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Colorectal Cancer

Archives for November 2010

Well enough to get 'normal' sick....lol!
So, I have been down for the count for the last 4 days from bronchitis. YIKES!!! I feel like every time I cough, I'm bring up a lung!!!! For me, I've been lucky to be healthy (well all the small stuff...lol...not the big stuff like cancer) for all of my life, and so this has got me down on the couch! I went to the doctor…
What a screwed up day with my screwed up brain
My Rad Onc at the country hospital called and she said the guy that reads the MRI said the tumor looks like a benign one like Pat talked about with her mother. The Onc said I should at least get a biopsy done. This was a damn nice way to start the day. Should have known better then to get too positive. We then get with the…
Pepe
I got a chemo break for a week! I'm going "home" to the island. I wish you could have a break too, so you and your wife could come join us for dinner at Rolandi's.
cyberknife for recurrent rectal tumor a no-go & update on other
I went in for a cyberknife consultation this morning to discuss both the possibility of having cyberknife instead of surgery (anal excision) on my recurrent rectal tumor (now about a 1/2 cm) & I also wanted them to see if I could have cyberknife for 1 or 2 of my lung nodules that seem more chemo resistant. The jury is…
6 weeks post op 1 day pre chemo
I reached the magic day to resume normal activity after my life-changing surgery six weeks ago, I am not counting my port placement, and I returned to my exercise class today!!!!! I almost geared up with the warm welcome back from everyone but that could be from the menopause, nah it was truly, moving to start acting…
Marie (herdizziness) you got a PM!
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John (JR)
Hello everyone, I have lost track of everyone on the board. My focus has been on John. He isn't doing good at all. He isn't eating much at all. Hospice is coming once a week. I feel so helpless. We still talk and watch TV together. I do know it won't be long. All of you keep up the fight. You all are in my heart because…
Hoping everything goes well for today KERRY
Hey Kerry, thinking of you while you're on your trip to STL to see the brain surgeon. Good luck!
Friday Riddle Answer
CONGRATS to Jaramo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIDDLE: I can build a building, or tear it down. I can make you blind, or help you see. I am bigger than all the oceans, but I can fit in the palm of your hand. What am I? ANSWER: Sand. Sand storms destroy buildings and sand is in the motar that is used to build them. sand in…
what kind of sx today???
About to head to the hospital, hoping to catch our surgeon on his AM rounds. Robert developed a hernia by his ileo and it kinked off his intestine. Now the question is whether to just fix the hernia or fix it and do a reversal? It is a loop ileo, and he's had it for two years and it keeps getting put off because of…
When Life as it is doesn't seem to be that great anymore...........a survivors perspective
March 25th 2008, a date that would change my life forever. I lost all reason to continue to move forward doing the things that I knew needed done. I lost all of my chances at dreams to retire and take life easy. I spent more money in the last 2 years than I have in my entire life with this. I spent 2 years worrying about…
Craig how did Brooks surgery go?
I'm just wondering if you have heard anything yet. Winter Marie
Buzzard
Where are you?
Kerry S. - Got Some Info for You on Brain Tumor Treatment - Please Read
Kerry I found some information on brain tumor treatments as I was doing some studying tonight - wanted to share this with you, good info to have as you plan your next step. Take care! IMRT - is short for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy. The intensity of the radiation in IMRT can be changed during treatment to spare…
Why are tests so unreliable????
Hello, Been gone awhile. Working, working, working! I am a stage 3 colon cancer survivor; diagnosed April 08. A scan back in June 2010 revealed 2 small lesions on liver (1cm & 1.7cm). Doc at that time said he believed them to be blood vessels and wanted to just monitor them. Even though all bloodwork and CEA was good I did…
Naked dance !!!
JUst got home from a week at the midwest cancer treatment center in Zion Illinois... all scans came back clear!!! upper third stage 3 rectal cancer.. 49 yrs. old.. six months of folfox-6.. I cant thank all my friends here enough!! I havent kept up as much as I should have but you all have helped me so much .. I couldnt be…
throat pain after port placement
hi everyone, i had my power port out in tuesday with x-ray verification, i have a visible wire and stitches on my neck as well as the port area, normal. the one thing i am experiencing that seems odd is a soreness in my throat, not like a sick sore throat but as if something is rubbing against it. i guess is another wire…
Deer season is the best damn time to clear your head
I did not get a deer yet. Next season I am moving my damn deer stand. However, this has been a great weekend with my sons and grandsons. The dump bed of the Kubota is well stained with deer blood. The highlight so far was the 13 year old grandson getting his deer. The second place winner was him puking while gutting it.…
CALENDAR models!!!!
Hello!!!!!! I'm still waiting on some pictures!!!! You know who you are~!!!!! Buzz???? LOL. Come on all, I need to get the pics in. Holidays are coming and I've got a bit to do. So please send me your pics for the month your in, and everyone else, send in those cover pictures for the front of the calendar, with your signs,…
pill chemo
can anyone with experience with pill chemo tell me if side effects get better when you switch too pills..especially eating ..thanks you
Back in the States and back to business
I'm back from Guatemala. I didn't have everything treated that I wanted but they did save my life for now. I had reported earlier that the Drs had abruptly changed my treatment plan and I got very sick. Well, the reason they changed my treatment was because they discovered a conglomerated mass of tumors in a terribly bad…
I come to you my people when I am sick
Horrible cough the last 2 days- non productive and dry, feels like I am going to blow a hernia at resection site. temp of 99, so not a big deal. Have coughed myself hoarse. No other symptoms, other than I feel like crrap. No runny nose, no stuffed head, nothing. Have run through a bunch of different cough syrups,not a one…
Ozone therapy?
Does anyone know or hear about ozone therapy as an alternative treatment for cancer?
Question about how long you continued chemo??
Hello - I just completed my 11th Folfori plus Avastin chemo this week. It is kicking my butt! I had the infusion Wednesday and didn't even get out of bed Thursday! Finally today I feel a bit better. But here is my issue....I had a reoccurance in May in the plureal area of my lung. So we started the chemo early…
Diarrhea
"Diarrhea is like the Jazz of bowels movements" I don't recall where I heard this but it was recently and it really cracked me up. I know, I'm a sick pup. I know there are others out there too... ;-)
C Dixon Update on 6 weeks of Radiation Therapy and Drama
I hope y'all don't mind if I just copy and paste the update I put on my page. It is a lot to type again. 9/9/10: I had a successful liver resection and am recovering nicely. One of the lesions was close to the blood supply for the left lobe, so the surgeon could only get so close. He sent a biopsy of the remaining tissue…
does anyone take notes one the forum?
does anyone have a little notebook and take notes of people on the forum? Some of you.....(craig) whose name shall go unnamed seem to remember everything. This is such a nice thing when people remember others` chemo regime or surgery dates etc. I feel in such a fog sometimes I wonder if you do because I like to. just askin…
mscolon how are you?
Mary how are you doing these days. Are you with your twin still? please forgive me Mary if I have missed a post....just thinking about you hugs....maggie
Spot on Face
I have put this subject off for quite some time and now I must face it (no pun intended) I have this reddish spot on my cheek about 1/2" away from my nose. It came and went for the past year but now it has decided to stay and of course I am thinking it is skin cancer. I have compared it to all the pictures on the internet…
Why Don't PET scans do Your Head????
I have often wondered this. The PET goes from where to where??? Chin to knees???? I am not exactly sure but I do know it does not do your entire head. So why not? What is the logic there? And how do they know if any cancer is in your brain BEFORE symptoms occur??? I am thinking a few of you smart people know this???? Thank…

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