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In and out of surgery for obstruction
What a day. Dicks pain continued to increase last night so he had a CAT scan at 11:00am. I was on my way home with our daughter for a few hours while a friend stayed with **** at the hospital. She called and said the doc might want to do surgery I had to turn around which just crushed our daughter. By 5:00 we got the call…
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Phil64 Update - surgery # 5 coming up...
Talked to surgeon (Scott Regenbogen, M.D., M.P.H.) yesterday. Surgery is scheduled for Monday 12/2/2013. I now need to meet with work to discuss time off. So far this year I have had 48.5 days off in the past 12 months from work (chemo, scans, and a liver resection surgery last April). We have a policy for no more than 90…
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Colonoscopy after having a colonostomy - nervous
Hi everyone...It's been a long time since I've been here..Husband, who had rectal cancer & a perm colostomy is having a scope done tomorrow morning. He has started the prep work. Yay..let the "fun and games begin!" anyway..just wondering how much different it is having this done with an ostomy. I am worried about such…
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Avemar for Colon cancer?
Hello, my name is James, and my mother was recently diagnosed with Colon cancer... and I'm truly terrified. She already suffered from esophageal cancer 2 years ago, and they said she was really lucky to survive it (they removed her esophagus), but she had to endure a lot of pain because of that cisplatin therapy and other…
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Under age 50 Project
I am working with Dr Whitney Jones and the Colon Cancer Prevention Project along with the Never Too Young project which is a collaboration with CCPP, Colon Cancer Alliance & Bowel Cancer UK. I had the honor of meeting him in person at the CCA National Conference. This project is for anyone diagnosed before age 50 - it…
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Tumors shrinking.....or surgery?
Have been chemoing three years since bowel resection. Only Eva had tumors in lung ...thank God. They are shrinking now on erbitux smallest 20mm largest 45mm. Just don't know if to say blow it let's rip them buggers outta lung or stay on chemo. Decision pretty much mine they say. Would love your advice????
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Have to postpone chemo.
I was gonna start my 6 rounds of folfox this Monday, but my belly button is not healing well. I have this continuous discharge coming out. The surgeon says that a piece of skin is dying and it has to peal off. But it feels like that this clear yellow liquid is coming from the layers of skin about the size of a quarter. I'm…
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Momof2plusteens and zach
Anyone heard anything from them?
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my dad has stage4 colorectal cancer w/ liver met
Good day! im lou from the philippines. my dad was diagnosed with well differentiated (low grade) stage4 colorectal cancer. (still it is a cancer -lol) He underwent surgery last aug. 24, 2013 found 3.5cm tumor in the colon and a 2.2 cm tumor in the lower left lobe of the liver. both were removed surgically. Now he is…
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Maglets!
How did your procedure go? Btw I've been waiting for updated pictures on the expressions page. Lol love, ktz
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Obstruction, pain, hospital
Hello my dear friends, These past 2 months have been the hardest during the past 5 years. Today **** woke up at 5 in severe pain. We had him at the ER by 8. His pain was at level 9-10 most of the day. They could get a bit of control on it for about 20 minutes at a time. It was a very, very hard start after a scan they…