did not…
Need advice/opinions on chemo please
I have a tough decision to make and wanted to get some thoughts/opinions from all of you. I was diagnosed in March 2010 with stage 4 colon cancer. They were able to remove the tumor in colon and 2 small liver mets as well as a complete hysterectomy since it had spread to the ovaries. I completed 10 treatments of Folfox,…
PET/CT scan: Update and plan
Hello all Off to SLC and the Huntsman for my follow up PET/CT to take a look at the 2 suspect lung nodules and one lung lymph node at 11:30AM tomorrow. This is a difficult one because in one quick look I can go from NED status 2 years out to incurable. I recognize that I'm not alone in this category, though I really,…
Greybeard where are you?
Has anyone heard from Greybeard ( Chris ) lately? I know I have been absent a lot recently. Is he ok? -Pat

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