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Radiation Offers New Cures, and Ways to Do Harm
"As Scott Jerome-Parks lay dying, he clung to this wish: that his fatal radiation overdose — which left him deaf, struggling to see, unable to swallow, burned, with his teeth falling out, with ulcers in his mouth and throat, nauseated, in severe pain and finally unable to breathe — be studied and talked about publicly so…
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scan results => Good News
Last post I was worried about upcoming scans. Context. I am 49 year-old male, Stage 4 CRC, diagnosed in June 2011. I originally underwent 11 treatments of Fofox/oxciliplatin before rising CEA levels prompted concern of cancer growth. Even though CT scans were showing all clear, my persistent onc (good thing) called for…
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magnesium, potassium, vectibux to blame uggghhh!!!
Well things had been humming along so good, however the other shoe has dropped!! low magnesium is haunting us and it is very scary. Nothing is working Rog was taking 1000-1200 ml. supplements and no help, not even food and now we go to infusion on Mon., Wed., and Friday for 4 hour infusions, this has been going on for over…
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Trouble Swallowing while undergoing Chemo
Anybody have trouble with swallowing while undergoing chemo treatments? Feels like I am swallowing something too big for my throat/esophagus, even when it is liquid and don't know if it will go down.
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Warm Greetings
Good Day, I am just writing eveyone to wish everyone a blessed holiday(Easter or Passover) and a wonderful spring. Each day that I wake up is a gift and I pray this gift for all of us. Peace and Blessings, Karen
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Go visit nature
"Humans have enjoyed forest environments for ages because of the quiet atmosphere, beautiful scenery, mild climate, and fresh, clean air. In the present study, we found that visiting forest parks, but not a city, enhanced human natural killer (NK) activity, increased anti-cancer proteins, such as perforin, granzymes A and…
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Anyone given the "5 year" speech?....
I'm just curious how many of the Stage 4 survivors were given the 5 year survival speech by their doctor?....More importantly, if you were, how long ago was it?....(pretty obvious where I'm going with this....)
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Ready To SCREAM
Sorry I just wanted to start a post for anyone wanting to vent like I know I do. I always had the fear of my cancer returning and now that that fear has become reality i feel as if i might actually lose my mind this time. I had to have my port and liver pump flushed the other day and when the nurse stuck the needle in my…
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Treatment #3
Am going in for treatment No. 3 on Monday. See the doctor on Tuesday and then get the drip off Wednesday. Then Thursday a.m. am having the kidney stone removed along with the stent and another stent put in for a few weeks. Am still battling diahrrea at times. Good thing I have lots of lomotil. Now I have hemmroids from all…
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Hi mates it is FRIDAY here! Any interesting plan for the weekend ?
Noting here! Still, cold, ŵindy and still some issues with my chemo ! What about you?
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Radiation for liver tumors?
It's been awhile since I've been on here and really miss the support. My husband was dx stage 4 in June 2011. He has been on chemo or radiation ever since. He had liver resection in November of 2011 and 5 months later new lesions showed up. He has been on FOLFIRI ever since. His most recent scans showed new liver lesions.…
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Back in the battle
Good morning all. I read and learn and get support every day from you all. Thank you for sharing and being here. my husband, tony, stage iv, has at least one new met in liver and 2 or more in lungs. Pet scan on fri. To check for new growth. Chemo from there- his 4th go around. He was on xeloda/oxi and avastin previous…
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Imerman Angels
I read about Imerman Angels on this forum. Dixondukes mentioned it and I was intrigued. It is affiliated with Gilda's House and provides one-on-one cancer support from people who have had cancer and can provide support. I volunteered as a mentor. A rep from Imerman Angels called tonight to interview me. I was accepted but…
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Update Folfiri + Zaltrap
Hi All, Just wanted to give an update on my Zaltrap experience. It's not as exciting as Pete's adventures in Germany but still worth a mention :-) I actually had to look at my profile to see when I started Zaltrap - I started in Oct 2012. I can't believe it's been that long! But that explains why I'm ready for a chemo…
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"One Drug to Shrink All Tumors" - From the Journal "Science"
Thought everyone might find the article at the link below interesting. There is something new on the horizon. http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/03/one-drug-to-shrink-all-tumors.html?ref=hp Fair winds and following seas, Rick
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Andrew and anyone else who may be hesitant to post once treatments cease ...
Sometimes one might feel as Andrew stated in a previous post ... "I feel my poor prognosis does not help those who are still battling with this disease"... I have thought about this as well. I also sometimes wonder about the term survivor and the the other war-like military terms associated with a cancer diagnosis and…
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Worst Time Magazine Cover of the Year?
Worst Time Magazine Cover of the Year? As critiqued in “Slate” (very worthwhile reading): http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2013/03/how_to_cure_cancer_time_magazine_s_april_1_cover_is_wrong_and_cruel.html?wpisrc=most_viral Sometimes we get carried away with hope from the hype; with reality…
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Chemo stopped.
Had a bad day today my husbands results show that the cancer has progressed. we are both in shock, he has said that to continue chemo is no going to make any difference, he has tried oxy, avastin xeloda, iretican . does anyone know of any other chemos to treat colon mets to liver lung an peritumium? He was dx Aug 2010.
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Where we are
We went to Madison in hopes of rfa or directive chemo but the tumor is too close to the hepatic artery so he is starting chemo next week. We also found out he is Kras - wild type so I am trying to wrap my brain around that and figure out what exactly that means. I am wondering how we got this far with out testing for that…
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O/T: Post what makes you happy
l . The "Pets" thread was fun, but it limited things to those who have pets (obviously). I thought this thread could be for posting whatever makes you happy... a place, a person, a meal, anything. Could be pics pulled from the Internet too, so those who don't want to post anything personal can still take part. I'm going to…
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Apple extract kills colon cancer cells better than chemo drug in latest study
This is interesting and with pubmed to back it up http://www.naturalnews.com/039680_apples_cancer_cells_chemotherapy.html God bless Zoe
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From "Down Under" a "Liver First" approach to mCRC
Its in the current issue of this email i got today from www.oncologyupdate.com.au/latest-news/liver-first-shows-promise-in-colorectal-cancer not much detail here,even if you read link in article but it may be of use to some who dig further
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Care to share one kind thing you will do for yourself or another tonight or tomorrow?
I did this a while back and many folks responded, thought I would try it again ... I'll start ... for myself: I am going to lock myself in my art studio for one hour and tell my husband and my son that no matter what they must fend for themselves. for others: I am taking my Cavalier Spaniel therapy dog to the local…
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Spleen embolisation
My spleen embolisation was successful. Platelets were up to 630 so I was able to get full dose of irrotecan. Had to skip one treatment while I was recovering. CEA doubled I was hoping for a chemo break. I've been doing this so long but guess that is not going to happen now.
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MOM'S DAY TWO
Hey forum people. I hope everyone is feeling better. My mom started her chemo 2 days ago (3,300 mg of Xeloday/day, Infusion of Oxalapatin and Tamoxifen). Yesterday she did not feel anything but this lunch time, she started to feel nauseous. She is trying not to take her anti-nausea med to check if she could tolerate it. I…
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To: Jen and Chels BUT Also for Everyone *** UPDATED ***
How's the world treating you two darlin's this morning? I've thought about both of you and after talking with Jen about the Coping Mag project, I was inspired to send them another story. (Jen, I wrote this one in only 1327 words, lol) In a way, the both of you intertwine for this post and I thought the 2nd story I sent…
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Jason's 2nd treatment & medical records....
Hey all, just wanted to give you all an update on Jason. He had his 2nd chemo treatment Wednesday, took the pump back today. He is doing remarkably well, he is just very tired today. So far he hasn't had any nausea, very little sensitivity to cold things (he carries a mug of something with ice all the time) his appetite…
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Scared to death of the unknown
Hi... My Name is Heidi and 2 weeks ago I had my gallbladder removed as well as a Left Hemicolectomy removing 31cm of my decending and part of my sigmoid colon after a 5.5 cm mass was found. The results that came back were Adenocarcinoma Sage 1 and 0 out of 29 lymph were involved. Believe it or not, I'm an ER nurse and am…
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Andrew (abackhou) Please check in
and let us know how you are doing. You have folks who care about you here. -- Cynthia It is often in the darkest skies that we see the brightest stars.
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"On The Road Again"
To quote one of my favorite singers. New port surgery went well. Just one glitch and it's not a new one. It appears that some nursing staff are not familiar with the particular heart device my hubby has. It is a "hybrid" unit which only fires on the top half. The bottom half only fires if he goes into V-fib, to restart the…