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Colorectal Cancer

Archives for June 2012

Rectal pain relief
Sharing a helpful tip: Yesterday the GI doctor wrote me a prescription for lidocaine cream to be used on my poor aching bottom. Talk about relief! It numbs the area and gives any inflammation a chance to settle down. Take care everyone~ Tommycat
Good news for KU and Kansas City...NCI
It looks like The University of Kansas Cancer Center is about to receive the NCI designation. They've worked on this for more than 7 years and spent $350 million to reach this point. The official announcement is a couple of weeks away, but our 2 senators confirmed yesterday that it's been decided. KU was my second opinion…
anybody have experiences w/partial small bowel blockage after APR surgery?
Help!..my husband had his APR surgery w/permanant colstomy on May 23. He did extremely well..the tumor (which started as stage 3) was totally removed (rectum, anus & base of sig.colon) and 26 of 26 nodes tested negagive (thanks be to GOD, from whom ALL blessings flow)..so it was downgraded to stage 2. Post op problems have…
Prayers Deparately Needed-Update Still need PRAYERS July 3rd
So Bill has been in ICU since Friday. He is holding his own and getting a little better. He is on a ventilator and it is turned up fairly high because they are giving him massive quantities of fluids and the thought is there is fluid in his lungs. The Dr wants to go back in and connect his colon. They left everything open…
Update on George
Sorry I haven't been around much, I had George in the hospital for several days. I don't scare easy at all but this time I was. His immune system was shot. We even had to wear a mask to go into the room. He received 4 or maybe it was 6 units of blood, platelets and some other stuff. Poor guy was weak as a kitten. When they…
confused by diagnosis
I'm wondering if the first doc missed something or if it is just spreading as fast as Sloan says it is because I went from one possible spot on my lymphs that was discounted to lots of rectal lymphs involved with yesterdays MRI and one pelvic lymph already involved in just a month. Now the growth has broken through the…
6 months
My oncologist said I was still NED with low (0.9) CEA. Didn't need to see me again for 6 months At that time will order next c/t scan. Hopefully, I have it beat. YEA!!!
Xeloda
Hello My friend is 45.she has been diagnosed with stage4 colon cancer in the sigmoid colon with four metastatic lesioins in to the liver in 2011. She had surgery.and chemotherapy for six months.four months after chemotherapy her tumour markers has slightly elevated and ct scan has shown a new metastatic lesion in to the…
Just Checking In...
I am back from my mini vacation at friends house in GA for a long birthday weekend.. It was nice to catch up... It was very humid there and I brought it home to Jersey with me. The president delayed my flight home 3 times tuesday.. You could see the official planes and airforce 1 on the distant tarmac from the gates.. it…
hi mates it is FRIDAY ! any interesting plan for the WEEKEND?
Tomorrow party in a cousin's house ,that is leaving to work to Argentina. Sunday bath on the beach ,mass, and watching Euro cup Final, Spain vs Italy! What about you?
Got my pet scans results- update
Well got my results back yesterday and found a spot on my liver and one on my lungs.I go for my liver biopsy in the morning.I also have an appointment next Thursday for my consult for radiation.I feel and the doctor does too that of course the cancer has spread so that makes me a stage 4 so this is going to be a long and…
Oxliplatin
Hi all, my husband had an apt to see his oncologist today, just finished his 19th cycle of oxy, avastin and xeloda. He will not be able to have anymore oxy, so oncologist said will have scan end of July, and see how tumors are doing, one in liver one in lung and 2 in peritoneum. The chemo has been working, to keep things…
Thanks Pete for clarification
Dear Pete, Thought I would start a new thread as the other was taking a long time to load because of all the responses! I am glad that you are getting the MRI to try to determination one way or the other about what might be causing the CEA rise. I really do hope that it is not bad news for you. Hugs, Marie who loves kitties
Fourth Round
Yesterday saw the Oncologist yesterday and started round four of treatment. The Oncologist said that there were hopeful signs from bold for and he was hopeful that the treatment was working. He said that he was ordering a CT in the next weeks and then we would meet with the surgeon one more time. He said that he felt…
Fatigue
Here's another "has anyone else experienced this" question. I wear my chemo pump for 48 hours every two weeks. About the last hour that I wear it, I get very tired and have to fight sleep until I get home from the center. Last night I had a good 9 hours of much needed sleep and felt great until about 2:30 and then as usual…
Multiple Lung Mets
Hi there. Has anyone on here had 20 or more lung mets? If so will you please share your story with me either on here or as a private message?
Study suggests mCRC patients who take Bevacizumab beyond progresssion have significantly increased s
I just read an article in press for Clinical Colorectal Cancer Survival Outcomes of Bevacizumab Beyond Progression in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients Treated in US Community Oncology - T. Cartwright it indicates that mCRC patients who have completed their first line therapy and then take Bevacizumab (Avastin) during…
Home from surgery
Home from surgery on Monday, the Drs said I was doing so well, walking, passing gas, (the important one!) and finally bowel movement. I had my rectal tumor removed, gallbladder, and liver tumor. I have 33 staples down my abdomen. The original plan was 7-10 days in hospital - I got out in 6 days, yay! I don't like…
Hello Everyone! Update on Mauh!
I have been taking a little break, but here I am. I started Xeloda last week, and so far so good. My CEA had jumped another 30 points to 85 or so... PET shows a bit of increase in activity, but this is the same .04 area that comes an goes every couple months, since my liver resection. Nothing on the CT as of yet, so we…
FOLFOX side effects??? I dont know...can you tell me?
Howdy All! :-) I just started Folfox last week and I thought it was going ok....but all these "new" things are coming up and I don't know if they are related? ....side effects??? are really what to think...and of course who better to tell me than those that have lived it!!! God...I'm blessed!! I have refused to not eat…
Back in the dance. Took some time off to think about turnips.
I really liked that turnip story. Needed time to let my head rest (it didn't really but it wasn't constant). Back at Sloan this week finally. Got my pill scrip for chemo. We're going for 5FU (lol you know exactly what I was thinking when I heard those letters . . yeah you can say that again!) and low dose radiation every…
update (i want to runaway)
Seen the doctor today. He said that the pathology report shows that there is still cancer on my liver. Port goes in on Friday. AND Start chemo again on Tuesday. For three months and then they will do scans and see if I need to have surgery again then more chemo.Does this ever end.......,.
HIPEC Surgery
Married only 2 yrs Husband just had major colon surgery. They call it HIPEC. In hospital 1 month. Thought they had got it all but just this week his CEA has gone up to 21. I'm told by nurse not to be concerned but how do I NOT be concerned. How do I live and breath each day knowing he is sick? They tell us there is no real…
News Not Good
Hi, 3 weeks ago I had my left liver lobe removed. There was one tumor and one lymph node both of which were cancerous. The lymph node has led to the determination that the cancer will spread through out my body. The original plan a month ago was to do the liver and then go back in and remove the 2 very small lesions on the…
Questions re Curcumin
I have used Curamin in the past, and recently resumed taking it to address some joint pain. However, now as I look online to buy more, I see that there is "Curamin" "CuraMed" and "Curamin-PM" Can anyone explain the differences (I know the "PM" version has Melatonin and B-6), advantages and disadvantages to the various…
What is a well-placed stoma
Good morning, all. I've been doing some reading and planning for my surgery on August 2nd (Stage III rectal, post chemo/radiation). I'm hoping the treatments have been so successful that I won't need a temporary colostomy, but I know I probably will so I've been reading up on them to be prepared. Here's a question that…
Anyone have experience with blockages
Hi, My BF had his colostomy reversal surgery two weeks ago! Yesterday,he was having severe stomach pains all day, and he hasn't moved his bowels in 3 or 4 days. He still has a visiting nurse coming every day to pack his surgical site. She told him to get prune juice. Last evening he started throwing up and finally (at my…
follow up treatment after stage 3 rectal cancer
hi,,,i was wondering if anyone knew the protocol for followup treatment after rectal stage 3 cancer....should you be getting a ct scan, x-ray, pet scan ...and if yes ,,,how often for the first 5 years???? is it normal to not have a ct, pet, or x-ray for over 21/2 years post surgery??????
My Story
Hi everyone, this is my first post but I have been following you all for about a year now since my wonderful news that was laid upon my shoulders. I was diagnosed here in Korea, about a year ago, with the stage 4 wonder growth in my colon that was nice enough to share it with my liver, thank you Mr. Colon, I will miss the…
Stage IV updates JUNE 2012
Just starting a NEW thread for this. I understand the pain some of us "old-timers" feel when reading a thread started in 2007, which includes friends we have lost. Reality is that more people die from stage IV than are cured. But the hopeful part is that many of us do live a long time with this as a chronic disease, even…

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