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Avastin or Erbitux
please help... long story some what short is my stage 3c colon cancer is now stage 4. finished first round of chemo (5FU+oxiliplatin) 3/28/16, re-scanned in April and found it in my liver. Tumor board recommended surgery, met with surgeon and she said i was not a good candidate because my tumors formed while i was on…
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Scared to Move to Another Area
My husband is retiring in a couple of months. He'd love to move some where warmer or just have a fresh start. I'm terrified of moving somewhere where I won't get the same level of treatment. We live in Canada so we have healthcare coverage but if we were to move to somewhere south I wouldn't be covered. And even in Canada…
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CEA
Hi everyone, I am new to this discussion board and happy to be here. I had colorectal surgery in 2014 and followed by several treatments of chemotherapy from March 2015 to July 2015 when it was interrupted because of damage it was doing to my body. A followup PET scan (7-17-15) came back with IMPRESSION: "There is no…
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Back to Square 2
Haven't been on here for awhile mostly because too brain foggy and tired during this last 6 months of Cisplatin treatment. But now back to doing research after about 15 months of radiation and oral chemo, surgery, and the above mentioned 6 month adjunctive course of Cisplatin as a mop-up. I was to have a reversal of a…
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surgery after radiation /chemo
Information anyone?..Husband has a tumor in his colon/rectal ...Dr's have done six weeks of radiation with chemo..In April 2016...Cat scan showed only one tumor low in colon ..with no lymph nodes involved...Although it has taken a toil on my hubby at 75 years young hehas had only small amounts of side effects..Blood sugar…
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Are there practical treatments for pleural fluid buildup other than a drain tube?
My mom had a chest drain tube and abdominal drain tube put in about 2 weeks ago, and every second day a home care support worker has been draining anywhere from .5 to 1.5 liters of fluid from the abdomen and .5 to 1 liters from the chest tube with each visit. I can give the details of my mom's colon cancer if necessary,…
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Happy Birthday Danker
I am so glad that you mentioned your birthday in another thread. I am in California (with Yollimbs) and didn't check my calendar. So, my friend, I hope you are having a wonderful day. I will raise a glass to you, and wish you many more years with NED. SUE
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Flat and non polyploid tumors, Dr. Nash, Sloan Doctors
Flat and Non Polyploid Tumors Has anyone had flat or non polyploid tumors? If so, what were the results? Has anyone gone to the surgeon Dr. Nash at Sloan? When I call the new patient number at Sloan, do I get to choose what surgeon I want to see? Will they also assign an oncologist to me or just the surgeon? Thank you.
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Peripheral Neuropathy
Okay, let's talk about after cancer and the side effects of our cancer fight. i was diagnosed in 2009 and did radiation with chemo pump, surgery, then aggressive chemo treatments, then followed up by many other surgeries due to radiation and chemo damage to my intestines. My main issue now is my neuropathy witch is in my…
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Any old timers still around?
Good morning fellow Cancer peeps, most of you don't know me but my name is Brooks (username Just4Brooks) and I was diagnosed in 2009. I was A very active member back in the day and knew almost everybody on CSN. I thought I'd log on and see who's if any of us old timers are still around. So please stop in and say hello, and…
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Lung Met Radiation was a Success!
I got my results from the CT scan I had over a week ago. My lung mets are gone. Blasted into oblivion by radiation. He described it as a great success. However, I have to have another CT scan in 3 months and then 6 months and then a year, etc. And apparently I have fluid in the lung which is normal. I didn't even know it…