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Archives for February 2012

Did you ever experienced heavy cough while on FOLFOX?
Thanks in advance my dear Family!
flyguide
Would love to hear more of your journey. Please don't lurk....please post more and often (if you can, or would want to). We need inspiration here. Yes, Pete continues to be so inspirational. Thanks!
Has anyone done hyperbaric oxygen therapy...
for radiation cystitis that has affected the bladder? My husband is back in the hospital because he has been bleeding and passing clots when urinating for over a week. His hemoglobin went down to 6 and he needed a blood transfusion. The bleeding occurred once before (last Dec) but it stopped after a few days...he had a…
Robinvan website
http://www.rob-pollock.blogspot.com/
Thank you all for your help
I just wanted to update and thank everyone for there help. My husband got home from the hospital about 9 days ago after 2 weeks in the hospital. He is doing much better. That second emergency surgery really wore him out. But all is better. He is getting use to the ostomy bag and doing very well with it. He has me put it on…
Up coming ct scan and colonscopy
Hey Family, I'm still here as you know :-) Rather then ramble on about me these days try and help if I can. Ok appreciate any prayers/good vibes/wishes etc, I have my yearly scan tomorrow and I'm getting nervous. Then on the 13th March I have my colonscopy, I have not had one since my diagnosis in 2009. So March will be a…
Post-liver resection scan results
Hey. About 6 weeks ago had Rt. lobe of liver removed, plus 3 sections of left. 12 tumors removed, but on this first post-op scan, it shows one tumor didn't have clear margins, now have a 2 cm. new spot. Largest one now-to-date. Heck. What a let down. Don't mean to be bearer of bad news, just have to vent. I thought I liked…
side effects/ experiences w/ drugs resource
Hey gang, I stumbled upon a website called treato.com that I think can be very helpful to people about to start a drug. It basically filters what people have said/ experienced about a particular drug in online discussion forums and boards in a very organized fashion. It's especially useful because people often post what…
Ringing in ears
Has anyone had ringing in their ears as a result of chemo.?? This started while on chem. and is still ongoing, sometimes I don't notice it at all other days drives me nuts!!
Neulasta
Hi All, Has anyone had vomiting & extreme fatigue side effects with Neulasta? My husband was doing great with his chemo (no real side effects) until he got the Neulasta shot last week. 48 hours after the shot he was vomiting all day and is extremely fatigued. I know it will pass but just want to know if others have…
Targeted Therapies in MCRC - optimum time for surgery
I just reviewed the following slide show given April 2011. One of the takeaways for me is that for Stage IV crc the optimum time for liver sugery is after about the 6th treatment. This is in part to prevent toxicity to liver from too much chemo. My wife's ONC has her scheduled for 12 treatments, after which the plan is to…
TaraHK how are you doing?
How is your recovery , hope everything goes excelent.
Just a question .
Which has been your lowest platelets count while on chemo?. Hugs!
Get America Talking about Colon Cancer -- Turn the White House blue
With National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month right around the corner (March), it's time to get America talking about colon cancer! Sign the petition to turn the White House blue. We need 25,000 signatures by March 14th. Together, we can shine a light on colon cancer, encourage people to be screened, and save lives.…
meeting with docs today
I personally had a mini meeting with one of Carls team docs yesterday morning and we are having a bigger meeting with the head surgeon, GI and radiology docs today so loooong meeting day. As of yesterday his bili was up to 28.4, I was worried about the BUN because it suddenly spiked, but he said that was in part due to…
To: My Dear Friend – Robinvan – aka “Canada Rob”
Tonight, I heard a voice calling out his name…I had been looking for an update for nearly three months and suspected something might be amiss. And so, without hesitation I checked out his blog and found very disturbing news. Our brother, Rob, has had recurrence again in the sacrum. He had fought a tremendous battle to…
Questions for those of you who have been on just Xeloda
A friend has been advised to go on Xeloda only (2 weeks of pills, 1 week off) as adjuvant chemo for his appendix cancer, and was wondering about Xeloda-specific side effects and ways to deal with them. I had Folfox + Avastin, so my experience was quite different from what he will be experiencing. What can you tell me about…
Advice, please
I was diagnosed in July of 2009 with stage II colon cancer. Chemo was not recommended. For the last year my CEA has been slowly rising. It was 7.5 pre-op and 1.5 a few weeks post-op. It is now 4.5. My liver enzymes have also been rIsing and are now 4 and 5x normal. Scan is clear. My oncologist has arranged for me to see a…
shortness of breath on Folfox and Avastin?
My husband has had 3 treatments - Folfox and Avastin. About a week after the third treatment he began having SOB, but his pulse OX is normal. Has anybody had this side effect? The SOB is really bad even just standing. His Chest x-ray didn't show anything wrong. He was diagnosed with adenoCA rectum May 2011, had radiation…
stage iv survivors?
i know minni asked about the stage 3 ones that is gave me the thought, everyone i have talked to outside this board has said that stage iv is treatable and they can make you comfy whle your life lasts but it is not cure able i need to know that there is a chance to go ned and that some have gotten past the 5 years most are…
very bad side effects from oxyilaplatin
has anyone ever had such bad neuropathy from oxyilaplatin (spelling) that they had to switch chemo?my dad had to start a new chemo plan and the oxy is horrible.. please let me know
staring into the abyss of mCRC
The following is about me. If you can relate to this great, however, as Phil likes to point out, we are all different and my story may not hold any relevance to you or your disease. From the time I was diagnosed I believed my cancer was a little more benign than that of others whom I met and read about. Most who had a…
Biones60 thanks to you all.
I thank each and every one of you for your kind responses and wonderful advice. She's going to help me build an entertainment center today, ha, ha. I will say more later but all of your comments touched both of us. PS: I am going to teach her how to ride one of my motorcycles in a week or two. She always wanted to learn.…
KRAS Mutation Implications?
My wife is stage IV (diagnosed thanksgiving weekend 2011, spread to liver) with colon tumor biopsy indicating KRAS mutation. I am only recently becoming aware of implications during research this weekend as ONC did not mention. I will take it up with her next week. Other than making EGFR inhibitors ineffective, are there…
Prognosis: 30 days
That is what my wife was told in January. Of course I knew I was sick, but I always felt that I was going to recover (though my internist did openly recommend hospice to me) Bladder blockage, kidney failure, a leg that looked like a sausage about to explode, blood clot behind the knee, fluid in the space between my lungs,…
The latest on oxi and neurotoxicity:
hemonctoday.com/article.aspx?rid=95014 "Calcium & magnesium supplementation may reduce oxaliplatin-induced neurotoxicity" Quite informative.....
Buckwirth
I think this is the second request for your appearance. R u ok.
Can't find the thread on ileo v takedown but new info
Hi, Someone posted about ileo vs takedown and I added my experience, which for the most part was very positive. However, last night I was a prisoner of the bathroom, and that happens about 1-2x a week no matter what I do or don't do. Wanted to give a more balanced picture to my original reply.
anyone else looking at trying cv247 or calcium d glucarate and a great survival story
just google cv247 cancer, I put the links i reviewed in my blog. http://petertrayhurn.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/imax-antarctica-mawson-excursion-and.html#!http://petertrayhurn.blogspot.com/2012/02/imax-antarctica-mawson-excursion-and.html its nice to see the formula in the public domain, any decent compounding chemist can…
Hey Sundance, keep your chin up...
Craig- I know you've been tracked down on another thread (thanks to Tommycat) but because you are feeling blue (emotionally and physically) I wanted to throw this out there as a tribute to help pick you up and place you on your feet again. Your posts, as usual, bring good things out of people and bring good people out of…

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