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Colorectal Cancer

Mom most likely to be diagnosed with Stage IV Colon Cancer
So let me begin by saying I am terrified. My mom is my best friend and I am afraid to lose her. I brought her to the hospital on Friday morning after about 6-8 weeks of off and on vomiting & diarrhea. After an abdominal CT we were told she had a small bowel obstruction and a small cystic lesion in the pelvic area. After an…
Got into my room (Update spoke with surgeon)
A couple of hours ago, they came took blood pressure, temp and left. Have'nt seen anyone since. Doing great when first woke up, was in great pain as the epidural wasn't in place they were sticking all kinds pain killers in IV. The anesthesiologist showed up and moved it annd INSTANT pain relief!!! But fell back to sleep…
Colorectal secondary sacrum tumor
Hi There, I have been gathering some good information on these boards and can see that there is a good community here, thanks for having me! My back story- as brief as can be - is that my father had a stage 3/4 low down colorectal mucinous tumour 4.5 years ago. He had his max amount of radiation therapy before have a…
"Personalized Cancer Treatment and the Myth of KRAS Wild-type Colon Tumors"
For those whose treatment is based upon Kras wild status, this article,by Barbara Parsons can be found at discoverymedicine.com from 4/26/13. In a recent post mention was made of Kras wild actually being mutant as one reason certain treatment(s) start to no longer work; this article is worth reading. (don't have direct…
Scared for onc appt today
The past couple of days I've been doing things to just keep my brain preoccupied. I get my ctscan results back and I'm at the end ofchemos that are available. I've been on one foe three months and this will be the first scan. I might be too pesstimetic but I have that bad feeling. I pray it's good and I can continue. I…
WHO SHOULD LEAD THE TREATMENT?
Being relatively new to this, but I start to see that, as many of the veterans said it here before, the surgeon has to lead the treatment as long as the surgery is an option. Chemo and maybe even radiation is only an adjuvant to removal of the cancer. Don't want to reduce the significance of these adjuvant therapies, but…
signing on for the first time
Hi everyone ... I am Julie, Cammie88 (Christie's) mom. I have decided to introduce myself and thank all of you for caring for my daughter. I think Christie has told you that we are going to the Oncologist for the first time tomorrow. We will probably post after we get home. I want all of you to know that I will beat this…
I had my port removed
Yesterday I had my port removed. I had been really apprehensive about the procedure, knowing that it was going to be done under local anesthetic and having a fear of needles. I had to work on not worrying about it, as worry doesn't change what is going to happen. I can happily report that it was not at all painful. I even…
chris beat cancer mistletoe
has anyone been on the website chris beat cancer , just went on it and tells more about mistletoe and ivelisse a stage 4 cancer survior. i found it quite interesting
Toxicity of Folfox for family
I am so confused and everyone seems to have a different answer. I had asked my oncologist about taking precautions with the bathroom at home during chemo pump infusions. She said don't worry that isn't the type of chemo you are going to be on. My first chemo was two weeks ago and the infusion nurse said it was alright to…
Laz's Wedding.
Thank you so much for all your well wishes. I read every one of them with joy and told my bride about how nice this community is. The wedding day was beautiful. We had 10 guest and we did everything ourselves. The only sad thing was that my ex let my daughter stay for only two hours so she couldn't even stay for the…
Dr. Lenz & life
We are going to SoCal in late September, and staying for the first week of October. We will be taking the dogs and staying with a friend. We hope to see many old friends and Dr. Lenz at USC! I have an appointemnt with Dr. Lenz on the 3rd of October. I am anxious and excited to see what future treatments are to be…
Ankle swelling
Any advice on keeping swelling down in ankles. This just started for George he is on Irinotecan, and Xeloda every 3 weeks. He had it for about 3 days but gets his next infusion on Monday. Dr. Already had him do ultra sound just too be sure no blood clot.
Hello Again-- Lung Met (2cm) Resected VATS---Chemo?
This fellowship gave me so much support almost 4 years ago, I'm back! Just had a 2cm nodule VATS resected that had Metas-- from colon. Surgery was sucessful and frankly quite uneventful. PTL!! Surgeon does not feel Chemo is necessary, Oncologist and Oncology(Med School) consult are sugesting oral chemo for 6 months. NED,…
Thinking of Craig....Group hug at 10 pm EST
Craig...I know you haven't been feeling well and no response is necessary but I know I'm not the only one thinking of you and looking forward to when you are up to posting regularly again. Anyone want to join me in 2 hrs..10 pm est for a moment of positive thoughts..prayer ..or whatever you are comfortable with, for Craig?…
post op Not good news
Went today and got my staples out and I feel a little better. But the new was not so good. They did not get all the cancer, There is a very small spot that they can't get to. It is on the duct of the liver. They got as close as they could . So now I have to do a few round of radation and then chemo. I never did radation…
No Liver Lesions!
As you all know my CT on Moday showed a questionable small spot. We followed up with a liver ultrasound and it shows all clear. What a relief!!! So now we "just" have to cut this sucker out, get some more chemo and we should be good. Not crazy about losing my Sphincter and the permanent colostomy, but at least nobody can…
New testing for specific therapy
If any of you might remember 6 mo ago I had great results from my PET after starting Erbitux and resuming Irinotecan. All but one lesion showed no activity and that one was smaller and less active. After 3 more mo of the same weekly treatments I got the results my last week scan yesterday. Many new and reactivated lesions…
Rick Simpson Canibis Oil in Small batches. Medical Card needed. Must say that
http://youtu.be/0sGWxz0DMSI Not too much work, but still takes a good $ sum of MEDICAL MJ
Endoscopy/Colonoscopy
The day is finally here. Off I go! Prayers for Mom! . She is back in ICU. Can't seem to breath on her own. So sad!
UPDATE - Father Diagnosed with Colon Cancer
Hello, I posted the below a bit ago and received the most uplifting responses. I wanted to give all of you an update based on his oncologist appointment today. Obviously they received a TON of information that I think they are still trying to digest. However, the doctor started the appointment by telling my mom that she is…
bleeding after intercourse
I am 6 months out from having chemo and radiation. Of course the vaginal area got a lot of radiation. I have been using a diatator all along and just starting having intercourse that doesnt kill me with pain. Still sore but not as bad. But am having some bleeding during and after. Not bright red blood, but pink. No problem…
Off Topic...Beau's new heart....
11 weeks ago, my beau was just out of transplant surgery. He is doing EXTREMELY well, and I catch myself glancing at him and realizing that without this surgery, I would be left only with a memory. HUGE thank you for the organ donor's family, for making the supreme sacrifice at their darkest moment of losing their young…
Lung nodules??
Just got back from onc's office. The 1yr from surgery showed small, 3 and 4 mm -lung nodules. She says we should wait for 6 months and rescan. Does that sound like a reasonable amount of time to wait. Would at PET scan give more definitive results? My cc is signet ring cell. I was 2a, but due to aggressiveness of signet…
Radiation burns and BMs
It's been almost two years since I had radiation, but even now my bum will be in so much pain after going to the bthrm, esp. when I've had multiple bowel movements. Seriously, the pain can make me cry. Does anyone have any advice? I had 30 rounds of direct radiation to my bum.
chemo is raising blood sugar level
Chemo seems to dramatically raise my mom's blood sugar level. Example: right before the chemo her blood sugar level was 70, and right after the chemo, it had shot up to 130! Is this a common phenomenon? This is frustrating, because we've been trying to keep her blood sugar level low, as there is a theory that cancer cells…
Laz' Update
So I got the report of the MRI and the chest/liver CT. Unfortunatelly my rectal cancer did not responded to the radiation and chemo at all. So I need full resection. Lymph nodes look ok. I decided to go with a surgen at Cedar Sinai in Los Angeles. He was very confident, warm, patient with us and the hospital has very good…
Regorafenib - info? stories? results?
Hi Friends, As I mentioned ****'s scan from 9/13/13 showed progression. Today we met with his local onc and he recommended Regorafenib and then looking for clinical trials. We are all interested in the study at Stanford which uses immune therapy. We are also meeting with Dr. Castro here in Hawaii on Thursday. He…
How cancer may cause stress
haha...a spinoff on Laz's post about stress causing cancer. I'm finding it's the opposite. The stress since my husbands diagnosis has taken its toll - strangely enough he seems to handle things better than the rest of us. I'm not sure how or why or if he's just pushing it deep inside, but he says he's not wasting 1 day…
How Stress May Cause Cancer.
Sep 11, 2013 - 10:35 am This is my theory. Obviously there are many causes for cancer: genetic, environmental, nutritional etc. But let's concentrate on stress here. I believe the way normal cells turn into cancerous cells is that there is a change in their genetic material, the DNA. Now this happens millions of times a…

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