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Colorectal Cancer

Archives for June 2018

Freezing cancer in lung
I have met cancer in my left lung from my colon. The onco said they were thinking about using a freezing procedure on the growth. Does anyone know anything about this procedure ?
Surgery or No Surgery??
My husband has Stage 4 rectal cancer. He has a rectal mass and one lung nodule. He has had 5 1/2 weeks of chemo pills/radiation, finishing up 5 radiation treatments to the lung nodule next week, and is now looking at surgery and 6 months of chemo afterward. He will have an iliostomy bag until the chemo is completed. We…
Psychotic Episodes and Chemotherapy
Hi, Yesterday i witnessed my dad who has stage 4 colon cancer and is on Flurocil 5-FU have a pasychotic episode. Does anyone know if this medicine is known to do this. Thanks, Rafia
Boswellia (Frankincense)
This is a supplement I had not heard of until I visited a spine specialist and she mentioned it is effective for joint pain as well as having anti-cancer properties. My colonoscopy doctor was adamant that other than a baby aspirin, I not take NSAIDs, which makes dealing with back and joint pain even more difficult. I have…
Chemo done, scanxiety sets in
Everyone is telling me how happy I must be to have finished chemo. And that is true. I don't know what normal is going to be like after I finish with the side effects of this last round, but am looking forward to figuring it out. BUT, I am terrified of the post scan. Even though the expectation is that it will be clean, I…
Alberta, Canada—coverage for Capecitabine (Xeloda)?
Hi all, We are in Alberta and found out today that my husband will have to take Capecitabine for 5.5 weeks. Anyone in Alberta know if Alberta Blue Cross covers this drug?
Calcium and Cancer?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/02/bill-sardi/how-to-produce-an-intracellular-calcium-deluge-to-induce-cancer-cell-death/ apologies if this has been posted before--It caught my eye because I am having Avastin induced hypertension and the doc wants to put me on a calcium channel blocker (Procardia)--which may actually help…
Interesting article for any control freaks
Just read this on Twitter today and it hit home as my husband may be starting more chemo. Some how it relieved some stress for me. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-purpose/201806/finding-purpose-in-the-randomness-cancer?
I hate numbers!!!
My husband had a rise in his CEA levels a few months back so he was switched from Folfox w/avastain to Folfri w/Erbitux. His CEA had dropped to 26 under the new regime, scans last came back with a lot of mets gone and the rest measurable from CM's down to MM's. Now his CEA is rising again every 2 weeks from 26 to 31 now…
Worried
My father has colon cancer stage IV. He was diagnosed in October 2016 after a complete bowel obstruction. He had an irreversible colostomy, then 2 months of radiation, mon-fri, then biweekly folfox February - July. This past April he was told the cancer had spread to his left lung, a 4cm mass. He started avastin folfox…
Ugur
I wonder has anyone heard from Ugur, 28 years old. He is not writing in the forum for a long time. I hope he is doing fine with his treatment.
Bitter food
Researches tell that bitter food help to fight cancer. While more research is needed to test their effect on the human body, he says: “In the test tube you can stop cells dying or stop cancer cells growing by adding many of these bitter compounds.”…
side effects
6 days out since my first infusion of folfiri / avastin. I wore my pump for 46 hours. Day 1 was not too awful. Day 2 was pretty good. I figure all the steroids and meds were still working. The rest of the time I'm tired, nauseous, blah. yesterday I was vomiting a little. When does it get better? It's like I've had a…
Cyberknife done
Hi all, I finished my Cyberknife treatment yesterday afternoon. I guess they say 2-3 months to see if it worked. They are also going to have the head radiologist at the hospital look at my scans to see if he can put a marker on the tumor near my heart. If so, we can cyberknife that one as well, if not, well, who know what…
Cinnamon
I was googling to see the nutrition of cinnamon since I was craving it. Do y'all think their is any truth to the tests with colon cancer? I saw lots of articles, but not from "reputable" sources.
IV Vitamin C
Anyone with experiece with IV vitamiin C?
Infected infusaport
Hello has anyone experienced an infected infusaport? I had my port placed May 7, first chemo was May 15, all went wel till this past weekend hte site became very red and inflamed with some drainage from the top of the port. I went for my pre-chemo blood work and was promptly whisked to Interventional Radiology for…
Treatment side effects
Hello all. I just finished my first week of chemo (xeloda pills) and radiation. I am already starting to expereince some side effects; fatigue, neausa, and rectal pain. Yesterday i began to have bad pain deep in my glutes on both sides where i am getting radiation. I stated taking pain meds to help with this, but it has…
Father’s followup
again here with same stress my Papa has his followup on 6th july with all blood tests and CT scan whole body this time its his third followup and its same level of stress like first need prayers from everyone i pray and wish health to everyone does anyone know hows Bellen ? worried daughter
Constipation
I wonder has anyone give good recommendation for constipation other than dulcolex or senna, they don’t help me enough. I have horrible lower abdomen cramping last 3 days. I called my oncologist’s office adviced me to take Nexium but it still continue. Thanks Kadir
Scans After Initial Chemo/Radiation
I was wondering if anyone could give me an idea of when scans and what scans are done after inital chemo/radiation treatment. My husband has Stage 4 rectal cancer and has gone through 5 and a half weeks of combination chemo pills and radiation. Next is surgery but I wanted to know when/if any scans are done from now to the…
Having a child while having colon cancer, IV
Hi all, This is my first post in this forum, and, honestly, not happy to be here, but hey, here we are... Devastating news, my husband, strong & handsome man, only 42, is officialy diangosed with colon cancer, stage IV, N/A for surgery... we suppose to start the chemo next week (hopefully). We just bought a house and we…
Tumor deposits
we just received a call from the MD Anderson docs. When we left the plan was 5.5 weeks of radiation and Xeloda gfor the cancer in the fatty tissue area they thought was from seeding. Apparently the docs had a review to look over hubbys scans etc and now they are saying they actually think it’s a 1.9 cm tumor deposit and…
Smoking
Hi everyone, As you may know I have colon cancer mets to liver and lungs and currently continuing treatment at MD Anderson, so far so good. Unfortunately, I have bad habit of smoking one cigar a day although I have MD background from overseas(not practicing in the State) I wonder has anyone have input to this title. I am…
Canadians—Husband diagnosed: Question re WORK AND PAY
My husband was diagnosed a few weeks ago with colorectal cancer. Treatment should start soon...we are meeting with the oncologist next week. My husbands work only gives him 5 sick days and 4 personal days. In Canada, does that mean after he uses those 9 days, he only gets 4 months of medical EI? Please help if you know or…
Unable to taste anything !
Can anyone give me any information on not being able to taste ? Longevity, causes, things to try to correct the condition ! Boy, it is not very enjoyable eating if you can't taste anything !!! Thanks
Forbidden posts
For the past two days, I have been trying to edit my "more articles" post to add a new academic article about walnuts helping prevent colon tumors. The post included a link to the article and the quotation, "these data demonstrate that walnuts confer significant protection against intestinal tumorigenesis and growth and…
3 trips to MD Anderson, and still not on clinical trial
I've traveled to MD Anderson in Houston, Texas from North Dakota 3 times since December 2017 trying to get on an immunotherapy trial that would hopefully lead to remission or possibly cure my stage 4 colon cancer. I have KRAS mutant, and MSS (stable). In April 2018 I was placed on the waitlist for a trial using MEK…
Envita
Hello everyone, My wife who is 44 is diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer with mets to the liver, andrenal, and hip bone. She has been on chemo for the last year and she has been doing really good with. They have changed up medicines a couple of times for numerous reasons. She has been told by her oncologist at Sloan…
Wouldn't it be lovely (Chrysin)
This is a test-tube study from Taiwan of a botanical chrysin (available for sale now in specialtly stores) that they theorize could be as effective as oxaliplatin/5FU. Of course, this is preliminary information, but wouldn't it be lovely if it panned out? http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/19/6/1763/htm Chrysin Attenuates Cell…

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