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Archives for December 2013

Happy New Year!
I would like to wish everyone here a very happy new year, and may this year bring you all recovery, patience, love. And it's also my birthday today and I am especially thankful for all of you. I am not sure how I would've been able to go as far as now without you guys helping me through my hard times. All the best to you…
Braelee
how are you?
Switching to irox
Had such bad reaction to folfox6(5fu) That they took me off after first round. Now switching me to IROX. Does anyone have experience with both? How effective is it compared to folfox. I'm stage 3c colon cancer.
The ACS Countdown
Seriously! Anyone else getting what seems like hourly emails from the ACS reminding you how many hours are left to make a tax deductible gift in 2013? Geesh as if I needed hourly cancer reminders. Wish we could all email them hourly to find out if they found the cure yet.
Varmint5
Hi - just thinking about you and hoping your daughter is well. How's that grandbaby doing?
Need Colostomy Advice
Hi all, Happy New Year! I know there are ostomy boards but I'm still in a bit of a depression about this ostomy being permanent at times and those boards are just full of people who have temporaries. Gets me down. I have to go for my first colonoscopy since the ostomy to make sure there's no cancer so I need to do the…
Something I should be worried about?
My wife restarted folfiri after being told there is no more new treatment to give her anymore. She went back on it last friday. I noticed some minor twitching from her. But last night around two AM. She started having some serious twitching. Grabbing at her clothes and blanket and trying to take them off. She also started…
Update from Laz.
I had an appointment with my oncologist today. We recalculated the amount of chemo I received already and it turns out that I only need two more rounds instead of four that we thought. I had to stop Oxalyplatin, because of neuropathy and I'm taking 5000mg Xeloda a day. It's a large dose and I'm feeling pretty crappy, but…
danker
Just wondering how your wife is doing. Did you guys make it through Christmas okay? Does she understand that it's Christmas or has the disease progress beyond her ability to understand such things? You're such a big source of support for so many here and what you are going through (as a caregiver) is tremendously hard, as…
Tanstaafl?
Haven't seen you on here for a long time, it seems. I hope you and your wife are doing well!
rls67
Just wondering if everything is okay? Concerned about you and your wife. I'm sure this has not been the merriest of Christmases for you and your family. Hope all is well. If its not, perhaps we can help. Chelsea
Survival Story to Share
Hi Everyone, I was a frequent visitor to this board ten years ago. My mom was diagnosed in December 2002 with Stage III Colon Cancer (4 positive lymph nodes) and during her first 1.5 years of treatment had two local recurrences. (the first after completing chemo, and the second after completing a round of radiation). Her…
Pepe
how are you doing? a belated merry Xmas and early happy new year to you!
I never thought I would make it this far
When I was first diagnosed, I will be honest, I had never met anyone that had beat colon cancer before this group. I had lost my mom to colon cancer when I was 37, I was diagnosed at 40. My grandma died from it when I was 19. I had never thought it could be beat. I am happy to say it has been 5 years since that fateful day…
Stage IV Colon Cancer Met to Liver
My sister who is only 52 has been diagnosed 2 weeks ago with stage IV colon cancer. Never had any symptoms except a pain in the top of her stomach between her rib cage. She went to the doctor and they did a CAT SCAN and was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer that had spread to her liver. Her doctor told her her he wanted…
Need Advice
Hello Friends, I am half way down with my 2nd cycle of Chemo (Oxaliplatin + Xeloda) For the last 3 or 4 days I am experiencing a constipation, mild bleeding though my nose as well as an un controlled passing of a colourless mucus from down when I pass wind (But not all the time) There are occasional pinkish stains in the…
Tachilders obituary missing in post
Was removed by the administrators under the post. Just wanted to let you know. This seems unfair if information is published on a public site, but cest la vie. I would have sent his family a card. Removing information like this interferes with the ability to support each other In my opinion.
Update on Craig (Sundanceh)
Craig's wife has shared on FB that Craig was unable to get his chemo today due to low platelet counts. It seems they are discussing removing his spleen to help get the counts up. Please send prayers, good vibes and well wishes to our favorite Texan. Marie who loves kitties
I just wanted to share this with you all...
I wrote this post for another site a few years ago, and I've posted it once before here (I think...dang chemo brain). But I wanted to share it again, given all that our little virtual family has gone through of late. It helped me to write it. I hope it helps some of you as well. BEACH GLASS The Pacific Ocean. There is no…
That's very odd ... can someone enlighten me?
There was a double message posted entitled Major Colon Cancer Fear and folks were responding to the young man on both messages ... I pointed this out by posting a message on both posts that it was a double posted message ... I was hoping to consolidate the message to best help this young man ... Did someone flag my posts?…
Lynch Syndrome
Hello..since I am so new to the site and have so many questions, I'm going to start with this one..Can I get some feedback from anyone who has been diagnosed with Lynch syndrome..basically what has been your path? I tested conclusive with the genetic testing all the way to the final one and then it was inconclusive. But…
Chemo chest pain
Has anyone had or deal with this. Had my first chemo session on dec 17. Felt fine for firdt 2 days. On 3rd day experienced terrible chest pain. Had to be hospitalized. Cardiologist said my ejection fraction was low at 14%. Normal is 55%.
How often do you get scans?
Had my first surgery March 2012, scan July showed cancer still there, advancing. So chemo/rad and had second surgery which was total rectum/anal removal, permanent ostomy in January 2013. First scan in July was clean. I want to make sure all is fine and get my port out so I want another scan this January. My oncologist…
Major Colon Cancer Fear
Hi guys, I know this is a board for CRC survivors but I figured who better to ask than you guys if I had a major fear about CRC. Background: Im a 20 year old male and I am overweight. I am in the process of losing weight in hopes of beating my health anixety. Lately (For the past week) I have been having major stomach pain…
Major Colon Cancer Fear
Hi guys, I know this is a board for CRC survivors but I figured who better to ask than you guys if I had a major fear about CRC. I Know you get asked this a lot but I dont have insurance and Im trying my best to gather all the information I can while I find somewhere to get help. Thanks.
1st chemo session
I had my first chemo session of FOLFOX 6 on DEC 17. Everything was great for first 36 hours. Then at 230 am i began having horrible chest pain. I was transported to the hospital to cardiac unit.. cardiologist said my ejection fraction was at 14% when normal is over 55. I am being treated for stage 3c colon cancer. Has…
PET Scan yesterday... I won't find out the results until after christmas :(
I am having a hard time finding the joy this year with the results of a PET scan hanging over my head. My husband doesn't understand...why I am tired...why I don't feel joyful right now... I guess I am alone... I cant share with him what I am feeling...he doesn't want to hear it. I thought all of the Christmas shopping was…
new to this site
Hi I am new to this site. I was diagnosed one year ago with early stage 2. I had surgery but no other treatment. So far, I am doing well. But this diagnosis has changed who I am. It is always just under my toughts, it always comes to me at night. Some days the fear is overwhelming and most nights are sleepless without a…
To my new family!
Just think about it. A person should be lucky and extremely happy to find just one good friend in his or her life time. This year I found dozens of exceptional people in you all. And this is truly amazing. Happy Holidays to all of you! Laz
Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!
I just wanted to wish you all cancer fighters and caretakers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I hope that God keeps providing you the strength to fight this desease. I hope that science can keep advancing and truly make cancer a chronic desease. You all show such strength, wisdon and dignity in extremely difficult…

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