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Scan results
Well...could be worse...saw my onc today for my scan results. I knew something was up when he read the report, read it again, looked at me with squinched eyes and asked me how my tummy was.... good news my liver is good and my peridontal or whatever that is called is good, but,not so good news, I have swollen nodes in my…
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THE ECONOMY OF HAVING CANCER.
Hi Everyone, I started my cancer journey only 2 months ago, have a great PPO insurance and now a secondary insurance costing me $700/ month, but I already accumulated about $4000 just in copays. I still have surgery and chemo and who knows what infront of me. I'm lucky because I can still work and make good money as a…
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New Primary Tumor in colon
Oh the joys of colorectal cancer, they just keep a coming. first off, had my liver surgery 8 weeks ago, and before I went back to Oncologist I emailed him and asked for a colonoscopy which I had last Friday. When I awakened the Dr. said that she could only go up a very little ways as a tumor blocked her from going further…
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Last treatment!!!
Had my last treatment this week. Got unhooked on Friday and feeling pretty good today. I was really nervous about this last treatment because #11 kicked my butt big time! Now I have to get a CAT scan on Thursday and praying that I come back NED. This has been a great forum for me to connect with other people going thru the…
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exercise
If you feel up to it is it safe to exercise during chemo? walking, bike riding etc. hoping i will feel up to this. thanks
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Can you log in easier lately?
I sent many emails to the administrators of this website and lately my log in is much faster. Did you guys noticed any difference too? Laz
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Is There Any More Room for “Some” Good News?
Well, I got through the MRI Wednesday…just barely…but I made it through… This time it was for 30 minutes with no contrast required. I explained everything to them about the problems I might have and we got started. They had the fan turned all the way up, but it still wouldn’t reach my face, just sort of blew up to my…
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Still fighting, but starting to take some bruises
Please pardon the copy and paste from an email I sent to family and friends. So here goes! This is the email that I've dreaded writing for three years, ever since I first wrote to tell you I had cancer. I can't say for certain that I I'm dying, but I am getting very, very weak. Warning: The following is pretty graphic, but…
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How Long do we have?
Good morning to all, I'm sorry so many of you have to deal with this desease. I've been here once earlier this year. My wife has Stage IV colorectal cancer. It was diagnosed as Stage IIa in September 2009. We had two years to think the monster was behind us. She went through the ileostomy and all the related surgeries. On…
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GOOD SURGEON IN LOS ANGELES AREA?
Does any of you know a good colorectal surgeon in the greater Los Angeles area? Thanks, Laz
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Good News!!!
I had my laparoscopic surgery yesterday. We got up at 3am...left the house at 3:30am... Got to Baltimore around 5:30am. I had to be there by 6am. We waited and waited...they did not start the surgery until about 11:30am. All went well. The doctor said NED! He did do an ultrasound?? On my liver...it looked good. He did…
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One treatment left
Hi everyone! Haven't posted in a while. Had my 11th treatment on the 3rd and it was my worse one yet! Threw up all day Wednesday and basically was in bed until Sunday. But this is starting my good week so things are looking up. Get my last treatment on the 17th and then my PET scan on the 27th. God willing, everything is…
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Anna Alexandria ok?
Has anyone heard from Anna Alexandria? Just concerned. Miss her posts. Cathleen Mary
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Doc Hawk's Obituary
http://www.standard.net/stories/2013/07/22/ray-poulsen
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HEY JOE,
I see you replying to other people's posts, but we haven't heard about how you are doing lately. We all hope that things are going as well as they can be. Laz
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new photo
I lost my photo and cannot seem to add a new one. Can someone help me to add a photo?
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Don't know what's going on with me...
I really don't know what has been going on with me lately. Up until my colostomy reversal surgery June 17th, I was doing great, had a positive attitude, and was looking forward to the reversal. Tomorrow it will be five weeks since the surgery, and I still haven't recovered. Right from the week of surgery, my abdominal area…
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Glossary of Treatments and Terms
HI, all. I thought it would be a good resource for this board to have a section where users could explain the different treatments we can have, what they are and where to obtain them, and when in the course of treatment they are used. For instance, what is TACE? What is HIPEC? What are all of the different chemo drugs out…
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another avastin concern
I was reading on the avastin website and they said you should not start it until 28 days after a surgery. I had a vats procedure and at the time i start avstin I would be 20 days post surgery onc doesn't seem to concerned anyone have a similar situation?
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Strange personal email - Beware
I just wanted to alert the community to a very strange email I got on my personal email account. It said it was from Doc Hawk. He did have my personal email address. It appears that however this message was created, it took his address book and sent to all on it. In the body of the email is only a link. I DID NOT CLICK ON…
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starting chemo thurs.
I'm really nervous about what to expect. It's oxy plus avastin infusion once every three weeks with 3000 mg xeloda pills for fourteen days with one week off and it starts again. any words of wisdom?
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PET Scan
Hello Im very happy to say that my husbands PET scan came back negative!!! He is getting 3 more chemo treatments then another PET scan to see if he even needs surgery. We are truly blessed!!
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How Doctors Die
I saw this on another forum and it comforted me! We need to be informed and inform our families on what we want and don't want. http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2012/08/06/how-doctors-die/ It’s not a frequent topic of discussion, but doctors die, too. And they don’t die like the rest of us. What’s unusual about them is…
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new discussion board
A new discussion board is available to report and discuss technical problems. Please give it a try. It is the last discussion board listed on the page with all the boards, please bookmark it for future use. The URL is http://csn.cancer.org/forum/200. Best, Greta aka Your CSN staff
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Just got pathology results-used Sloan Kettering prognosis calculator-need help
PT3, PN1a. Low grade well differentiated to moderately differentiated. Perineural invasion. 1 of 8 lymph nodes. 2.6 cm. Lymph vascular invastion indeterminate. So the surgeon said this is IIIA. I see the oncologist in a few weeks. After doing some reading this looks to me like it is IIIB? Anyway I plugged all the info into…
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HEY KENNY!!!
Kenny, it has been a while. I hope you and your family doing well and you made some progress in tests and treatment. Let us know what's up. We are all rooting, paying for you. Laz
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Message for Craig - Sundanceh
Like your new avatar! Hope you're doing well now that the shock of the recurrance is past.
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MAGS!
Are you already with the bears? Just want to say hallo to you! Big hug!
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Hernia
After my last scan, which was totally clear, they even checked my lungs and bones, the Onc informed me that I had a incissional Hernia, the size of a Cantaloupe, which to him is very large. I never read on the board about this, does any of you had this happen, or heard about this, it starts 4 cm (almost 2 inches) above the…
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Question on cutting out sugar / red meat?
Hi everyone, I was wondering: when a few/quite a few of you cut out carbs, processed food, sugar - what do you do about the meat? Do you cut out red meat altogether? How much protein do you allow? As much as you want or do you follow the "Atkins" types where a lot of calories come from fat? What about vitamins and…