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Met to pelvis and adrenal gland
Does any one have experience with thus? Onc wants to see if chemo will rid of them instead of going straight to surgery.
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Update on Doc Hawk
Ray went to the ER for his weekend entertainment due to rising temp and very bad cough. They determined he has pneumonia. They gave him the choice of accepting their hospitality or going home. He chose home and is now on antibiotics to help kick this stuff. --------------------------------------------------- He asked me to…
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very encouraging CRC genetic test
Go to news@ccalliance.org. click on Vast gene study raises hopes for colon cancer drugs. The link takes you to a NY Times article after you sit through a Starbucks ad. The study is VERY encouraging.
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Something different
When I was searching about liposomal vitamin C I came across this site, it's on facebook. Just wondering if anyone has seen this "The Eden Prescription" ....there is a book but facebook site is interesting.
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Spinal Mets, I Need some encouragement and want to pass on some thoughts
Hi, Not sure where to start except to say I hate cancer. Three years ago my wife had Stage IV colon cancer. They removed her ovaries and all of her parts. Chemo and a year free; then mets on ureter. Then chemo. Supposedly her last scan indicated that she was NED (this was in May after CT scan). She complained about back…
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Type of anesthesia,cancer surgery and recurrence risk
While this article discusses how the kind of anesthesia (regional vs general)used during liver cancer surgery may contribute to recurrence, nevertheless,here it is: sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120131121241.htm "Types of Anesthesia May Affect Recurrence Risk After Liver Cancer Procedure"
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scan results
The results of my PET scan last week are currently hazy. It was done at a different facility than my scan in May so they didn't have the images for comparison. Also, m onc is out this week, so I can't get his input for two weeks. It does appear that there is progression of the tumors in my lungs and I have an "atypical…
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Tribute for Jennie
I was kinda thinking that Sunday at the kick off of the Rams @ Dallas game, those of us who can view might raise a toast to Jennie. Just and idea to say farewell to a sweet lady and special friend.
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Hi mates it is FRIDAY ,any interesting plan for the weekend?
I'm still on the beach but started 4th round of Xeloda and Avastin yesterday so...again headaches ! Hope gets better as I pretend boating on Saturday!. What about you mates?
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Post Treatment questions
I haven't posted since April, just trying to survive and function. But I have questions. I was diagnosed in April 2011. I have chemo/radiation for 6 weeks. Healed from that and had my entire rectum removed on August 16th last year with a permanent colostomy. That was followed by 8 of 12 chemo treatments with 5FU and…
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Reoccuring
My mom was diagnosed with Rectal cancer the week of Christmas in 2008. She was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in the beginning of 2009. She had surgery to remove the Rectal cancer and a Lumpectomy on her breasts. She is now a breast cancer survivor, but the rectal cancer came back, She was re-diagnosed The week of Christmas…
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Peritoneal mets
I've had these mets since December 2011. I've been on different cocktails of chemo and am currently on a trial drug. If you have these mets, can you answer a few questions: what kind of pain do you experience? what do you take for this pain? do you have fluid build up on your abdominal cavity? if yes, how does your doc…
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First scan this AM since starting UPDATE
trial study. ..Keep your fingers crossed. No results for a week (WHY is that???), altho' I am hoping maybe the doc will stop by infusion room and give us a clue as to what, if anything, is happepning. Wishful thinking on my part. Angela
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I need a little encouragement
I just read that idlehunters passed away and I'm devastated. We have emailed each other and more or less, our cancers took the same paths. I'm a Stage IV survivor since late 2006 but...CEA seems to be going up about 50% every month (now 76), have mets to lungs and lymph nodes. It's not good. I'm on Xeloda alone and it…
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NED Status but taking Xeloda?
I was wondering if anyone is taking Xeloda as maintenance when you are NED status. I was diagnosed stage 4; lung nodule removed February 2011, completed response to the rectal tumor with chemo/radiation, LAR with temp ileostomy in September 2011 to remove scar tissue (all pathology clean), and followed by 6 months of…
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Cancer survivor is now a naturopathic doctor
Cancer survivor is now a naturopathic doctor You can see Doctor Joe Brown's incredible story at www.DoctorJoeBrown.com Dr. Joe Brown, Naturopathic Doctor, has more to offer to patients than his knowledge and expertise. He offers his personal experience in battling cancer. In 1998, Dr. Brown was diagnosed with late stage…
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Need your coments mates!
Since I'm on Xeloda and Avastin I got some undesired symptoms .Did any of you ever had any experience on it? Headache I think nose and sinus are involved, is more at the level of my eyes and Eyebrows . Deafness and pain in left ear. Very tired, short of breath wen walking and feeling like heavy and painful legs. Some back…
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Info on Raise a glass to Jennie - for Maglets and anyone who missed orig post
Here is the info originally posted in the thread by Doc_Hawk who had the inspiration to raise a glass to Jennie at the start of the football game she was to attend. _____________________________________________________________________ Dallas Cowboys vs St. Louis Rams Saturday 8/25/2012 at 8:00 PM Eastern time zone Honolulu…
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IV Vitamin C
Does anyone here get IV Vit C? If so can you point me to any studies on it? I have to convince my oncologist before he will approve. He says I can take oral supplements - he ok's that, but wants more data before considering the IV C. Thanks
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Chemo start - how many days after liver resection
Hi Just had a live resection on 2 nd sugust. Still recovering at home. Have another RFA required to be done to one tumour that was not resected. How many days after resection is it wise to restate the balance mop up chemo without taking any chance of recurrence. Have been off the chemo since 4 th June, it is over 2 and a…
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Special Mention by Jennie's family
Jennifer Crowe Jennifer S. Crowe, nee Fiedler, 55, of Freeburg, Ill., born March 7, 1957, in Belleville, Ill., passed away on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012, at Memorial Hospital, Belleville Ill. Jennie worked as an administrative assistant and was a member of the Cancer Survivor Network. She was preceded in death by her parents,…
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Vickilg How are you doing?
Hey Vicki - I was thinking about you and your husband and wondering how you were doing. I know initial news usually is shocking until it is absorbed and think more clearly. I hope you are ok. We both have treatment Monday. Sandy
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just wondering
hello all, thank you all for the help during my chemo hell, i was just wondering if anyone is doing any natural treatments and if so i would love to get some info, i have to think there has got to be more than getting nuked and feeling like crap!! im probley crazy but what the heck!!! after almost 4 years of getting beat…
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Thread gone
Yesterday I think it was someone had posted that their friend had stage ii colon cancer and there was cancer in her lungs too, I can't really recall the rest of how the post went or what they were asking. I replied something to the effect that with mets in the lung it probably wasn't stage ii disease but stage 1V. I asked…
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2 years post surgery and still get pain at the surgery site ... anything similar?
Hello all, I hope this post finds you well. I have a quick question that I am hoping you might be able to help with. Quick history, I was dx'd in May of 2010, stage 4 rectal cancer with a single met to my liver. 6 weeks of radiaion prior to surgery. Had Surgery in September of 2010 for both the rectal tumor and the liver…
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Buzz?
Where is Buzz? Where are the "old" people I used to know...I come to this board and now I don't find my family....what happened? I miss you guys all. And for the "new" members, I wish you guys the best, and although I don't post often, I am thinking of you guys too.
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worth repeating
I credit pete43lost_at_sea for originally posting this link. I am one of those who advocates being open to a multipronged approach to dealing with cancer, provided it is evidence based. Even more so now that it is clear standard cytotoxic chemotherapy is rapidly failing my wife. click on this --> LEF over recent months,…
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Book recommendation - "Your medical mind" by Groopman and Hartzband
I just finished this book and found it helpful to me in making a recent decision and, most likely, decisions in the future about my medical care. I'm talking about decisions in the gray area - where you can go more than one way. I think it might help some other people on this board as well. It's a very good read about how…
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Planned chemotherapy cancelled
I am actually very pleased by this. I saw my oncologist today. After the lung nodule was found, he recommended surgery and follow-up chemo. Today was my first visit with him following the surgery. He now believes we should be in an observation mode, since he believes the potential benefits are outweighed by the known side…
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Telling my daughter
I've struggled with what to tell my daughter about my dx. It seems like the good people on this board are pretty open with loved ones about their disease, but I've hedged with my daughter. She found out she was pregnant just after my stage iv, chemo for life, terminal, blah, blah, blah, dx. And we were getting a 2nd…