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Cheryl Hutcherson (CherylHutch) Aloha Friend
Broken hearted. Here is a post from fb Dad Bill has just informed me that "Our dear Cheryl passed away at 11:20 am PST. It was a very peaceful passing as she just left us in her sleep." More later on celebrating the life of this truly wonderful woman. God bless you all ♥ Aloha, Kathleen
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Chemo Hangover!
Thanks Phil for putting a title on it.. I have been looking for a term to define how I had been feeling and you just did it in the previous post.. Amazing the terms we now use that meant nothing to us before cancer or something different Chemo Hangover Chemo Brain Chemo Infussion.. was something that the Janpanese…
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Jim
www.caringbridge.org/visit/jameskruse/journal www.jimandapril.blogspot.com Thanks so much to all of you for your care and support throughout our battle. I will never forget you. Love, April
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Scan #3
At hospital @ 830 am this morning, 930 get that special little drink....at least it was lemon and not the berry! :) wait an hour... get the IV...ouch and pants down to knees and get jerked through the little wheel... the dang thing is broken... lay there patiently for a couple of more jerking sessions, technician finally…
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Progression
Well, I'm back on chemo. Xeloda.....spots he doesn't like in mesentry....CEA is at 3.5...this sucks... I'm sure I'll be asking all of you on Xeloda questions as this goes along....Oncologist suggested Foliri again as it was very successful for me...over the summer I just don't want to go in for infusions so I asked if I…
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Another Bill Update
Hello Everyone, I have been lurking and reading about how everyone is. Bill was finally moved from the ICU on Monday to his own private room.(Isolation) He is breathing on his own although he is still getting oxygen. He still has a pump attached to his stomach pulling out bile etc. He is now eating regular food, although…
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I am new here
I am trying to read back through some of the postings. I just joined the group tonight after reading some of the posts the last few days. I was diagnosed on June 11th - had my colon resection and removal of appendix and 18 lymph nodes on June 15th. The pathology revealed that 4 nodes were involved - putting me at a stage…
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Many questions, just don't know what they are?...
I will start be saying that I am new to this board. My mother who is 74 has just been found to have a lot of polyps in her colon. From test completed one of the biopsies came back with cancer. They want to remove the polyps from the lower portion and then in a later procedure remove her colon leaving the lower portion. I…
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“HOPE” – The Straw That Stirs the Drink
Hope is an interesting fella’, isn’t he? I’ve found him to be a very elusive at different times in my life – he can give with one hand – and take away with the other. Sometimes he can be with us in one breath – and then gone in the next. It seems we are always chasing him down throughout our lives…this makes sense to me as…
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How many Stage 3 Rectal Cancer Survivors are there here?
Hey everyone...I find myself searching old posts to see what has happened to the Stage 3 Rectal Cancer members...finally decided this would be a better way and hopefully encouraging as well. I NEED TO SEE that there are many survivors out there. Please reply. ~Minnesotagirl
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Mom's latest Onc appt
Hi everyone. I just wanted to post a little good news for Mom. She saw the oncologist on Monday and he said she was doing wonderful. So much so that he doesn't want to see her again until January :) He also wants to hold off on another pet scan until January, which would make eight months since the last one. We are both…
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Just read Billys (Craigs) Post from awhile back and crackin up!
I haven't been on the board for awhile, I am a Stage IV Duke C Carcinoma, 16 of the 32 lymph nodes were positive, had a right hemicolectomy and I completed about 16 months of Chemotherapy. Diagnosed in 1998 and I am Cancer free. I stroll thru posts now and then and at times comment,but so many things have changed yet a…
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good news today
My CEA was .8 today. All other cancer related bloodwork is back to normal. Whew!!! CT scheduled for 9/24. I still continue to pray for everyone!!! Jamie
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Hi mates it is FRIDAY any interesting plan for the weekend?
Here in the beach house, Sun,Sand and sea! Hugs.
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Avastin & Xeloda for Maintenance Chemo treatments
I was told today, that six weeks after my surgery next week we will move from Erbitux and 5FU, Leucavorin and oxyliplatin (sp? for all) over to Avastin and Xeloda. seems like we're going from an Offensive game plan to a Defensive game plan. Does anyone have experience, thoughts, opinions or facts to share? thank you Joe
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To Pete
Just wanted to say, please keep posting your journey, we are urged to vent and if we don't like what is being vented, we should not be made to feel bad about it, should be read and if not liked, just go on. I DO not believe chemo is the answer, it kills as much as it might cure. My belief, supplements, juicing which I do…
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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