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Second Surgery
My husband had surgery in 2008 with removal of tumor and about 12 inces of colon. He then had 5 weeks raiation. Then he had reocurrence this year with 5 months chemo. Must now have surgery to remove blockage due to radiation scaring. Scans normal, CEA 4 and still going down, however, in October colon was clear above…
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supplements and chemo
My mom starts chemotherapy tomorrow. I believe her schedule is one day every other week. She finished radiation for the sacral tumor last week and spent most of the weekend in bed. She said her stomach was burning and the doctor told her this was a side from the radiation and it will subside eventually. I am curious if any…
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new addition-baby girl
Chris and I had a baby girl,CHRISTINA on May 15. She is beautiful, healthy, and weighed 7pounds 7oz. Our other girl weighed 9.8lbs. I didn't have an epidral with either of them so I was happy this one was a couple pounds smaller! Everything went well and we all feel good. Chris was off treatment when Christina was born…
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top score on MasterCard ! ouch Pete is back to work
So the master declines when you get over 75k. No more credit sux, no more supplements on order. Being rigorous on value for money. Third day back at my business after 2 years off, wife has done a super job running our eight boardinghouses. Doing lots of cleaning, showing empty Rooms, replacing old leaky gas stoves, New…
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Video: Treating Liver Metastases with HAI Pump Therapy.
Dr Kemeny has an interesting video on Treating Liver Metastases with Hepatic Arterial Infusion Therapy. I know some people have questions about HAI. This has some promising data on it. I strongly believe it helped me. It's about 8 minutes long...
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Mushrooms - potential anticancer food
for those who are not familiar with dietary methods which might inhibit cancer growth: a few research papers "Mushrooms and cancer" google scholar search - 2008 to now My wife's Oncologist is a big proponent of tumeric (curcumin) and mushrooms (shiitake in particular). From what I can, tell by reading quite a lot of…
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can we kick and scream just for one minute?
I have moments throughout every day where i experience a whole raft of emotions/thoughts/feelings! I am so sick of this consuming me and my families every thought..... At times i am happy cause i am positive in knowing mum has beat this into remission once and she can do it again, at other times i feel mad knowing that my…
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Standard therapy needs to be fixed - views of Dr Saltz of Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Found after reading post by Nana b this discussion with Dr Saltz gives considerable insight into the art of oncology, including some hard discussions about cost vs benefit of various treatments 4 parts on Youtube: Bending the cancer cost curve: Dr Saltz
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Folfox Treatment #1
Surgery 4 weeks ago, rectal tumor, liver tumor, and gallbladder out. My CEA before surgery was 54. Yesterday I had my port changed out, my port would kink and leak chemo all over, so I haven't been able to use it since April. After getting my new port I went straight to Oncologist office to start Folfox. So far only side…
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Worried/Can't sit down
My husband had rectal cancer surgery on July 2nd. He is doing pretty well but he can't sit down for a long period of time. Only about 5 or 10 minutes. Is this normal?
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Late Stage Colorectal Cancer Webinar Q&As at the end
http://www.slideshare.net/FightCRC/treating-late-stage-colorectal-cancer-dr-saltz Interesting and informative, some basic for nebies. you have to get past the intro slides and click on each one. - Click to start and download slides Stay until the questions at the end.
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chemo brain
Anyone try Lipogen for chemo brain? Best regards, Jamie
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LOUSWIFT
Hi Lou, I saw you posting on another thread. Good to see you again and hope that all is going well for you. Marie who loves kitties
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What not to say
Note to the World: If someone tells you they have colorectal cancer DO NOT SAY "oh, my mother died after battling that for years. It was awful." Talk about ruining my entire day... Robin
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a new scan in the morning
well i am getting a scan of t-l of my back, not sure what that means, but should i be worried? john
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Chemo for Life
I recently was told by my oncologist that my Stage 4 has reached a point where I will need to be on chemo for life moving forward. My cancer has spread to my pertionel (abdomen) area and also some disease in my pelvic area. The chemo I am on is designed to keep things stable not necessarily to kill or shrink the cancer. I…
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After Surgery - My Mom
Hello, I am posting to try to find some help/relief for my mom who was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer about 5 weeks ago. She had a colonoscopy, was admitted and had surgery the next day. The tumor was in the sigmoid area of the colon and I know she had about one foot of colon removed. Unfortunately, it was stage III…
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Trading Places: Not Sure Where To Post This
NOTE: I posted this almost two years ago in another forum on CSN. I kind of revisited the scenario yesterday after chemo. Well, not exactly since this person did not appear to have "health", they looked to have AIDS. They were panhandling on a street corner and looked to be in bad shape, they were in their 20's and had the…
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IV Metastatic Colon Cancer
Anyone out there that has bet this thing for more than 3-5 yrs?
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CPT-11 & Erbitux
My husband Pat will be starting this treatment on 8/8. Just recently, we saw a doctor to discuss Chemoembolization and Radio Frequency Ablation for the lesions on his liver. But, his recent CAT scan decided otherwise. So, the focus is back on his whole body and hopefully in the future we can return to those other options…
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What a day in infusion therapy
Cycle one day 18 turned out to be a long one...and stressful. Labs at 7:30am, infustion at 8:30. Got the labs done. Clinic was running behind so it was 10:30 before he got back for a 6.5 hr treatment. During his infusion, he got a call that his biological father had passed away that morning. Stopping treatment then would…
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Why change chemo when it worked?
Hi guys, quick question- probably an obvious one but il ask anyway. My mum had chemo to get rid of spots left in abdomen from surgery to remove and obstructing large tumor. She was on ... i think... avastin and xeloda ( oral xeloda?) and it got rid of the spots = remission She has had a scan and oncologist sees small specs…
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Hyperthermia at Herzog Clinic, Germany
Hi All Am currently having treatment in Germany at the Dr Herzog Hospital where they focus mainly on hyperthermia with standard protocol chemo. I am having hyperthermia with FOLFIRI. You can check out http://www.coloncancerandyouth.com.au/easyblog/hyperthermia-at-herzog-clinic for more information. cheers Murray
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Oops... I'm a Cheater
This what happens when you finally decide to get second opinions - I feel like I am cheating on my doctors and I really don't want them finding out. We have a three year relationship and I cherish them but just want to double check if someone can offer me something more. Waiting on result from one doctor. Just scheduled a…
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Surgery Date Changed
This is very frustrating but unavoidable, I guess. The surgeons office called and said that there was a change to the schedule if I was Ok with it. Norma said that there was a scheduling conflict with the surgeons. The assisting surgeon Dr. B wanted was not available until next week. Norma said that he said he probably…
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Has anyone used N-acetlycysteine before scans???
Sorry, that spelling may be incorrect, but it's close. Has anyone's doctor recommended this antioxidant supplement prior to CT/PET scans to avoid the kidney damage that scans create. I just googled this. Don't see why we couldn't use. Does anyone have dark urine for a while after scans?? Iodine is not good for the kidneys.
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hate alabama medicaid
when i went from ssi to ssdi, they cancelled my medicaid cause in this state there is only medicaid for prego woman and kids. well i am not a woman nor a kid so i do not matter here in alabama. john
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worried
My oncoligist is having me collect urine for 24 hrs so a indepth analysis because of high protein in urine test. I'm worried because high protein can cause kidney failure. They may have to stop avastin also. Pray results aren't horrible. Jeff
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Scans
CT scans scheduled for tomorrow....4 months since I've last seen my onc. ....10 months since I've had chemo. Feeling so stressed, I thought it would be easier somehow as time went on....but this is stressing me to the point where I just wanna put my head in the sand and not do this anymore!!! I'm sure my blood work is…
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Alien Abduction
Just got home from getting my first colonoscopy since my dx and there were no signs of cancer, no polyps nothing but the irritated tissue from radiation. As usual, the worst of it was the prep yesterday and not being able to eating anything except jello (forgot to put tequila in that!) Now I just need to wait for the…