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Happy Birthday December 22 to Trubrit
Please join me in wishing a very happy birthday to our very special Trubrit (Sue) on December 22.
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Colorectal cancer stage 4 mets to liver and lungs and now spread to brain
Any one on here that knows anything about the above please help me understand what next
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Merry Christmas to you all
Just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and you all help this board so much which I'm so thankful for. Hope you all had a special day. Hugs, Kim
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Cancer gi track mucinous adenocarcinoma
Hi I want to learned more this cancer & survival rate.
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Hope and advice
Hi all. My mom has recently been diagnosed with colon cancer. 3cm in the ascending colon that has spread many mets around her liver and some enlarged lymph nodes. we a currently waiting for biopsy results. We are in the uk. Whilst the NHS are good. They can also be very negligent. I worry that it has been almost a month…
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Pam's Scan Results and What Follows
It was very unusual not to hear promptly from the Oncologist about Pam's CT scan. He has always been on top of these things. The report was finally posted on MyChart on Friday last. The report found small lesions in the lungs that have remained stable in size and number. The Liver mets continued to shrink and some…
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Rare question: Getting a tattoo near port line..??
Hello all! Please let me know what your thoughts are; I have completed Folfox last month and would like to get a nice tattoo ( of a heart with angel wings) on my upper chest.. Below my collar bone. But one problem.. I have a PORT on my upper right chest. My tattoo will be slightly next to the port but not on it obviously.…
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Happy Birthday, Sestra17 - 17th
I hope your day is something very special, and that you are able to celebrate with family and friends, and enjoy lots of lots of fun goodies
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Melanie67 also has a December Birthday
It looks like several of us share a December Birthday, so next year, I will post one BIG December Birthday greeting. Happy Birthday Melanie - I hope life is treating you well, and that you have a wonderful day, today, as you celebrate.
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Cologuard Regret
I have seen other posts but they seem to be from a few years ago. I got notified that my Cologuard test was positive. It's been 11 1/2 years since the last colonoscopy. (actually, my first) I had a whipple surgery 8 years ago so please tell me how I would know if I actually had any 'changes' in habits. I also noticed from…
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soda
I have have my ostomy reversal over a week ago. Does anyone drink soda and goes it give you gas as the doctor said no soda for week and i am craving the bubbles and do not like flavored water. but dont want the gas. please let me know your experiences Thanks
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Delirum
Hello , So dad's out of the hospital and against doctors advice here we are planning to go to flint monday for proton therapy . The pallaitive care and oncology doctors are really pushing my dad into hospice here . Saying his health is on the decline with confusion and delirum and the infections and the pain he is in and…
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Surgery Monday
I am excited to let everyone know that I had Surgery July 16, 2021 for removal of rectal tumors for stage 4 cancer and after tests came back negative( doctor at MGH says he got it all). I am now scheduled Monday to have reversal surgery so I can get rid of my stoma and bag. I have been blessed by the the support of friends…
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Chemo for 77 Year old with osteoporosis?
Hello! Diagnosed with Stage 3 Colon Cancer. Successfully completed robotic resection surgery. Chemotherapy has been recommended; however, I have osteoporosis. Due to severe osteoporosis in my spine and osteoporosis elsewhere, I am concerned about the impact of osteoporosis on my bones. Has anyone been in a similar…
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Extra things I do
Had a few people ask about protocol so here goes I am on ADAPT for maintenance and will be for a long while I use a homoepathic for purifying and the elimination of toxins really for better immune health Naturopathic for answers to root cause of cancer and how to block cancer pathways from further invasion, balance/correct…
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Battling stage 3 colon cancer with recurrence
Hi all ! New to the group.. I’m 54 now diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer in 2019. With recurrence to ovaries in 2020 and small pelvic mass in 2021. Have undergone 3 major surgeries one cycle of folfox, and am currently on my second 6 month round of folfiri. Plus erbitux and kanjinti . My last scan was clean so this round…
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Is there really nothing left against a antibiotic resistant infection ?
Hello so news on my dad has gotten worse after being in the hospital twice . He had two infections in his kidney one yeast .Even now on antibiotics the fever and confusion are back . Doctors are telling us my dad should be in hospice only a few weeks to live . Telling us there is nothing more then can do cause antibiotic…
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Newly diagnosed
Hi All, Just want to say hi and listen to your advices! I'm in my 30s, and never thought I would have a cancer until one week ago, I got really bad bloody diarrhea with colon obstruction. After CT scan and a colonoscopy, we found one big mass in the sigmoid colon that nearly blocked lumen. Then another large mass between…
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Stage IV Signet Ring Cell Colon Cancer
I was diagnosed with Stage IV signet ring cell colon cancer (in the sigmoid colon) in Oct 2017. Tumor was quite large and had exploded which is what caused it to be found but the surgeon was confident she got all of it plus the other 2 tumors that were on the peritoneal (sp) wall. My official staging is T4aN2aM1c with…
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Dear Moderators WHO is just as important as WHAT so please make WHO much bigger!
Why would they not realize that who makes a post is important. You cant see people's names anymore and it's hard to follow who posted what.
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Scopolamine patches transdermal
Has anyone had any experience using these fo nausea during and post chemo. Im getting all the pre chemo antiemetics bu still have nausea. Was using compazine and ativan at home. Given this to try but after reading the info ….I dont know. Making me nervous Looks abit scary. Currently i just finished #9 of FLOFORI with…
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Lost My Best Friend
Hello, I’m new here. My name is Kam. I’ve lost family members to cancer before, but nothing compares to the loss of my best friend. I fell in love with him right before he was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in 2019. He passed away a week before my birthday on November 22 of this year. I never knew that I could love…
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The New Board....et al
Hi all. I don't really use mobile for the board, so while I appreciate the attempt at modernization it's not really helping. If they just want us to do basic posts, fine, but for the more expansive parts of the Network like our profiles, they've cut off a lot of functionality. I tried to update some stats today and there…
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It ended today
On todays morning around 6:30am, 26th November my dear Papa passed away. Papa had the feeling already but still went on Tuesday to the CT to get the confirmation. Lonsurf did not help. I took a 10h drive to get home as quick as possible. 26h after my arrival he was gone. He did not want to suffer long and wanted to die at…
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Lonsurf and Y-90 Treatment
Hi All, haven't been around for a bit,I just wanted to have everything in line before I said anything. First off almost 2 cycles of Lonsurf done. No adverse side effects just a little tired at times but have to keep moving or nothing gets done. I should be on Avastian with the Lonsurf but they are holding back for now…
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Confusing next steps
Hi All, My mum 69 was diagnosed with CRC stage 3 almost 5 years ago and she underwent surgery and chemo. Immediately after the first six months the cancer spread to her peritoneum with around 9 new tumors and one got as big as 13cm in 2 months. Then we changed the oncologist that she had, as he said that it was a lost…
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CSN Team - discrepancy in 'Last Active'
or maybe I'm not understanding it right. Tueffel's last post was on November 26th, but her 'Last Active' shows as November 20th. I reply on an accurate 'Last Active' when I post my Birthday greetings, as I always check to see when a member has been last on the forum. If it is past one year, then I do not post a Birthday…
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Bad enough with this stuff
I'm bad enough with this stuff. I don't know if I will ever get this right. Tom
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How to turn off my e-mail notifications
Now I'm getting e-mail notifications every time someone posts. Does anyone know how to turn this off. Surely don't want messages going through my e-mail account. Kim
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Get Rid of Annoying Notifications
My mailbox was overrun new emails. I thought maybe I was popular or something. But nope. Just CSN Notifications (if should have been set to default it to off). So to get rid of it. 1.) Click upper right where your image is (circle) 2.) Click Edit Profile 3.) Click notification preferences 4.) Uncheck all the boxes that you…