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Colorectal Cancer

About To Get 8th Treatment. Best part, scan last Thursday Came back
Unremarkable and nothing to worry about
Surgery scheduled - optimistic after MRI CT Scan
We got my husband's MRI results and met with his surgeon this past week. The good news is that there was no evidence of cancer in the liver or other organs and that the cancer is localized in the colon. That was a huge relief! His surgery is scheduled for 14 July. We are hoping he is stage 1 but we won't be sure until…
MD Anderson in Houston
Does anyone have any advice on scheduling appointments at MD Anderson or any specific doctor that we should try to see? How long does it normally take to get an appointment there? Thank you!
Back pain and Burning when going to the bathroom
My husband was diagnosed with rectal cancer and has been going through chemo (3 pills 2x a day) and radiation 5 days a week. He just finished his 4th week and has 1 1/2 more weeks to go. This pat week, things are getting much more difficult. He has tremendous pain (Burning) while urinating and just bad pain while pooping.…
Hospital delirium
My Dad, who is 78 years old, finished a regimen of IV chemo about a month ago. He was getting the chemo every other week since December 2014. His oncologist put him on a 6-week break. Unfortunately, he fell and broke his left arm about 10 days ago and is still in the hospital. The broken arm is bad, but other medical…
"AIR MILES" program- ACS assistance for airline ticket costs related to cancer treatment
Hello everyone! Mike just mentioned in a thread about the help with gas program that the Amer. Cancer Society offers. I called my local ACS (which routed the call back to the main headquarters) and the representative I spoke with took down all my information and will have someone call me back re. this program. I'm not sure…
ct and cea
got my CT scan results and states that there is "no evidence of metastatic disease". cea test result is 3.7. what does that CEA test level mean? what should I expect from here on out?
stage IV tumor removed
Had surgery in October of 2014 to remove a stage IV tumor with half of my colon. They hooked me up to a chemo pump, while my wife went to get the prescriptions for nausea, etc... only to find out that my insurance had cancelled. I finished the one treatment, took everything back, and haven't been back. No meds for chemo,…
Confused.....Rectal cancer stage 2 when found in lung was told stage 4
Hello im new to this group so really don't know yet how to navigate through but here is my story. In Sept.2012 I was diagnossed with stage 3c rectal cancer I did radation and pill form chemo for a month and half waited 3 months then had surgery to remove the tumor 3/1/13. I was then told since no lympnode were involved I…
Please please help me
Looking for response to my earlier post further down the page."how common is this".LOOKING FOR INFO FROM ANYONE WHO HAS HAD THIS OR HAS EVER HEARD OF THIS.
RIP Saralee Sheehan
Sara lost her battle Friday, June 19th, 2015 one month shy of her 49th birthday. Most of you knew her as sasjourney. She was the sweetest...a friend I met here on the board. She was in the middle of her first rounds of chemo as I was finishing up. We discovered we lived only a few miles from one another and got together…
Jen 2012
We haven't heard from you in a while. How is your husband doing.
MRI Results
As I said earlier, my brother's lung nodules are stable, no change. I see that as a good thing. The liver tumor was hard to figure out on the CT scan, so he had an MRI. We got the results today. There's only the one tumor. Back in August of 2014, it was 3.2 x 1.7 cm but it grew and is now 4.9 x 2.7 cm. Is that a lot of…
Its been awhile...
Its been a long time since I've checked in here with my csn family. This is the place that was my saving grace at my diagnosis. I do think about you all very often and as always, am hoping for the best for us all. I'm doing pretty well, my life is so different. I am so different. I continue to work at finding a balance of…
colon and liver cancer with cirrhosis
hello my 80 year old dad has just been diagnosed. we understand it it not good and he may live less than a year. we are having a hard time decisiding whether or not to treat with chemo. he is afraid of the treatment and would rather live his remind time in peace and feeling sick from meds. doctor says not everyone reacts…
NEED HELP
Hi everyone. I am feeling down as my mom's supposedly nodule removal from abdominal wall surgery was postponed as her PET Scan results showed multiple spots. The doctor told us that my mom has ran out of chemo options as she is KRAS. They recommended HIPEC surgery. I read a lot about this surgery but I could not make up my…
to treat to not to treat, need advice
Jun 25, 2015 - 6:19 pm hello my 80 year old dad has just been diagnosed with both liver and colon cancer. we understand it it not good and he may live less than a year. we are having a hard time decisiding whether or not to treat with chemo. he is afraid of the treatment and would rather live his remind time in peace and…
3 Years and still Clear
It has been a while since I have posted on here. Occasionally I would check in and see if there was something I could chime in on. Either fortunately or unfortunately I have been extremely busy! REWIND.... I was diagnosed November 2011 with Stage IV colon cancer. 9 surgeries in 2012, with the most serious being liver…
New to this and scared
Hello, My 34yr old boyfriend of 8 yrs was just diagnosed with stage IV colorectal cancer that has spread to his peritoneal wall. He also has severe Crohns disease that he has been dealing with for about 16yrs, for which he never required surgery and which is the main suspect of having caused the cancer. The oncologist…
SIRT - Not the cakewalk I was expecting...
I finally made it to my appointment with the real radiation spheres for half of my liver. My groin is purple and bruised from the practice runs, which I expected to be the worst of it. i've never had issues with contrast before, but this time I immediately became hot and red over my whole body, had difficulty breathing and…
Treatment tricks?
I will start treatment soon for stage 4 colon cancer with mets.Medical personnel will tell you how to treat side effects.But most of you are more knowledgeable about that than they are.What are your treatment tricks for side effects?
Anyone ever had this cancer cocktail?
I had colon re-section on May 13 and biopsy of lymph node on right side of my neck. The results are adenocarcinoma in colon and lymph node in neck.Ct scan also shows numerous bb size nodules in both lungs.dr says it probably is also cancer. I start treatment in about 2 weeks.It will be Oxaliplatin,5-fu,Avastin and leu…
Stage IV Adenocarcinoma-Signet Ring Cell Type
Hi, I am a 48 y.o. male diagnosed in late February of this year with Stage IV adenocarcinoma with cells of the Signet Ring Type. Also was diagnosed with malignant ascites (fluid in the abdomen) In early March, I was admitted to a major university teaching hospital in Philadelphia where I had surgery - total colectomy with…
newbie here
just haad a colonoscopy today and found a large mass in the sigmoid friable. ct scan and additional blood work scheduled for tomorrow. doesn't sound good but I am always up for a good fight. what should I expect. Kinda scared for my wife , kids and grandkids
Infusion schedule?
I will start treatment soon.I will be getting the usual colon cancer chemo drugs.I will have infusion & pump for 46 hours Every 2 weeks.I am going to try and work during treatment.I can choose what day of the week I start Treatment.I want to start on a day so that the weekend will be the 2 days that I feel the worst.I know…
Tattoos and CT/PETcombo scans
lI wonder if the following,which applies to cervical cancer,may also apply toCRC or other cancers (the only tatts i got are the three sets i got for radiation) http://medicalxpress.com/print353471257.html
More of this, would make death a little easier
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-29993221 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-33163053 Sue - Trubrit
Potential plan forming
After several meetings, tests, images and consults a new plan is forming for this latest recurrence. It is forming as, possible chemo while waiting for surgical date to be preformed in a few months (time needed to coordinate) during which a "shelf" will be made for my intestine to be lifted out of my pelvis made with a…
bad news once again - any treatment ideas
Ive written several times before. my fiancé has stage IV with mets to the liver, lung, and now muscle (which is very rare, I understand). He has had 14 surgeries, various on the liver and one for the lung mets which came right back. Hes been on all common chemo protocolls, including all antibodies on the market for colon…
Documentary 'I am Dying'
Not too sure if its a good idea to have watched it or not. A documentary of a young woman in the last few weeks of her struggle with Breast Cancer. It is heart-wrenching, of course, but sometimes I think it is important to be aware of what might happen. We very rarely address death here, until one of our own passes. But I…

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