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Colorectal Cancer
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Bruins1971 died today
His sister notified his close friends. RIP Bobby Flaherty
Getting Rid of Oncologist
Just curious how many of you got rid of your first oncologist? My mom is at her wits end with hers. She had a set back about a week after her last chemotherapy treatment and had to be hospitalizes with severe clots in her leg. She was in the hospital for a week and a half and is currently at the hospital closer to our home…
pick your brains on pathology for colon cancer
Hi Members. Does anyone know anything about desmoplastic reaction and inflammatory cell infiltrate in a pathology report for stage 3 sigmoid colon cancer ??? Cheers dinkydi8
Hello alll
hello all it's been some time that i have posted anything here but i do look in on everyone .and just wanted to say hello to you all and let you know that Jorge is doing well last month his CEA was at 1,2 and he has a ct scan coming up on the 25th and I'm feeling a little ok a lot of stress about it .thanks for listening…
Update on Bill
Wow I haven't been here in weeks and the first post I see is from Steved. I am so happy to hear that your surgery went well and you are back on the boards. Good luck with your recovery. I posted here about my boyfriend Bill who has stage 2 rectal cancer and had successful surgery on Feb 16, 2012. He then had a reversal of…
Rising cea
Hello, I was diagnosed with stage 3 rectal cancer in March. Biopsied and found in one lympth node. Had chemo/radiation in May. Had schedule permanent colostomy surgery in august. Cea was 9 before surgery and 4 after surgery. ended up having a temporary illiotomy for all the margins were available to see. Took dime size…
Follow up care after completion of surgery, chemo/rad
Hello, I was diagnosed with stage 2 T3 rectal cancer back in January 2012. I have completed Chemo/rad and 3 surgeries and hopefully done with everything. I wanted to find out what kind of follow up care, checkups are needed to catch any reoccurence. Any help would be appreciated.
checking in
hi guys, just checking in, went for stress test everything ok. dr taking me off pradaxa,, wants to do a nuclear stress test in hospital to see how the heart is working. i think of you all everyday. i am saddened by the loss of our friends. i give my best wishes for all who are here fighting this beast we call cancer.…