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Colorectal Cancer

Archives for December 2017

** Greetings **
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!! May our Good Lord bless and guide us all to better pathway of healing process physically, mentally and spiritually ♥️
Cold medication
HI! I know this might sound trivial but I have a cold I cannot kick. Right now I just finished a round of Camptosar, Avastin, 5fu, and leucovorin. What can I take to ease the symptoms? I am at a loss.
New to group... hello
This is my first post in this board. I had some appendix discomfort around Thanksgiving that led to an early Dec CT which led to a colonoscopy 8 years early and cecum cancer. Confirmed Dec 18 had surgery first available after Christmas this past Wed (27th). Awaiting pathology but this is my second cancer... had breast…
I have pulled the plug
After three miserable sessions of adjuvant chemo I decided to terminate the treatment. My oncologist disagreed but he could not present an argument strong enough to change my mind. The effects of the oxy and 5Fu were too much for my body. My weight plummeted to 128 (I began this journey at 145) and my blood chemistry was…
Reeling from bad news...seems like my Doctor gave up on me
My story is typical I guess. After a couple of years of mysterious miscellaneous stomach and intestinal symptoms, I finally decided to have a colonoscopy that I had put off. I am 62, that was over a year ago in September. Low and behold, they found a mass and said it looked like cancer. I was pretty shocked and immediately…
Care and feeding of abdominal scars
Hi: I am about nine months out from surgery and I have some questions about the scars. I have four scars, three are small, (laproscopic) and one is about four inches across the upper abdomen where they removed a section of the colon. Initially, I was pleased with the healing and pretty much had life go back to normal. But…
I am so excited my husband’s CEA
dropped from 8.9 to 3.1!! I am beyond excited over this since we started chemo at 14.9, I am happier over this than the tumor shrinkage for some reason. I feel CEA is my nemesis lol
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - Honest Review
This is going to be a long post but I think people should honestly know about Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center if they plan on going there. A little history first: My mom has Stage 4 Colon Cancer mets Liver. Been on chemo since late 2015. She recently got Y90 radiation done for the liver. Now off chemo for 3 months…
Short video article about the future of immunotherapy
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/business-42430785/immunotherapy-using-our-immune-system-to-fight-cancer Not fond of the presentation, a little distracting with the background noise, but an article on Cancer none-the-lesss. Tru
Stage IV with Met to Liver and Lungs next steps
Hey there CSN Family, My wife had to push her 3 treatment due to low counts. They will give her a shot 24 hours after this next treatment hoping that will allow her to continue the Chemo regimin. Currently, she is getting FULFOXIRI with Avastin, we elected to through everything at this. As for symptom management looking…
One year
ago today I was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer with metastasis to my liver. It’s easy to remember the fear, anguish and despair I felt that day and for the following weeks. Since that day I’ve had a port inserted, chemo to shrink the tumors. Surgery to remove the colon cancer, resection and abalation of the liver.…
The extrme cold weather that some of us are exposed to
Having completed my treatment (folfox 5FU) back on Novemeber 8th, I am no longer experiencing the extreme sensitivity to the cold weather anymore, but I do remember how it felt! I hope that those of you who are dealing with the sensitvity to the cold are bundling up when you go outside. My thoughts go out to you, as I know…
Is decreasing CEA a good sign?
I don't want to get false hope, but after 2 treatments, my dh's CEA levels have went down. CEA was 131 prior to his colon surgery, then only went down to 93 two weeks after surgery and that's when we found out that he was actually stage 4 with spread to liver and maybe lungs, not stage 3 like originally thought. Then CEA…
Stage 4 Appedix with mets
Hi, Just joined this group. I was diagnosed with Appendix Cancer in May. Had it removed followed by Colectomy and 3 month of Xelox. In October there were mets to my peritoneum. on Nov 1st had HIPEC and now recovering. I have Poorly Diff Adenocarcinoma with some signet cell features. Anyone with similar PDA pathology? what…
foot/palm pain on xeloda
Hi, eveyone. I'm new to all of this--so apologies in advance if this topic has already been covered elsewhere. My brother just stated Xeloda and radiation tx for Stage 2 colorectal ca. He's having a tough time with the pins/needles feeling from xeloda, especially to soles of feet. I suggested he visit your website, but…
Merry Christmas to all
Have a happy and safe christmas, Ron.
Cold Sensitivity and Snow storms
Because of my fatigue, I stay inside. I am supposed to travel upstate to Christmas dinner tomorrow. But there is supposed to be a snow storm and high winds. I am wondering if I shoud skip it because of the cold sensitivity. I was already not up for the trip because of my fatigue.
24 year stage 4 survival.
I just had another colonoscopy,no results yet. I have had many ailments over the years, but I have survived.
Radiation Therapy/What to Expect
Bowel problems still after 3 years off chemo
Just wondering if there is anyone who still has bowel problems years after surgery and radiation and chemo. I am 3 years cancer free but still have a lot of bowel problems. I get runny stools at times that I cannot control and have to be careful going out. It comes on some days and other days I am okay. Cannot seem to…
Popping on to say hello.
Hello to everyone who is on from my time period especially those still fighting. I used to pop on more but a lot of times people pulling up the old posts would send me into a depression. Even now I just saw one and all of those names just make me so sad. I miss some of the old friends dearly. Even with their struggles, the…
My CEA and LD keep going up.
My CEA and LD keep going up. Have any of you had this happe?
HIPEC/IntraPeritoneal Chemo/EPIC
I see that BonnieDewey has been asking about HIPEC on some old threads. I thought I'd start a new on. Bonnie - this is for you. While I did not have HIPEC, I had EPIC, another form of Intraperitoneal Chemo that was given post-op, and not heated (at Sloan Kettering in NYC, which is what they prefer to HIPEC. Both treatments…
Happy Birthday Trubrit
Yeah, that's me. 59 today. So excited! I have appreciated the birthday greetings in Carrieh's thread, but don't want to derail the content. So, have at it here, guys. I'll start with wishing myslelf
Stage 4 Colon Cancer with Mets to the Liver & Progression of Cirrhosis
My mom was diagnosed with Stage 4 Colon Cancer earlier this year with multiple advanced mets to the liver. She went through about 10 rounds of chemo and 2 rounds of Y90 and everything seemed to be getting better - the Y90 shrunk her liver tumors by half and her CEA level was down. However, then her platelets started to go…
Peritoneal Mets
How does a Colo-rectal cancer with peritoneal Mets is treated,my sister was diagnosed with this and docs decided for FOLFIRI 6cycles and if everything goes well and no any further Mets Hipec crs would have been done but sadly my lovely sister could not reach that mark she suffered lots of pain and agony every second and…
Colon Cancer and metastasize to Lungs
I’m a Stage 4 Colon Cancer that has metastisized on my Lungs. my doctor found it this month. I had a cough for a month and they put me on antibiotics for a week to suppress the infection. Last time they checked the size of an old nodule on my left lung increased and I had 3 new ones 1.6mm the most. I am scheduled for check…
5th round on the 21st.
so I have my 5th round of chemo on the 21st. I am so fatigued now. What will it be like after the 5th. Does I.t. just get harder? After round 4 I just slept most of the time for 4-5 days. Does the chemo dose go up each time? Brain fog gets really bad when I am fatigued. I am on the normal Folfox treatment plan. Any help is…
Adoptive Cell Therapy at NCI
This is a variant of the Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes Clinical Trial at NCI that I've been talking about recently. The earlier trials are for those with KRAS G12D (with alleles HLA-A*1101 or HLA-C*0802) or G12V (with allele HLA-A*1101). The Adoptive Cell Trial is for more general mutations. I suspect that they are…
Doc Won’t Allow Chiropractic Care/Horrible Pain
Any advice is appreciated...I’m NED, Stage 4. About 15 surgeries total. I have an ostom, a port, and only 1 lung. People with ostomy‘s, ports, and those who have had back surgery are all allowed to be seen by chiropractors. I had a thoracotomy 1.2 years ago and am in constan, unbelievable pain. I’m fairly certain my…

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