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Had my first Colonoscopy since treatment
Just had my first colonoscopy since I was first diagnosed in December 2011. Finished chemo treatments last September. Had my colonoscopy on Friday, No sign of disease and no polyps!! WOO-HOO!!!!
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Still Here
Sorry I've been gone so long, it's been a rough stretch of road. I had two very nasty reactions to Oxy when they tried it on me again. The first time, I fell over during treatment and cut my eyebrow. The second, my temp hit 103 and my oxygen level fell to 76%. My onc said if we were to try it just one more time the…
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stubborn lymph node
Sooooooo it looks like the 1 lymph node is smaller but still active. AHHHHHH! The PET reprt that we picked up yesterday said "Slight anatomic improvement in an otherwise metabolically stable left periaortic lymph node suggestive of inflammatory healing although a small amount of persistent, active metastatic disease…
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Congratulations KayeKay
Just wanted to congratulate you on your wedding day. What a true blessing. I'm wishing you the happiest future ahead. You are in my prayers for a Blessed marriage. Any honeymoon in the future? Once again, enjoy your big day and thanks for taking the time away from your busy day to check in. By the way, you look beautiful.…
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Any lung issues after port placement?
Had port placed on the 2nd and have started noticing over the past couple of days when I cough my lungs hurt. Has anyone else had this problem?
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Update on KayeKay
Sorry I haven't been on here lately. I have been home since last Thursday. Really in a lot of pain and feeling like crap. I was feeling pretty good the first few days home. Since yesterday I have felt pretty bad. y painkillers just seemed to stop working wtf?? They had to remove more than they planned they found more…
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Diet questions and frustration
This post is for my mother, who has stage IV colon cancer, with mets to the lungs and liver. She has severe diarrhea issues, and the location of her tumor (8 cm) gives her constant pain, because it's at the very end of the descending colon. She started taking the Fentanyl patch recently, which has brought her significant…
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Just checking in
Haven't been on the boards for awhile and just wanted to stop by and say HOWDY! Hope everyone's doing well and hanging in there :D
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Food mobility rate when you're at stage IV with severe diarrhea
Doea anyone know how soon something ingested gets passed, or a food item impacts the digestive system? My mom has days when she might go to the bathroom 4 or 5 times the whole day, and other days where she goes that amount in the space of an hour. She's stage IV, with mets in the liver and lungs. It would be really helpful…
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Mother with stage IV colon cancer, now in the liver and lungs too
Hi everyone, This is my first time posting on these boards, and I hope that someone will have some insight that can help me, because so far searching via Google has proven less than enlightening. My mom was diagnosed with colon cancer at the end of January, and two weeks later her doctors determined that it was stage IV,…
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Hi mates it is FRIDAY , any interesting plan for the weekend?
Nothing interesting here! Again a bad ,cold,rainy and sad weekend! Ughhh!,well it is April a crazy month for weather as you know! Hope to go to the cinema tomorrow but still feeling bad of my stomach , this time chemo is harder than other times ( specially for my stomach and liver) ,well hope thugs will improve next round!…
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should I be on 'Dr Phil' ? Have Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy with multiple colonic polyps and no one
Still waiting to hear does any one know of anybody with the above conditions? Thanks.
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Newly Dxed Stage II/III might want to check out this video on"Managing Adjuvant Treatment in CRC"-ad
Part 2 will probably be more informative www.onclive.com/peer-exchange/colorectal-cancer/Managing-Adjuvant-Treatment-in-Colorectal-Cancer-Part-I
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Duloxetine for neuropathy? Maybe,,,,,(update from Mayo)
www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/PainManagement/38209
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Update on Jason....
Hey everyone! So, we're home now, he got to come home Wednesday. They never did find a reason for the fever though. He's on Cipro for 5 days & is scheduled to get chemo Wednesday. (it was postponed a week) His fever went back up last night, 102.1 & he was having pain on the left side, it was up high & around his side & up…
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Are Cancer Victims/Survivors Being Denied a Full and Impartial "Hearing"
Are the 1930s Propaganda Film "Reefer Madness" and America's endless and futile "War on Drugs" denying us as cancer patients a possible cure or new treatment for this horrible disease? Read the article the following link leads to, check out the sources and join the debate:…
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Where's Pepe.
I haven't seen Pepe doing his wonderful posting for quite some time. I pray he is doing good. Has anyone heard from him lately? Jeff
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Back in the hospital....
I guess I shouldn't have been bragging about how well Jason is doing, he had a fever of 103.1 this evening & we are back in the hospital. UGHHH! His fever is down now (99.8), chest x-ray was alright, urine was good, blood work showed his WBC was 3.9 (I think?) so they aren't sure where the infection is but are pretty sure…
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Treatment #4
Got treatment #4 yesterday. So far so good. Little nausea but bearable. Appetite is definitely down and the constipation is back! Hate that part. Even came in to work today wearing my fanny pack but might not last the whole day. Tomorrow I get unhooked and it's a work holiday so I don't have to burn a vacation day. Yeah!!!…
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Radiation. Tell me all about it.
I'm so excited to have only four more chemo session on this round, but it also means that after a 3 week break, I head into the radiation/chemo and I have to admit, I am very, VERY anxious about it. I've read enough on here to scare me. I guess I feel like I'm going to suffer through every side effect out there. I'll be…
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I have not been on lately, but learned
something new today. Robert has adenosquamous carcinoma of the colon, which is pretty rare and the prognosis for stage IV is not as good as the more common adenocarcinoma. Didn't know there was this type... "The clinical signs and symptoms of colonic Ad-SCC are the same as those for a typical colonic adenocarcinoma, but…
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no side effects after 4th cycle
my dad has his 4th cycle infusion 21st march...avastin was also added from this cycle.he is taing xeloda now but surpringly he has had almost zero side effects. There has been no loosies, no loss of appetite, no bad taste in mouth, no irritability . has anyone had same absence of side effects so far into the chemo ?
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Side effects & outcomes with Avastin?....
Jason goes Wednesday for his third chemo treatment (Oxaliplatin, 5-FU & Leucovorin). His oncologist told him during the consultation re: the chemo that he wants to start him on Avastin but wanted to wait until his incision from the surgery on 2/8 is completely healed due to bleeding issues that can be caused by Avastin.…
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day 5 of Xeloda
Ok.. so far.. So far no sideeffect.. How long were you on this before you felt any sideeffects. I took this drug for one week last year untill I switched onc's looking for a more progressive treatment and cannot recall if I had any sideeffects. I know I am jinking myself asking this.. but knowledge is power. right... on a…
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Cell Phones....could they be the cause?!
Tonight Jason just out of the blue said "you know what I just thought of?....where do I carry my cell phone? (on his right hip) & WHERE is my tumor? (his RIGHT side, which is apparently not that common for colon cancer) so, that really made me think. So, of course I sat down & Googled it & from what I read there hasn't…
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My 45 year old daughter just had a cancer tumor removed. Doctors say stage IV
Feeling helpless I stumbled on this website. I am here to see what we have install for all of the family. They removed a soccer ball size tumor from her. It wrapped around her kidney and part of her colon. The kidney and part colon were removed as well as 13 lymph nodes. They don't know if they got them all yet. She went…
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need info on hipec?
i had hipec feb 26, 2013 & if anyone wants info, i will be willing to try to answer any questions. just pm me. judy
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Deadly radiation?....... How about some recent advances?
Within the past week or so,from a variety of institutes,maybe ready for prime time soon http://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2013/0403-breakthrough-cancer-killing-treatment-has-no-side-effects-says-mu-researcher/…
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Ct scan in my future
Ok...this is the 3rd try at posting my post. I had my drs appt yesterday...he is concerned about rising CEA and the back pain that I have had for a month now. I did have a series of X-rays 2 weeks ago...but nothing cancer-related found. I just have a little degenerative disease around a couple of the discs...basically i am…
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Illiostomy reversal-rise in cea
I had a illostomy reversal at the end of January. I had my last blood work done the middle of december 2012. I just had my blood work done and my cea went from 2.1 to 5.7, can an irratable bowel cause my cea to rise. Inflamation of the bowel. I'm still adjusting to my bowel, some days are better than others. Please reply…