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Colorectal Cancer

Archives for September 2010

Friday Riddle (Game)
This week I thought I would do something different. Try it and let me know if it really works. The next time someone requests your phone number, here’s a fun way to give it to him or her! 1. Grab a calculator (You won’t be able to do this one in your head.) 2. Key in the first three digits of your phone number (NOT the…
Thought of the Day
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
some good news
I got a call from my onc who said my CEA had dropped after surgery from 14.6 to 2.1. I had surgery 17 days ago and found out I am stage 3B again with 3 nodes involved. I didn't see this as such great news since wouldn't one expect your CEA to drop after the primary tumor and three cancerous nodes out of 60 were removed? I…
Yahoo! pledges $100,000 to Stand Up To Cancer
I didn't know how to post this link here, but if you have a facebook account, you are able to reach it from there for sure.... omg! from Yahoo! pledges $100,000 to Stand Up To Cancer - with your help http://www.facebook.com/omgfromyahoo For every new 'like' on its Facebook page, omg! from Yahoo! will be donating $1 to…
With a heavy heart I post for my wife, RIP
My wife Ida passed away a month ago. That evil colon cancer took her away from us after an excruciatingly short yet intense 17 month battle. Sorry it has taken me so long to post about her passing. This is a terribly difficult thing to do. I miss her so much. Ida spent countless hours on the CCR forum during her ordeal.…
speech and mouth muscles
Hi, My mom has stage 4 colon cancer metastizied to the lung with 9 small lesions. She was on xeloda Jan.-July. She starts Folfox first of October. She has had some of the side effects. Her speech is blurred sometimes, and it looks like her mouth muscles arnt working right. Her top lip is hanging over her bottom and she…
The bag keeper worked as planned!!!!!!
The other night we had chipped beef in cream gravy on toast for dinner. Well the next morning it looked like the Goodyear blimp landed on my crotch. There was so much gas pressure that the bag leaked a little. The stretch nylon kept the crap contained. I don’t know why the hell they don’t make a PVC pipe fitting that could…
I am frustrated UPDATE
Little story,had my colon surgery 2006, stage 3a everything have been fine since,I did chemo, pet scans, cat scans, lab work. This year my insurannce didn't approved a pet scan,because they said that with my history the guideline were not for a pet but a ct scan,so that is what was done last Sep. 2th,but in a different…
Tumors Die... CEA go up???...or Down?? What U Been Told?
Hey All, I had a visit with the Onc today. Since I just got done with Cyberknife a few weeks back I figured he would NOT want to do a CEA because I figured it would not be accurate with all them cancer cells dying off like that from the Cyberknife. When I told him that he just sat there staring at me.... LOL... I was…
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
Hi, I live just outside Toronto + right now the Toronto International Film Festival is going on. Many many movies are being shown, + lots of stars are walking down our red carpets. Yesterday the Boss (Bruce Springsteen) was here. I have attended a few times in the past + it is a total blast. It is sort of like having a…
Sometimes good news is as hard to process as bad news
So I met with the new surgeon yesterday to discuss my APR. It's been a month since I finished six weeks of chemoradiation. I feel great with no lasting side effects I am having almost perfect bowel movements and my blood counts are stabalizing for the first time in nine months. The surgeon did a physical exam of the area…
ritaclough
Hey I know that you are scheduled to have your hysterectomy tomorrow and wanted to let you know that I'm thinking for you and sending you my best wishes for a smooth surgery and a quick recovery. :)Melissa
My Dad is now at peace
My Dad passed away yesterday evening at 7.30pm. He was sleeping peacefully in bed at home with Mum and I at his side when it happened with his favourite ipod music collection playing softly in the background. While we are struggling with our loss like anyone does we can gain some relief in the fact he is free from pain. I…
My precious David is in Heaven
David died yesterday afternoon surrounded by his mom, his kids, his sister Sue who got out of the hospital an hour earlier, his sister in law, his brother in law, his best friend, and me, of course. I feel so privileged to have spent 37 years married to the man of my dreams. I will miss him terribly but I hope I am a…
Chest tube is out! Confusing biopsy pathology
It has been a crazy week of medical appointments. On top of my constant fatigue (most likely caused by the thyroid issue), the collapsed lung seems to have made the fatigue worse. My body is using up energy it didn't have enough of to do the repair. And the pain wears me down too. We thought the tube could come out…
looks like Foliri rather than Folfox
My onc nurse called and left a message. She said the onc was thinking Folfiri rather than Folfox because with Xeloda I had such bad hand and foot syndrome. I would have to do the 12 treatments over six months @4 hours at the hospital then a pump for 20 yrs for repeat two days. I'm thinking I would like to try it without a…
Xeloda and 5FU
l see many of you have Xeloda as maintenance or treatment even after folfox or folfiri failed ( which are the most powerful drugs right now!) As per l know Xeloda is basically fluoracil so ,is there anybody who can explain me the difference between them? well l see one...pills vs 3 days infusion is that all or there are…
If any body interested in Facebook let me know it
through PM l let you now my FB name , if not don't worry l understand Facebook cut be a double face weapon ! ( this is directly translated from Spanish don't kow if it exist in English !! ) Hugs!
"Super bug gene" spreading to US
There's a new gene called the NDM-1 gene, showing up up in people who have recently traveled to India or Pakistan, which enables many types of bacteria to develop antibody resistance. You'll proably read/hear more of this in the future. Hopefully it will be like SARS or Swine flu-much ado about not much but who knows?…
My Husband
My husband has been on chemo for the last 2 1/2 years. He is currently cancer free, but will be on chemo for the rest of his life. He has been doing well with chemo - not many side effects at all, then just the other day his hair started falling out - i mean really falling out, when I get home from work his shirt is…
CherylHutch
I just wanted to say, I just LOVE your upbeat smile!!!!! It gives me a bit of hope everyday!! Winter Marie
Buzzard
Hope you are doing better!! Thinking of you!! Hugs!! Raquel
blood clots around the port
Has anyone experienced this? How do you avoid this?
Forgot to do the Update:
Before we left for a short vacation a couple weeks ago had a visit with the oncologist. No bad news to report. The maintenance chemo continues to be doing its job. From everything the doc saw on blood tests, etc. the cancer is not progressing, George remains stable, hopefully the mets are still continuing to be gone and/or…
Not cancer related
Not cancer related, but need to vent. I work in childcare and I have been at the same center now for 10 years. two weeks ago, one of my first students died suddenly. he was riding his bike down a hill and his brakes failed. His brother, who is just a year older than him, was with him when he flew over his handle bars and…
Honeybee Pollen Granules
Went to a farmer's market today and someone was selling the bee pollen granules. One of the claims are that it helps with the red/white blood cells therefore promoting a healthier immune system. Well I bought some. Seems that chemo has left me with both low counts so I'm up for trying it. Has anyone else tried this before,…
Sundance Scope Results AND Chemo Under Way Tomorrow *UPDATE*
Hey! Well, the scope went down. I was hoping for some good news on this front. PET/CT had shown no uptake to the colon area, so I was mildly optimistic that I might win one here. What do I know? I couldn't win the lottery in a One Horse town, LOL:) It looked mostly good, but they did pop my balloon when they found a nodule…
Just talked to Dr. and she gave me 25-30%?
Dx May of 09 with stage 3. Had cancer in 5 outa 25 lymph nodes. Colon looked clean and they removed a tumor. Recently my tumor markers went to 18 then to 36. X rays found a mass on my ovaries they suspect is a return of my colon cancer. Friday I have a hysterectomy. Today in speaking with my Dr she said my chance of…
Pathology report back......
I got "The" call this afternoon while waiting for wife shopping in the Michaels Scrapping outlet.....It was as this..."Mr Powers, Your tumor showed that it was metastatic and that the colon was the primary, That really fooled us yet we have found no evidence of it in your bloodstream . Your tumor margins are all clear and…
Who knows where the next CRC drug will come from?
Need not be from the US of A....Ever hear of "Angiozyme?"......."JX-594"?....."Aflibercept (VEGF Trap)"? These are currently being tested abroad for potential use against colorectal cancer....You never know

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