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Sundance Book "In Progress" (Little Update)
Well, I just thought I would open this post to let you know that “The Book” is under way and gathering steam and is in full progress. After this post, the next time I’ll say something is when it’s finished. There won’t be any need to bore you to tears with redundant updates. I’ve jumped back into the “Deep End of the…
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i like milk thistle great crc, fix liver and now anticancer. more evidence.
i have been taking this for a year to protect my liver, now i just find out it fights crc tumours. how good is that. hugs, pete http://www.naturalnews.com/023997_liver_milk_silymarin.html Supplementing with milk thistle has a long history among Europeans who have used it to protect their livers from the effects of alcohol…
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health update latest blood test result liver and vitamin d
update blood test result - vitamin d 137 nmol/L and liver enzymes all normal now except ggt which is on way down. bowel getting much better. loosing weight desired. got the results of my monthy liver function and vitamin d blood test. very happy with results considering recent surgery and antibiotics, still a few areas for…
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OT - My Excellent European Adventure Day Five
We woke early, needing to pack and prepare for a 9:30am flight to Verona. I had two bags, and I rearranged them for this trip so that the small one, my carry-on, would have my computer packed inside it. Once ready, out to the lobby for a bit of breakfast, then back to bring the bags out. It was quite a collection in the…
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Off Topic--Getting Old
Today I discovered just how old I am and how far back in the dust I've been left.LOL I was sitting in the surgery waiting area of the hospital today reading my book and waiting for my husband to have minor surgery. I looked to my left and saw a teenage girl playing a video game on her laptop, while listenting to the ipod??…
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Buck how do you feel? ready for release number 5? not yet?
Do it whenever you feel better but don't forget about here you got a fan of the thread !
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Food for thought:"Low carb, High-Protein diets May Reduce Both Tumor Growth Rates and Cancer Risks"
reported at medicalnewstoday.com/releases/228497.php (and other sites,emaxhealth.com; healthcanal.com; etc) based on a study conducted in mice "but the scientists involved agree that the strong biological findings are definitive enough that an effect in humans can be considered"
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What's the worst ? Advil or Tylenol
Have a big headache due to sinus, normally have tylenol but advil works much better on me, seems doctors doesn't like it too much , any comments from your docs?.
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COBRA and life insurance portability
Hey gang, Does anyone have experience porting their work life insurance over when moving to COBRA? I have been filling out a ton of forms recently since I have transitioned from STD to LTD. SSDI ( no word yet) SSI ( denied, but I knew that since it's needs based), forms for the insurance company with doctor' records, stuff…
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Adker
ADker, I am thinking of you and hoping all is well. I hate to post this on the board itself but know that many people don't go into their inbox. I sure wish a PM on this board would automatically send a notification to a person's email... Could you please post sometime or PM me? Thanks! Amy
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Tagamet for metastisized colon cancer
My husband has Stage 4 colon cancer, metastisized to the liver and also lymphnodes near the superior vena cava. He was diagnosed very late, had a resection in Novemeber, 2010, and as of yet, no further treament. Two weeks ago he was told he had between 6 and 12 months left. This is NHS, UK medicine at it's worst. Anyway,…
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Head is clearing but my feet are swelling...
Okay...I'm about 1 month from my last chemo. It was 6 Folfiri but prior to that I had 6 Folfox which my onc stopped because of side effects. Now that I have not had chemo for about a month, my brain is waking up. But my feet are beginning to have some swelling. (Is my smarts going downhill?...kidding) They did not do this…
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AnneCan how are you?
Thinking of you!
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Calcified lymph nodes
Hi all, Does anyone know what calcified lymph node means? Saw it on my CT scan report. Thanks, Sara
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FYI:"The Dirty Dozen" and "The CleanFifteen"
According to the Environmental Working Group, the following twelve fruits and vegetables were most often contaminated with pesticides, starting with the most "dirty": 1. apples 2. celery 3. strawberries 4. peaches 5. spinach 6. nectarines (imported) 7. grapes (imported) 8. sweet bell peppers 9. potatoes 10. bananas## 11.…
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Mom_2_3 & pscott1 have PM"s
Mom_2_3 & pscott1... i sent you pm's. Thanks!!!
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CEA going DOWN...YAY!!!!
It rose to 11.9... I have had 3 treatments of CPT-11 only..no other chemo.... Had levels done yesterday and just got results... down to 8.2...YAY!!!! Now I don't feel so bad about losing all my hair this past week. I have never had acid reflux but I started having this fluid come up in my throat and it burns...kinda like…
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Biopsy back from surgery
Biopsy is back and it said 4 out of 17 had cancer and doctor was happy .
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leveraging Peripheral Neuropathy info, treatments and tips from diabetic world! why not ?
leveraging PN info, treatments and tips from diabetic world! why not ? i noticed lots of overlaps on alternatives. http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread22794.html story about PN and diabetic weight loss and vegan and reducing PN http://www.reversingdiabetes.org/HowitWorks/Research.aspx vegan diet helps 50% diabetics.…
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blood work question
Hi there... I'm not new, but haven't been around for a while. My husband was dx stage IIIc in Nov. 2009. He finished chemo about one year ago. Everything's been fine up until recently. He's sleeping alot! He says he is so fatigued. He had some crazy death dreams and he has opened up to me that he is depressed. Alot of very…
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who juicers ?
this is a light hearted post about juicing. daily morning tea, with my champion 2000 beet, carrot, celery, brussel, brocolli, tumeric, ginger, garlic, spinach. sometimes with apple, red/black grapes and seeds, orange, pinapple. all my juices taste like crap. happy with juicer but i need extra attachment to do wheatgrass…
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dear newbies please search liver damage and chemo in our archives if your interested and have time
dearest newbies, we have lots of amazing discussions, lots are buried in our colorectal archives. some mention ways some of us have tried to protect our liver. please search and read if its the right time for you, or if you are overwhelmed then just comeback and check this out later. search on liver damage chemo is a good…
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almost died in Florida
Well I'm back from Florida, I have a new beautiful grand daughter. But there was a major problem. After about 3-4 weeks my abdomen filled with fluid so badly that I couldn't stand the pain. My wife and I had driven down to Florida after onc thought the fluid was the effect of Folfox and would be absorbed. Instead it got…
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Roger (Crow71) was much more than most of us knew
The following the the obituary Roger's wife posted on CaringBridge. Roger Thomas Fowler passed away June 9th at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, NC. Born December 16, 1971, Roger was a longtime resident of Lewisville, NC. Roger graduated from Forsyth Country Day School in Lewisville and attended Emory…
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PET results - questions
My oncologist is out until Thurs. so I had his nurse fax my PET results. I'm stage IV, currently having had two lung ablations for lung mets (the only area showing disease until now). The scan looks okay, but I'm worried because it says "A hypermetabolic soft tissue nodule is seen in the pelvic mesentery, showing a maximal…
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Buck ! think is time for a good story! ,let's go with release number 5!
Hugs!
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Stage IV CC Survivor Running for President
Herman Cain (Republican) is a stage IV colon cancer survivor and is running for President. He will be participating in the debate tonight. I am not trying to start a political debate here, just an FYI. Hugs, Sara
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Stage 4 Survivors
Just looking for those who wish to share being a Stage 4 Survivor. Having a down day. Thanks -
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What was that new drug mentioned?
Sometime in the past week someone mentioned a new drug coming out that targets tumors 3-ways (something like that). I read it quickly, meant to save it, now I can't remember which thread it was a part of. (i hope i wasn't just dreaming this) Bring out all the ammunition.
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chemo or not?
Hi everyone. I am home from the follow up appt. with the surgeon.(surgery was 5/24) Healing is going well. In 2 months I go back for bloodwork and ct. Pretty typical. Now when we first spoke with the surgeon he said he saw no reason for chemo after. I had it before and it came back. NOW, he wants me to see an onc. to talk…