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Embolization #3
Last week, my wife underwent an embolization for tumors in her liver. The interventional radiologist (IR) said he hit the spot he wanted. So after being discharged, we get home and she is having some severe abdominal pain. Long story short - prior experiences are not an indicator of current effects. The prior procedure was…
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Life after treatment
Hope the following article about life after treatment will be helpful. Feel free to share with your survivor friends. http://voices.yahoo.com/life-after-cancer-10949944.html
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AFP test/CEA test
I am a Stage IV patient who had colon resection at end of 2009 (Stage IIA then) followed by recurrence 15 months later with liver metastasis and liver resection in summer 2011. I am moving through six months of chemo treatment with Xelox and will be finished in a month. My CEA went down immediately after both resection…
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I love you Lisa42
Lisa, I wanted to start a new thread to ask for continued prayers and good thoughts/vibes to send your way. I think of you every day. I pray for you to have no pain, to have loving and peaceful times with your family, for you to feel the wave of love that we here send you across miles. We have never met Lisa, except…
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Sad-- Colon Cancer Related Stroy
Following is a link to the story of a father of 5 who lost his battle. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46366444/ns/health-mens_health/
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Sky high CEA
Hello again. Has anybody here had a sky high CEA with fluctuations during chemo? I mean sky high as in the thousands. And... if you had HAI or SIRT or RFA, was it done during Folfox chemo or after? Thanks so much.
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new symptoms....advise please
Well- mom is 4 year crc survivor. She had resection with 1 foot of colon removed followed by chemotherapy. She still battles with fatigue and neuropathy. Now I have had irregular bowel pattern and bright red blood in my stool. It has only happened a few times this week. Went to GP today and he says most likely a fissure or…
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Hello - new here too
Hello, everybody. I've been reading this board since October but have not "joined" or posted. So... here goes. My precious daughter is the one with the disease. She is 32 years old, she and her husband just had their first child late August. She was diagnosed 7 weeks later. It's been just devastating for all of us. She got…
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New normal... Am I alone on this?
So Ive had this illeostomy (recurrent rectal cancer stage II) for 4 1/2 months now and I'm in no hurry to get it reversed. I adapted to it allmost immediatly and really have no issues with it. I can eat whatever I want whenever I want with no ill effects and without any medicinal needs (Imodium),I can travel without…
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Two years ago Today and Still here
At 2 AM on February 6th I discovered I had stage IV, colon cancer, and the way they were all crying and hugging and patting me as I left, I knew it wasn't a good thing. After all the test over the following week, I was given 2 weeks without treatment, 4 to 6 months with. Two years later I'm still here, just started my…
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scan good.Not perfect but good enough:)
Hi everyone, I had ct scan as well as pet scan on monday.It has been 6 month since I had suspicious para-aortic lymph nodes show up on ct and pet and cancer in 3 clavicular lymph nodes in my left side of neck. Ct results : perfect no disease seen anywhere Pet scan showed small focal area of moderate uptake in the right…
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hey all new here
hi everyone i am new here, i was dignosed (sorry bad spelling) Dec 3rd 2011 with this cancer and the next day had had emergency surgery to remove 5 out of my 6 feet of colon and to biopsie the 4 tumors on my liver which means i just found out a lil over 2 weeks ago that i have stage 4 colon cancer i had the port put in on…
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HI MATES IT IS FRIDAY ANY INTERESTING PLAN FOR THE WEEKEND?
Very cold here , so just stay home , may be dinner with friends and lunch with family . What about you mates?
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****UPDATE****... Been to the TCM Pharmacy!!!! AND... a Thank You to JOHN23
WoW!!!! Thats all I can say because my first visit to a TCM pharmacy was really awesome! Look at that pic! They gave me 5 big piles of these herbs. A special formula prescribed by my TCM doc. When I seen that I thought "Whoa..do I brew it...smoke it...or build a darn campfire with it??? " LMAO.... I know right! Whats in…
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lost at sea on cable and vimeo and clear colonoscopy today
Its been over 15 months and for some strange reason within 2 days of each other my old lost at sea story is back going around the world again, now on cable tv the bio channel in a program called "i survived". and also on the interent, on a site called vimeo, its the staff pick, the stories is getting some nice comments.…
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nccn.com
has a guideline for CRC treatment plus other info (.org is for clinicians) that might be of use to someone or two.....
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Feb 22
We got the call today that my Husband's liver resection is scheduled for February 22nd and ileostomy take down. I am really excited to have gotten to surgery but nervous for him to go through the surgery. I believe that GOD will keep him safe and bless us the whole way. If you guys could send some prayers up for us that…
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juice people
Would like to start juicing.Have looked at lots of juicers on line. Could use a little help. Please give name of your juicer and if you would recommend it. Thanks And happy juicing.
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Taking a Break
Hi Everyone: Just wanted to let you know that I'll be taking a break for awhile to spend some quality time with hubby and family. I'll be checking in periodically but won't be posting a lot. You will all be in my thoughts and prayers daily. Hugs! Kim
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I've been wanting to tell you this
Just a little story to share. As some of you know I was an ER RN for 15 years and loved my job. I got my cancer diagnosis in June 2010. I tried to work and it only lasted 3 weeks into the radiation/chemo pump when I had to go on LOA. I wasn't able to go back to work. The surgeries and chemo was hard on me and my job…
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Buckwirth
How are you! I haven't been following the boards as much, but haven't seen your name pop up in a while. I hope you are ok!
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CEA check time. January Ck - Up 2.
I had my 27 wedding anniversary and my CEA CHECKED YESTERDAY. BITTERSWEET. I FIND OUT the results Thursday evening, To a healthier 2012, January 18, 2012 I get rescanned tomorrow morning! Hate scans!!
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need some advice
hey you wonderful peeps, i dont come on here much, but here is what i need some help with....i was on the heavy chemo 3 yrs ago oxy, 5 fu and took the pump home for 2 days,,side affects were not so bad, sadly after being...ok....im back on the heavy stuff, oxy again 5 fu and fol..to take home with the pump...this time i am…
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Husband had surgery yesterday
My husbands surgery was yesterday. We had to be there by 6:00am and his surgery was 7:30am. It lasted until 1:00pm, (although he did tell me that there was a 45 minute prep time in the operating room). The surgeon told me that it was better than he expected. That he had to take out less than he though because the tumor had…
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Carl update
I get so busy with life. Kids still need attn, work, hubby etc I just don't make it here though I really feel I could use the support as the caretaker. Reading others travels helps me understand as we go thru this. Anyhow Carl had his last CT Scan for his colorectal cancer in July all was said to be good, labs scans all…
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my aunt--update.
is still alive and kicking, doing well I think, but she's good at hiding stuff from me so, I could be wrong. Anyway, her cea (?) number went up last time, not much, just a point or two. She's on xeloda (2 pills twice a day for 2 weeks then off a week) and she gets treatments every three weeks, they've put on her avastin (I…
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NED and so grateful
dx'd stage 3B colon cancer on May 20, 2008 My CEA taken a week ago and today met with my oncologist CEA is 1.8!!! 16 months to go to hit the golden 5 year "cured" mark. With love from Minnesota, Patteee
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Happy Birthday to Me!!
A cancer survivor who hit another birthday! Yippee!! I won $500 (2X250) in a superbowl pool! Happy Birthday to me!!!
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The End of my Tenure--10 years today
Hello you wonderful Semi-colons! Little did I know ten years ago, December 12, 2001, when I posted my very first post on this board that I would still be here posting away, answering questions, building friendships, mourning the loss of friends, and most recently meeting friends face to face, new and old, at my first…
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Still here...
Hey gang, Thought I would give you a quick update. I am settled in comfortably in the first floor condo. I am on hospice care and have been taking far fewer pills and infusions. I haven't eaten real food in weeks and am pencil thin. I prolly won't make it through the month, but am happy and content. Luckily there's no pain…