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Anyone ever tried Chaga Mushroom Tea?
While visiting my brother in MA last weekend, my nephew who works on an organic farm in VT gave us a Chaga Mushroom cut from a birch tree. I have been reading about it and how to make tea from it. It is an old remedy from Russia and China. I'm going to try it myself and see if my husband will consider it. I guess it can't…
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CEA blahs
Well, I've been getting "under 1.0" CEA since my last surgery in February 2014, testing on a monthly basis. Went in for a test this morning and it came back as 2.0. Nothing to do except wait until next month and see if it goes up again or possibly goes down... I know that under 3.0 is normal. However, in my case CEA is…
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pick your brains on pathology for colon cancer
Hi Members. Does anyone know anything about desmoplastic reaction and inflammatory cell infiltrate in a pathology report for stage 3 sigmoid colon cancer ??? Cheers dinkydi8
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stage 3 b sigmoid colorectal cancer
We are from Australia, and my husband has been diagnosed with stage 3 b sigmoid colorectal cancer. He has had his bowel resection in august and is waiting on chemo. The pathology report read High anterior resection - invasive moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of sigmoid colon, 50 mm in diameter, infiltrating through…
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Radiation
Looks like we gonna start radiation on one area and wondering how that goes and what side effects or issues to look for? Thank you
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Update from Laz.
Life is funny. When I was doing treatment I just wanted my life saved. Now that I seem to be ok, I have to rebuild that life from the ruins. Started working part time in April, but I cant seem to be able to continue. The pain from thr radiation in my hips and lower back is so bad at the end of the day that it takes 3-4…
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Lunch break is over...
All, I just wanted to drop a quick note. I've not been online as often as I wish I could. I have been doing well and working very hard on several projects at work. I took my lunch today to drop in and read posts. Please know that you are all in my thoughts and prayers. I will post soon as I go in for my monthly CEA test…
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Anyone heard of physiatry? UPDATED
NOT psychiatry, altho I am sure I need that as well. Since my not-so-great visits with the GP, this is the specialist they think I should see. Apparently they deal with chronic conditions relating to illness or injury. So I'm just curious if anyone has had any experience with this field of medicine.
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Update on my sister
My sister was diagnosed in Dec with stage 4 colon cancer spread to her liver. She went through chemo for 3 months then had surgery on her liver and her colon. She has not been able to get over her surgery. She has been very nausea and not able to eat and her wound has not healed. They have put a wound vac on her and put a…
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Stage 4 colon ca with mestastasis
My fiancé has just been diagnosed has has surgery for colostomy and chemo port I am so scared have searched till my eyes hurt does anyone know if there is anything short of a miracle out there for him his ca has gone to just about every other organ he is only 50 he still has a lot of living to do I've been off work for…
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My Husband's results!
Wow! I walked in with my husband to his appt. this morning with a heavy heart. I was trying to be calm for my husband but I was terrified - after all the doctor who did his colonoscopy said it might be benign but either way it had to come out and then started talking about how he might need radiation or chemo or both and…
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Alkaline Diet Success?
Good morning; I was curious if anyone has had any success with the alkaline diet? If you haven't heard of this, in a nutshell, the idea behind it is that cancer thrives in a highly acidic body. The alkaline diet supposedly reduces the acid. Things like kale, lemon and lime water, celery, onions, spinach and on and on are…
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All CSN members are invited!
It’s finally happening! We are happy to announce that as early as tonight, a new Chat application is being launched on CSN. It is NOT Java-based and it DOES support members using mobile devices. To access chat, you must be a CSN member and logged on. Once logged on, all you have to do is click chat in your left navigation…
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colonoscopy?
Hello, I'm 33 and had a radical nephrectomy in January 2013 for Kidney Cancer.. since then my scans have been ok! I have had bright red blood on the toilet tissue a few times recently. Not a lot, but enough to freak me out after all that has just happened? I guess I should get a colonoscopy? That makes me nervous! Can…
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Memorial Day Weekend Plans? Anyone? Anyone?
This weekend I am vegging. I am going to sit in the sun (wearing a hat, lesson learned), do some light gardening, sip on some iced tea and just veg. Might even throw in a nap or two.
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Hey Mimi . .Are Lucy and Harper here??
Pictures?
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Positive CT scan results:Update
If you all remember when I had my recurrence back in February there was a total of 7 lesions, 5 on the chestwall and 2 next to each other in my liver. The scan last week showed that 3 of the chestwall tumors are gone, 1 is the same size, and 1 has shrunk to half its origonal size. The liver only shows the on larger tumor…
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Feeling calmer!
Hi everyone, Well, at last I'm feeling calmer about the fact that they think my husband has colon cancer. His CT scan is next Wed and on Friday we meet with the surgeon. You'd think I'd be used to extreme circumstnnces because of my husband's multiple serious medical issues over the years leading to open heart surgery,…
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Anyone with nausea symptoms after surgery
My sister who is 53 had colon and liver resection surgery April 15. She has been so sick throwing up ever since. They have inserted a feeding tube until her wound could heal. Said she wasn't getting enough of nutrients to heal the wound. She continues to be really sick and can't eat so went to the ER last night. They did a…
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Haven't heard from Smokeyjoe so I contacted her husband.
Hi everyone, I was trying to give Leena a chance to come on the boards or Facebook thinking she might be taking a break. When a few months went by, I decided to reach out to her husband. I have been given permission to share the following message: "Unfortunately Leena is not doing well - she went in to the hospital in…
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Not eligible for clinical trials, looking for other options - conventional or alternative
Have done: FOLFOX + Avastin (until Allergic reaction) 5FU + Avastin (until CEA made a big jump) FOLFOX + Avastin with desensitization (until platelets wouldn't come back up after holding treatments for a while and tumors started growing) Irinotecan @ reduced dose due to gilbert's syndrome + Erbitux (until new metastasis…
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FLOX Anyone?
Has anyone on this board been treated with FLOX.? Mom's colon cancer has advanced to the point of no return and her last two options are redoing Folfiri or FLOX. Thanks and Huggies, Nellie
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Freaking out!
Hi there, Wow - I'm pretty scared right now. Four years ago my husband had some benign polyps in his colon. He was told to come back in 3 years for a follow-up. He had to wait 4 years because he had stents put in and was not allowed to come off the blood-thinner for one year. So he had his follow-up colonoscopy last…
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Just saying Hi
Hi everyone, it as been a long time, since I posted. But my prayers for all of you have been ongoing.My Larry will have been gone 1 year one the 16th. It's been a long hard year. But I am finally rejoining the world. Nice to see so many of you and heartbreaking to find out so many are gone. I am still hanging on, June 17th…
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What a month
I've been in the hospital three times in past 30 days counting today's getting out, exactly 30 days from first visit on 15th of April. It's been decided I have intermittent bowel obstruction, trust me, you don't want this, only thing that touches the pain is dilalud. So far I've lost 8 pounds (not bad after losing 14…
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Break from Chemo
They gave my husband a break from chemo yesterday due to his 6 day hospitalization last week and leaving with c-diff (the gift that keeps on giving). He will get back on his regular cycle June 4th. Oncologist yesterday said he was very happy with the lymph node shrinkage on his last scan so he encouraged a break to get…
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Sad man rambling
I just re-read several of my emails on CSN. I really didn't email many people directly. The two I most often communicated with were joemetz and tachilders. They were both my age and geographically close to where I live. They both had larger families like myself. We were hoping to meet f2f (as I read in our emails). Both…
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where's my Mommy?
It's Mother's Day today...and I'm so sad...this isn't how it's supposed to be. Each night I put my head to my pillow I try to tell myself I'm strong because I've gone one more day without my Mom....and today I just sit and wonder...why? There are moments in our life when we look back to the past, look ahead of the future,…
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The Results are In
After the MRIs and CT were complete on Friday, we celebrated being one step closer to finding out what was happening within my husband's body. On Saturday morning, we found out that the CT scan said that nothing had spread -- not Stage IV. We celebrated again. Yesterday, we found out that he's Stage IIIb. While we still…
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Biopsies
Hi Everyone! How long does it take for biopsies to come back? Last Weds I had 7! My GI said they all looked suspicious ... but I haven't heard a thing. How long did it take for you? Thanks!