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Colorectal Cancer
Archives for September 2013
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Stage 3 rectal, NED now for 4 years...and Laz's question :)
hello Everyone :) I read Laz's post about whether NED people say on or leave this Board and for me, it's a little of both: I read often and post rarely. Thought I'd share some good news as well. I was dx in the spring of 2009 with Stage 3 rectal cancer and had a resection, an ilestomy put in place for a year, an…
THE ROLE WE PLAY.
We as patients tend to think that we are the passive sufferers of our disease and there are the nurses, the doctors, the scientists, the lab technicians who are just doing their job coming up with new treatment options, trying them out on animals and trials then on the public. We don't realize that these are not two…
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Decided to take cat's picture out for a few days. We will see tomorrow if Irinotecan is working for George, he may have to do Zaltrap we hope not. For those who have seen my Facebook or George's web page, the band he is in won battle of the bands @club fortune casino In Las Vegas. The band will play @this casino starting…
Gimme sleep!
My history: Stage IV in Nov of 2010. Colon resection, Liver resection.. 7 months of chemo, Oxaliplatin, Avastin and Xeloda. Seems like I've been really tired alot more than I remember, wondering if the chemo does something like long term fatigue, etc? So far the tests have come back clear, but I feel like something must be…
MY ULTIMATE WISH!
I want all of us stay around here long enough, so we can give newcomers a hard time, when they complain that the new revolutionary pill that cures all cancers in 24 hours, doesn't come in bubble gum flavor. This is what I want to write to one of them in 20 years: Dear Johnny, If I catch you again complaining about the…