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Now I have a game plan
Hi all, I saw my surgeon this morning. He had some interesting things to say. Not sure it is better or worse but at least I have a game plan now. 1. The spot that showed up on the scans, while it did light up was apparently very low levels and on someone without my history would probably be handled with a wait and rescan…
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Hot chemo
has anyone had hot chemo treatment.Any input would be appriatted.
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New to the group
Hi All, I'm new to the group and honeslty can't believe it took me three years to join. I'm blonde, so I guess I'm a little slow I was 42 when I was diagnosed with Stage IV Colorectal Cancer. I am now 45. It all started in March of 2013 with several months of irregular bowels so I had a colonoscopy. In my mind I was…
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New to this board usually on breast cancer board
my Cancer dr. Is suggesting hot Chemo.Can anyone give me input on this if you have had it?Or no anyone that has?thank you
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Pain during treatment
I'm looking for some help. I'm only on my second week of chemo/radiation and I'm starting to hurt. My cancer is very low. In fact, I have a tumor that popped out which I at first thought was a hemorroid. It was not. So I'm getting radiation very low. I already have redness and soreness between my legs. I asked my doctor…
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Next Steps
I finally heard from the surgical scheduler today. The call was not what I wanted to hear. They couldn't get me in to see my surgeon until April 15th. Really? You do know there is cancer involved here right? Well sorry that is the best they could do. Did I want the appointment or not? Well duh. So I get off the phone and…
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Life Hack for Ostomy People (and others)
I saw this on Facebook. One of those ideas to make life easier they call life hacks. One of the things that's always bothered me with my ostomy is emptying my bag in a public place or at work. Sometimes it will do things like splash spots on the underside of the seat or even leave a brown drag mark down the inside of the…
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Having some spiritual issues
I have a very strong faith in God. Nothing in my cancer battle has shaken that. That being said, I have some issues that bother me and I wonder what you guys think about this and how you handle it if you feel like I do. Sorry, this is a bit long. First, I've been told so many times and have said to people that I was…
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Need Help, after treatment...
Hello there, Define Irony, God gave you a beautiful daughter and 2 months later told you that you have cancer. Yes that’s me, my daughter was 2 months old when my doctor told me I had collateral cancer. Now exactly a year later after 2 surgeries and 6 months of chemo I am back……. But back to where I am not sure. One thing…
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the new girl has some questions................
On 3-18 I was told I have stage 2 colon cancer. I had colon resection surgery. The mass they removed was a T4. I have a follow up on the 31st to have staples removed and to meet with the onocologist to see if I will require chemo or other treatments. I am looking for someone else that has stage 2 to see what I can expect.…
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neuropathy
I am almost 2 months out from my last Folfox treatment. I had 10. My neuropathy is getting worse and worse. Anyone found anything that seems to work? Thanks, Summer
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Using your horn while driving
Granted:this has nothing to do with cancerbut other threads refer to impacient horn blowers. One of my co-workers had the following solution to horn blowing. If he was waiting at the head of a group of cars at a red light and was honked at when the light turned green, he would respond by turning off his motor, Leave the…
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New
Just had my consultation with oncologist. I have stage 3 colon cancer. She described my treatment as 6 months, every two weeks of chemo. The chemo I will be getting is three kinds and it does not cause loss of hair. She told me I would be getting a pump. Can anyome tell me how that is? Do you shower with it? Any help…
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Update
Hi all. I had my sigmoidoscopy today. The area where the CT showed a shadow and the PET scan lit up was completely clear inside my colon. The dr who did the test was sending the results to my surgeon and oncologist and they will have them tomorrow. At this point my results are inconclusive. He says next step will likely be…
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Conversation with my coworker - cancer in a word
My coworker asked me how I felt now that I am post cancer. I wanted to say, cancer doesn't really end, it may disappear out of your body but it often leaves behind body damage, permanent disability, and awareness of how fragile life really is, things we just don't talk about. Instead I said . . . . in one word, during…
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Recently Diagnosed Stage 4
I'm 51 and a father of four (17,16, 8 and 3). I've also been diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer with mets in my liver. At first I had a CT scan with contrast which showed the thickening of the bowel and some lesions in my liver and involvement of lymph nodes. I had a sigmoidoscopy where they found this ugly doughnut…
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Maybe 3 times will be the charm and I can beat this
Hi All, A few months ago, my counselor advised to help with my PTSD it might be a good idea to step away from all things that reminded me of cancer for awhile and try to see if I could move forward. I did that. It wasn't completely successful, but I started putting my life after cancer back together, traveled, started…
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Perianal Invasive Squamosh Cell Carcinoma - Re-Excision or Chemo/Radiation Therapy
Hello Everyone, Today, I had my first appt with the Oncologist. My PET/CT scans came back clean. No cancer inside my body or lymph nodes. What a blessing!! The Oncologist is suggesting chemo/radiation, because, the SCC is still at the margins. My tumor size was only a 4 mm, very small. I asked the Oncologist about having…
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For what its worth:"Addendum on regorafenib in mCRC:Added benefit no longer proven"
http://medicalxpress.com/print377515606.html
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colon cancer with mets to liver and lungs
my dad age 58 has just been diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer with mets to his liver and lungs. we are all in shock of course but also very confused. he has done 10 treatments of radiation and they say they wont do chemotherpy because his liver is to bad. the confusion is that the radiation was only done on his chest not…
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A Year Ago Today
My first day of chemo. Pretty easy for me to remember, it is my wife's birthday. I also got discharged from surgery on Valentine's Day. Man I can treat my wife right. Promised her a better Valetine's Day this year (check) and birthday (currently in progress). Despite my ruining those two days, she took me to all my…
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Who am "I" Pre-cancer and Post cancer
Team, A little off topic for me but something I have really been thinking about alot recently. A little background, I am 4 year NED this past Jan 2016 from stage 3b signet cell colon cancer. Had the surgery then 6 months of the lovely 5fu/oxi. I looked inward and really can see I have become different before/after cancer.…
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My husband is 34 with stage IV
Good morning, I truly need to here positive information as the web is negative. My husband and I have three kids 14, 8 and 4 and he was diagnosed stage IV December 2015. They were not able to remove the mass from his colon because they wanted him on chemo immediately due to the masses in his liver. He currently has a…
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Just diagnosed with colon cancer...Need advice about finding surgeon in Northern VA
Hello everyone, I was in the hospital with anemia last weekend after some occuranced of dizziness and general fatigue and had been having stomach digestive issues. I had a colonoscopy this past Tuesday which revealed a "circumferential stricture at 20cm in the sigmoid colon". Result of the biopsy was an "invasive…
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Getting Ready - Wondering about the pump
Hello Fellow Fighters~ Looks like I will start on chemo pretty soon - since it's been 10 years since my first chemo I am hoping for better things, but not kidding myself. Dr says I will be wearing a pump for 48 hours. Back in 2007 I was in patient for the 48 hour drip, so I am feeling better about being able to be home ,in…
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repeat tubulovillous adenomas?
I am meeting w/GI today for results on my 3rd colonoscopy/polypectomy. I am 46 years old and adopted with no familial history. * 1 year ago I had a 55mm pre-cancerous tubulovillous adenoma removed. (first and only). The Dr was more shocked than I was that it was not cancerous given it's incredible size. It was removed via…
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Hi Guys!
It's been a hectic couple of months. Our 12 and 14 year old dogs have been sick. The 12 year old had cancer in the nasal cavity. We had it removed and are trying to keep him happy. Our 14 year old dog has kidney disease, so we're working on that now. My brother's magnesium is starting to rise, which is good. It was at .8…
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WE DID IT!!!!!
Well actually my wife did. We are officially 3 years NED. Got a clean scan and bill of health today. Now I can put away the Xanax and Ambien until next year.
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looking for advice
Help. My husband has been fighting strong against stage 4 colon cancer. It has been tough, but he has been remarkable in fighting this. He is so strong for three years. But now he got an idea that I am cheating on him and it is eating him alive. I am not cheating in him, but nothing I say makes him believe me. I am fearful…
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Just starting my journey
It's been 3 weeks since I first found out there was a mass... next day colonoscopy showed rectal cancer t3n1. CT scan confirmed. ..next week MRI and another CT scan for radiation targets. 6 weeks chemo/radiation, temporary ilostomy...then we see where we are at. This has all been overwhelming and strange. I'm 63 and…