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Birthday Wednesday march 7
WoW...... I will be 55. Dang, it seems like just yesterday I was 35. I have been lying about my age for so long....then I had to start lying about my kids' ages and now my grandkids are getting so old I am gonna have to start lying on them! Heck, it just really don't seem to matter anymore really..... I think I am just so…
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Pete in ATLANTA next weekend 3-4th March, anyone want to have a coffee or juice ?????
hi guys, just popping over to the USA for a few days to study environmental toxins. Heavy metal toxity is my area of study at present. I will be in atlanta and am free sunday arvo between 1pm and 5pm seeing the sites and would like to catchup if anyone from this board is free. just PM me. hugs, pete
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DaBeachBum has gone to a sandier sparklier beach
Raymond has left us and gone to non-earthy pursuits on March 4th. If you go to his last discussion he posted you will see an update from his family. He was thoughtful enough to have someone arranged to let us know of his passing, and they were kind enough to do so. Rest In Peace Raymond. Winter Marie
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What items make you feel better?
Hi, I'm a cancer survivor who is working to help other patients/survivors. Thinking about your treatments and side effects, physically, mentally, etc. What type of items could someone give you to help make you more comfortable. Example: I had dry mouth and nausea - fruit flavored hard candy helped. Reading helped me pass…
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Scan on Monday, prayers welcome
If anyone out here could spare a moment or two to send a prayer, warm thought, or sparks our way, it would be greatly appreciated... Rick has been off chemo since early December, and I'm so very worried that it has spread in the meantime. The chemo break was necessary in order for him to have yet another HIPEC surgery this…
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Hand Cramps
Hi all, I've just completed my 2nd round of Folfox and in addition to the neuropathies have also been experiencing hand/finger cramps. Is this normal? Any ideas of how to treat/prevent? Thank you!
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Why Oxaliplatin? and cost of Neulasta
What does this drug do for the chemo treatment? Husband gets it every time prior to the 5FU, but I guess I've forgotten why they give it. And if they can cut the amt. down for the ones that have terrible side effects, why give it in the first place? He has had to have two Neulasta injections. We received the insurance…
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Scan today.
I have a scan scheduled for 3:00 today and am very nervous. On top of it, I have this virus that is going around. My Dr. prescribed a Z-Pack on Monday and I have literally been in bed since I started it coughing my head off and also suffering from a migraine-like headache. Please pray that I can make it thru this MRI this…
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Help for Brother
Hello to Everyone, I would like to ask if anyone can help me with my dear brother who was diagnosed last August (2010) with Stage IV colon cancer at 50. He had 2 surgeries - one to remove some small lesions on the lungs and the second to remove a large tumor near the rectum (he came away from that with a permanent…
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Anyone heard of this before??
New cancer drug sabotages tumour's escape route 15:40 24 February 2012 by Andy Coghlan For similar stories, visit the Cancer Topic Guide Some untreatable cancers could soon be held in check by an experimental drug that targets not only the tumour itself, but also how it evolves to spread through the body. The new drug,…
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Portland, Ore. Area Lynch Syndrome Social Networking Event on March 22nd
I thought this might be of interest to some in this group. Thursday, March 22nd, 5:00-6:30 PM People affected by the hereditary cancer syndrome known as Lynch Syndrome are invited to this informal networking event. Caregivers, family members and friends are welcome! Light refreshments will be served. Registration is…
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No More Chemo
Hey Gang, Yesterday I met with my Onc with a large group of my family and girlfriend. It was time for the doc to outline my options after my hospital stay and scans. Long story short, we decided that since everything we have tried against the C has failed, how miserable the side effects were making me, and in light of my…
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High Blood Pressure connected to Avastin
my wife just started experiencing severe spikes in blood pressure the last three days and was started on low dose meds. she was not hypertensive before chemo for her stage IV crc. this just started occuring after her 6 of 12 planned treatments. after a review of the literature I found a conection between high blood…
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Platelets , your opinion will be welcome .
Last week had to have chemo but my platelets were very low(48000) so, we had to stop it until this week , my surprise was that platelets today are still low (78000) so no chemo either .onc is sure that next week platelets will be fine but I'm a bit worried about this mini holidays of 2 weeks, since along the last three…
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guess who is toxic for platinum, i love my folfox, what's the price for a gram of platinum anyway? a
can you get the irony of this. the plane lands from the usa at 10am. see the other post about the toxicity conference. i goto my doctor to get some iv vit c 60grams and discuss metametrix toxicity conference. we complain about how long it takes to get the doctors data results, after following up they have his wrong email…
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Stage IV with young dependents
It's been two weeks since we had the devastating news and I feel like I have been through all the stages of grief and back again. I hadn't heard of "Kubler Ross" until I desperately trawled the internet searching for anything that would ease the pain. I now understand why "bargaining" is part of grief, as I would give…
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Been a long time...for many things
I became a member here when I was diagnosed with cancer, but am mostly just a "stalker". Now I feel a need to vent (if nothing else).I was diagnosed with Stage III rectal cancer in 2008, had surgery, radiation and 6 months of chemo. All my checkups, labs, scans and colonoscopies (polyps found and removed last time) have…
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How fast can cancer come back after a good CT
My wife had metastatic colon cancer to her ovaries. Surgery then Chemo. NED for 18 months then recurrence. Went 6 rounds of chemo and CT showed NED. She has pains now (only 6 weeks after CT showed nothing). She went off of Chemo by choice. The pains are similar to a back pain, but like the pains she had when the cancer…
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Stage IV - now NED
I haven't posted or read much on the message boards as I have a med-onc family member, but I recognize the value of this forum and the support it provides to so many - so thank you all. This is to those newly diagnosed - *THERE IS HOPE*. I was diagnosed with stage IV in March 2011 with one liver met. At the time I was 46…
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New member from germany
Hi everybody, I've been reading on the board for a while now and finally decided to register and introduce myself. So, hello from Cologne, Germany :-) My name is Petra (43) and my husband, Thorsten, (44) was diagnosed in Nov 2011 only one week before our scheduled trip to India. So, instead of 4 weeks vacation, lots…
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So thankful and happy
I worried for days before my husband's Cat Scan. My husband is the exact opposite...does not worry unless a problem comes up....glad he is that way. Said I worry enough for the whole family. Clean Cat Scan The blood clot in his liver is no longer a problem. No more Coumadin. I do think about and pray for so many of you…
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karguy - sorry your back in the fight.
Sorry to read on the colon club that your cancer has come back as well. Your in my thoughts and prayers
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Up coming ct scan and colonscopy
Hey Family, I'm still here as you know :-) Rather then ramble on about me these days try and help if I can. Ok appreciate any prayers/good vibes/wishes etc, I have my yearly scan tomorrow and I'm getting nervous. Then on the 13th March I have my colonscopy, I have not had one since my diagnosis in 2009. So March will be a…
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Tommycat
(I see you are online). Have a wonderful birthday!!!
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Pleural Effusion
My 82 year old father undergoing Folfox and Avastin, going on his 8th treatment, now has a moderate right pleural effusion. The doctor says he will need to have it drained and stay in the hospital for 3 days. Has anyone had anything like this? Wondering whether this will really knock him down. It's so difficult to know…
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husband in pain - wife needs advice
My husband had colon cancer-operated on 3 1/2 years ago. 14 inches of colon removed-lower section very near rectum. In the past thirty days he has had severe burning and pain just inside the rectum. I can not get him to the doctor or hospital. Any advice on what it can be.
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CEA results
My CEA went from 13.1 to 13.3. Didnt double like the last time. Changes? I went back on my supplements and drinking green tea. I also added all the berries back on my diet. We shall see. Talk to you all in a month. Next check m
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Happy Sunday....!
So here I am starting my third week of a walk/run plan that my friend scouty motivated me to do. It's not as easy as I thought but I make the time to do it 3 times a week. In the last 3 weeks I have found the toll that treatment took on my body, although I'm not saying I regret doing it, just the changes it left. You all…
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Self-Educated Patients
As an advocate for my wife (stage IV crc) i encourage all to view this Self-Educated Patients and The Future of Cancer Care Dr West of GRACE
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Phil.....thank you
Please don't be uspet with me but I just can't take it....and you soo deserve it!.....Congratulations on 8 years! It is such an accomplishment and we all are here to either look for or give hope and reassurance. That is what it is all about. So there it is my friend...I did it. I said it. And it is well deserved! love and…