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Colorectal Cancer

Archives for February 2011

As ready as I can be for Monday!
Well, I think I've done all the preparation I can and I'm ready for Monday and the start of the Irinotecan chemo. This may sound silly to some of you who have been off and on chemo for years, but starting this new chemo it's like back to the first day of chemo... when you have no idea what you are getting yourself into. I…
Here's something I bet you never wasted time thinking about;:
Years ago, when I was still working, supervisor pissed off an employee to such a degree that, in the middle of the work floor, the employee dropped his pants and yelled to that supervisor :"Kiss my ****!!!" Supervisor issued him disciplinary action What if that employee had had a colostomy bag and he lifted his shirt and…
Kerry, got a question for ya..............
Is there anyway to get a friend or someone to do the driving for you and the misses to ST Louis...I sure don't want ya to miss out at getting this thing taken care of....Have you got anything in the works ? Anyone around there that wants to make some extra money for driving ? That way you and the wife can relax and take…
Stage IV colon cancer with kidney metastasis.
My name is Kurtis and I'm 18 years old. When I was 16 I was diagnosed with stage IV signet ring mucinous adenocarcinoma of the colon. I had a few surgeries to remove the baseball size tumor on my colon, and they ended up removing part of the colon as well. I went through chemo for about 7 months and was in remission for…
Breakdown
Last Wednesday was a bad day. Went to appointment with surgeon, and my wife starts out telling him I am in bed all day (no mention of the regular walking). "he even eats in bed". That set the surgeon off, "gotta get out of bed" "eat standing up" OK, I get, I probably need more exercise. On the eating piece, well my…
OK...I gotta do this........Please take a peak in here...
For all of us that suffer through this disease and for all the caregivers, mom, brothers, sisters, BIL, SIL,Gramma, Papaw,GG moms, GG paws...anyone associated with cancer....simply (1) state your avatar or initials or first name or nick name.... (2) your role in this disease such as patient, caregiver to sister, brother,…
A Sundanceh story
Hey Craig! I get updates from the C3 colon cancer coalition and just received one about a study in Japan were Labrador Retrievers were able to detect 95% of colon cancers by stool sample or breath samples. It reminded me of your story about your beloved Sundanceh and how he would lay his head were you had your cancer…
Fear
Ok guys I have a problem. I have Stage IV colon/liver. Was dx almost 2 years ago. Doc said inoperable but felt it could be "controled". So, I did the infusions and the xeloda for 7 cycles. A year ago December everything had shrunk and went mostly to sleep. Was off everything and July ct scan showed they were waking up and…
Chemo light - extra light...
My infusor stopped working yesterday. I thought something was off - I am usually done early, but it seemed to be behind. A disconnect nurse called me last night to tell me the nurse assigned to me was sick, and he'd be coming out. I always recheck the amount left when they call me. I told him it seemed to be behind, and…
Reading Room - Foods That Fight Cancer
From Dr. Oz’s Website: ---------By William W. Li, M.D. ---------President and Medical Director, The Angiogenesis Foundation Foods That Fight Cancer Anti-angiogenesis, the starving of cancers by cutting off its blood supply, now a proven cancer-fighting strategy in cancer clinics supported by a growing body of scientific…
chemo not going as well
Chemo not going as well as we thought. My husband had his first on tuesday disconnected on thursday, started to get sick bad on friday. I know this is part of the game but did any of you have dizziness and light headed with tunnel vision? I am really concerned on what that means. since we found out my husband had cancer…
Yesterday was chemo day, and it was a good day!
I'm going to be lazy right now. I'm just copying and pasting from my CaringBridge. I'm getting tired tonight. As has been happening to me the night before chemo, I did not sleep at all again - up all night long. But, usually that is ok because they knock me out with all that Benadryl and I sleep for 5 hours at chemo.…
its official...and im scared
well it looks like im in this fight again.just got the news from my liver biopsy done on jan.31.i have got 2 mets to the liver.i will go monday to the doc that saved my life the first time and see what is going to happen on this particular roller coaster ride.i sure did not like the first ride i went on and am really…
Found this randomly looking around in these threads....check out the Dates...and outcome
March 11, 2003 - 8:59pm Re: colon cancer met to lungs Hi name removed! I have had a similar situation myself. In 1984 at 27 yrs. old I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer and was told that I would not be around long and to get myself ready to go home. I had 5 weeks of radiation therapy to shrink the tumor, followed by a…
Butt Glue
As a result of the surgery my cheeks are glued together. Anyone know if this is permanent, or will the glue come off with time?
sad news - my diving friend carol died unexpectedly thursday night on a night dive
just live very well my friends today and every day!!!. lets not give cancer any more of our life than we absolutely have too! i hope this makes sense. we all know how precious life is. i know we do. my scuba diving friends had some sombre drinks remembering our wonderful friend carol friday night. my wife and kids also…
stereotactic treatments have begun
I had my first treatment of stereotactic radiosurgery, which is directed radiation, also known as gammaknife, cyberknife, etc. depending on the part of the body being radiated and what equipment is being used. I have been worried, since this is my first experience with radiation, but it went rather well. I have 3 more…
blood work done,what does pse reading mean? tumors have shrunk?
i dont know why the onc said that the pse levls are good . last month they were 45 now 25 does that mean the tumors are shrinking?
*** update from chemo doctor and ct scan ***
Jorge's tumors has gotten smaller and the chemo doctor is happy but one they found was a blood clot where the port is . So now Jorge has to have needles everyday they called it blood thinners for as long as he has the port . So I guess some good news and some bad news . So thanks everyone for listening love you all . Tina
cea up again
Doc called me today and said CEA is up to 2.6 but not to worry. I guess I would be fine but this is the 2nd time in the last few months it has gone up. Is this normal? Is CEA a big deal? Patty
nanoknife Dr says to get radiation
Looks like I'll be getting radiation instead of nanoknife. The Dr said a non-invasive procedure would be best. He did say that he could do it if he had to. But since there is another option, I should try it first. So it's back to the beam.
first avastin infusion yesterday
I had my first Avastin infusion yesterday...well first one this go around. anyway all went well but I have a question... I have not been to the infusion dept in about 2 years and they had something new I had never seen before, I was wondering if anyone had an answer or had seen this in there infusion restrooms....if not I…
CDixon , Lori, LivinginNH and Dorookie any news from them?
Up!
Kerry S - Did I miss the post
that he is having an operation to remove his brain tumour on the 10th?
Hello Mates! it is FRIDAY, anything interesting for the weekend?
Dinner tonight and cinema tomorrow night , good weather here sun and 9 degrees right now! Hugs!
pain in side
Hubby is having pain in his side. Onc says where it is hurting it is his liver. He is stage IV w/liver mets. The pain starts most of time when he sits in one position for a long time. It seems to be getting worse and happening more often. Have any of you had this problem and do you have any suggestions? Thanks, Tina
Jorge is seeing the chemo doctor
Jorge is seeing the chemo doctor today and just maybe the ct scan is in feeling a little worried can you guys send some good vibes his way thank you so much Tina
First chemo over, have some questions
Hi everyone, and thank you for your answers, and support following my last question. It really made me feel good. I just finished my first chemo session consisting of 5FU Oxy, Leu and Avastin. I did get the cold sesitivity that I was told about. It seemed to come and go at times. Will this stay the same, or will it get…
Unfair to the max
I spend a couple hours in the chat room feature of this site several nights a week. I have made many friends there and it is always helpful to connect with others in the fight. But, tonight I met a young man in chat that broke my heart. He was dx'd with colon cancer at the age of 16 and now at age 18 has had a recurrence…
Starting Xeloda
My mom will be starting Xeloda next week.She will be on 2600 mgs or 3000 mgs a day,two weeks on and one week off. Has anyone done this treatment ? If so, can you give us some feed back on how treatment went/is going ? Did anything help to relieve the side effects ? Any information would be appreciated. Thanks.

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