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Colorectal Cancer

For Those Of You Following My "Soap Opera"
Not quite sure, but I believe I mentioned an upcoming Urologist visit for my hubby. He has now had another setback. Last week, the Urologist scheduled an in office Cystoscopy for today. He was unable to complete the procedure, but was able to determine that there is a partial bladder blockage due to the inept treatment he…
Husband is home now....
Jason got to come home today. He is feeling pretty good, much better than before he went into the hospital, despite having been opened up & having nothing done. (yet) While he was in the hospital he received 2 units of blood which seemed to help a lot, it brought his hemoglobin up to almost normal, his WBC down from what…
Hipec
We went to see Dr. Lentz today at USC he feels my husband is doing well. He is responding good to chemo etc. Thing is he really believes Hipec surgery would be a good option for him to kill the cancer in his lymph nodes. I have read all about this surgery and to me it seems pretty scary anyone had this surgery. Would like…
Dexamethasone and muscle cramps
For those of you who have done dex. on a regular basis. (Not just with the chemo cocktail). Have you had any trouble with muscle cramps? Steve has been on it for 28 days and muscle cramps have become a problem. His arms and fingers have been jerking out in spasms. The legs are the worst. In the night he had cramps so…
Erbitux Acne - Ready to Scream
I just started Folfiri and Erbitux on 1/31. Treatement 2 is scheduled for this Thursday 2/14. The Erbitux achne has set in. It is on my cheeks, nose, forehead, back, and chest. I read an older post that suggested using head and shoulders to help. I am taking ibpropen to help with the pain. I didn't start an antibiotic yet.…
Blue Scorpion Venom
Anyone have any experience with the Blue Scorpion Venom (Escozine)? This was one of the first things I tried, being a knee jerk reaction to my diagnosis. In hind sight, not the best investment as had no noticeable impact. May work in breast cancer and leukemia, but very little evidence that it works for colorectal. More…
"Novel designed molecules could stop colon cancer metastasis"
http://medicalxpress.com/print280052957.html (and once again, on relevancy of mice and us) www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/256124.php and maybe where you or your parents or grandparents came from might determine your specific CRC:…
Its a start:"Genetically engineered virus kills liver cancer"...plus other stuff
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-genetically-virus-cancer.html and from the same site this date: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-tumor-blood-vessels-cancer-cells.html (for a nontechnical site with info on current research, this one aint bad)
Hippocratic oath and cancer treatment
It seems odd to me that one of the core principles of the Hippocratic oath (that all physicians take) is to do no harm, yet it is obvious that ALL chemo treatments eventually do harm to the recipient. I fully understand that chemo is usually much better than not taking treatment, but it's a bit odd that oncologists seem to…
MD Anderson
Hi, all. I'm going to MDA next week to see what they can do for me. I have stage IV rectal cancer, have not had surgery/resections yet, just 12 treatments of Folfox plus avastin. Seemed to have done some good, but from everything I've read (including on Herman Cain ), cutting the junk out is the best option for maximum…
Hot flashes. Chemo? Rad? Surgery?
I'm having a lot of hot flashes. Anyone have these after chemo, rad or surgery? The doctor did say radiation would cause menopause and also I had my ovaries removed and so maybe that's the cause. I'm going to have to call the doctor Monday because it's now happening often enough that I should at least look into it to make…
Johnnybegood
About to head for bed, but I thought you all should know that I talked to JBG tonight and she sounded really good. So far, the results look very promising. At last blood test, platelets have risen to 120. She's not sure yet if fluctuations will occur, and will discuss that with surgeon tomorrow. She's hoping to have the…
For kidney cancer, this cure's worse than the disease
For kidney cancer, this cure's worse than the disease By Marilynn Marchione, Associated Press - In a stunning example of when treatment might be worse than the disease, a large review of Medicare records finds that older people with small kidney tumors were much less likely to die over the next five years if doctors…
KRAS Mutants.....
while i have no idea what ".....a Colon Cancer GEMM-Derived Orthotopic Transplant Model for Drug Discovery and Validation" is and neither will you by reading this "abstract "-unless you already know what it is) but you might learn a little about Kras mutation in this brief synopsis…
I am torn between flaunting and sharing my success
dear friends, I have started round two of the second dendritic cell vaccine with high hopes. this afternoon I had another chemo embolisation split 50 50 lungs and liver with irenotecan and mytomycin and avastin ( off label use , as direct inject not tested offically) the good news is dr vogel said the mri and ct are…
WTF??
ok so just to give everyone a heads up. some creeper contacted me through here by the name miss veronica. totally made it sound like she wanted to be friends and talk about cancer so i replied. then i get some sob story about how she was from zimbabwe. he fatherband mother had been killed. some racy photos wanting my info…
GIFT therapy
i have been going through promising cancer treatment and came up with something called the GIFT / LIFT therapy which was thought to be the cure for cancer but the promised trails never materialsed in a big way.…
some interesting thoughts on the immune system
i got this today by email, i won't even say the source, i reproduce here below because its concise and pretty spot on. i have mentioned all these tips over the years, they are really becoming widely accepted now days in some circles. strangely not cancer medicine alas. its a good read. let me know if this sort of news is…
need your help again!
I've posted before, regarding my friend Carolina....a few of you responded with very kind encouragring words to her just before her liver resection in 2012. Your words were so appreciated by her and by me also. She completed 5 of her 7 infusions of 5-FU and today, 5 days after her 5th, she is on day number 3 of terrible,…
Fasting
First I would like to say hello to eveyone and I pray that everyone is doing well. I have two questions that I would like advice with. 1.) The Lenten season is getting ready to begin. Is is wise for me to fast somewhat during this season as a colon cancer survivor. The diet doesn't differ too much from the way I normally…
Dance in the Rain
As a Stage IV cancer survivor- I want to share a comment from my 17 year old son. Last evening, as my son was doing homework nearby; my wife and I were talking about a potential career change I am contemplating. It's a higher level VP position with a heavy work load. I said to my wife, I am just uncertain because of my…
Is there anything I hate worse than going for a scan? Updated
No. Can’t think of anything I hate more… with the possible exception of waiting for scan results. But I can’t complain too much about the PET I got this morning, given that I have to basically throw a tantrum every time in order to get approved for one. It’s just that I have a little extra anxiety about getting the scan at…
Nausea
I started my first folfox treatment Friday and finished yesterday afternoon. I have nausea and have taken the medicine they gave me. Still nauceaous. Should this medicine erase the nausea or is it keeping it at bay?
MD Anderson
Hi, all. I'm going to MDA next week to see what they can do for me. I have stage IV rectal cancer, have not had surgery/resections yet, just 12 treatments of Folfox plus avastin. Seemed to have done some good, but from everything I've read (including on Herman Cain ), cutting the junk out is the best option for maximum…
Doc_Hawk
Hi All, i just wanted to remind everyone that Doc has surgery monday and te keep him in your prayers that everything goes well and that he will finally get some release from the pain that he is going through right now.
Thank You Everyone!
I wanted to Thank Everyone for all of the support and prayers! My wife Laurie went under the knife for Thyroid surgery 3 weeks ago. It turned out to be hurthle cell follicular non-cancerous tumor! Wooo Hoooo A big sigh of relief! Laurie had her thyroid removed because the tumor was so large, but turned out to be benign!…
surgery time...
well folks its been a long time since i've posted on here... but the date has been set.. feb 20th for my moms surgery... good news is she found a doc that will not give her a colostomy bag!!!!! its a hairline difference, but it can be done!! bad news is they have to rip open from her T to her A to get it done.. and the…
beyond the bleeding edge of medical science - something for Ren, for us all. have Hope
think of these little reports, as stories from the front line of experimental medicine. given the life and death struggle most of us are going through, i figure they are relevant. why even for me, if the liver mets grow, well i guess you know what i'll be doing. i asked doc Nesslehut about my friend Ren, he could be anyone…
started removab in hallwang.
It's 8 hours on the drip. See my blog for photos Hugs, Pete
Cea not an indicator
I have stage iv a cc. I have had a colon resection, a lverresection and completed 9 rounds of Folfox so far. My oncologist wants to drop the oxalplatin after ronund 10, and give me only the 5fu for the last two. He then wanshame to have a ct scan about a month after chemo and if all looks good then every four to six months…

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