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UPDATE a small miracle ! so aggressive hyperthermia in germany or watchful waiting at home with alte
UPDATE so today great news, my leaky gut is fixed, now onto rebuilding probiotics another 3 weeks program, my functional test indicate i have phase 1 and phase 2 detox issues. starting to fix these as well using glutaphoine iv with my iv c drip. when these are fixed i will also have results of heavy metal chelation test…
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SOME HELP FROM YOU MATES!
I'm still offered to be on the dendritic cell vaccine Trail, but decided for folfox for the moment since it make wonders 3 years ago with me.So for the moment I'm quite well ,stable and hope we will se some regression in the next controls ,but this is my question , any of you have ever been in a successful trail ( so mean…
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Recurrent Met to Liver
A small cancer spot has shown up on my liver. This is the second time it has happened. When my rectal stage iv cancer came back in January 2010, I had one spot on the liver that was surgically removed. This followed agressive chemo that ended in September. Now 4 months later, another spot has appeared. They plan on doing a…
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mef123/Michele How did your husband's Surgery go Today?
Michele, Just wanted you to know, will be there cyberly holding your hand while your hubby is in surgery, and will be sending my best vibes your all's way. Thinking of you both especially this Tuesday!! Winter Marie
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Juice and sugar and cancer
I am wondering if the concentrated sugar in juice (such as carrot, beat and apple) would be feeding the cancer, and bad instead of good?
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Four articles on cancer drugs you probably don't want to read:
Rather disturbing:emaxhealth.com/1020/how-drug-shortages-could-affect-future-cancer-care While this next one relates to breast cancer treatment, the concept applies to us too-putting a monetary value on extending life, on the site's home page at the left:oncologyreport.com "US Oncologists Confront Pressure to Curb Cancer…
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Help for Depression
Good morning! My husband, stage iv, liver resection in dec. and now on 4 rounds of xeloda, oxi and avastin- He is very depressed. He won't answer his phone, talk to any friends, leave the house during the week when we are at work and school . He has pretty much cut himself off from everyone except his sister since Dec. He…
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Advice on colostomy
My husband had his LAR surgery on 1/30. We were hoping for an ileostomy but there was too much damage from the tumor and radiation so he needed a colostomy which is most likely permanent. One of the nurses gave me a crash course in the care of the stoma and they told me someone will go into more depth with me soon. I just…
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I got juiced!
I'm loving my Omega Vert. :) Gail
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Back to Work
I'm back to work full time after rectal cancer. I had my rectum removed and a temp ileostomy. Even though things are going well for me it can still be an uncomfortable situation at times. Many days I am so glad to have made it to quitting time and can't wait to get home. I would love to be able to work from home. Anyone…
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My FRIENDS it is FRIDAY , anything interesting for the weekend?
Here ....not very much unless weather allows , cold, snow, bad weather!. Hugs!
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New to club
Hi my husband was diagnosed November 2010 with bowel cancer stage 4 he has received excellent care and after a successful bowel and liver resection with 1st line treatment given as a " mopping up " six months later we've been told his cea level has risen from 35, to 77, to 122 so a ct scan was ordered and confirmed the…
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A small collection of pics...a few more..
from my dutch world! (On my expressions page) More to come, I promise!!! Knuffels, Kathi
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Up date on Hubby
We saw the Madison Team yesterday and everything seems to be a go for the liver resection. They said they will be calling in the next couple days and will have surgery in next two weeks. Needless to say we are so happy except that they informed us that this surgery has a 3% mortalilty rate. This is wonderful odds (I do…
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CEA Markers
Hi to all, just wanting some information on cea, my husband is on a chemo break at the moment, having been dx 17 months ago, and at present being treated for Colon mets to peritoneum, liver and lung. What has been strange is that his Cea has never gone up!! Always around 3 - 4. Has anyone else experienced this? Again my…
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Cimetidine use
Have a few quick questions for those of you who have used cimetidine. What dose did you use and did you use it all the time or just for a period of time? Also what was your opinion of it? Did you think it helped?
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colon mets
Has anyone had colon cancer thats has mets to the liver and lung? had colon cancer back in 2010 now mets to liver and lung. Dr. is suggesting liver ablation, would like to talk to someone who has had it, please, then they will work on liver. I feel they are taking me apart one piece at the time. need encouragement.
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Bowel control
My husband had resection of small and large intestine without colostomy end of Nov. and continues to battle bathroom issues. It's either too much or not enough. Can any of you give me an idea of whether he will regain some normalcy in this area? Lisa
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Blake, Is Anybody Out There?
Just wondering how you are doing? Have not seen you in a few days. Hope you are much improved. Check in when you can. Luv, Wolfen
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Hey..... NED stopped by today!!! :)
YEP.... NED came calling today. God I love him!!! I have been holding off sharing my info until I had all the facts in. I had my 3rd recurrence in my right lung and completed my 3rd Cyberknife on Dec 31st. I had my CEA done 4 days after CK and it had gone up to 13 from 8. Doc said probably due to cancer cells dying off. I…
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I am just plain scared
As my husband's caregiver I am always afraid. Am I doing the right thing encouraging him to continue his chemo or should I just let him decide? He has CRC with mets to liver, gallbladder, pancretis, lungs and god know where else. Oh yeah, he also has a horrible adbominal fistula that no one will even keep an eye on. CEA…
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"Local Therapies for Unresected CRC Metastases to the Liver:A Comparative Effectiveness Review"
I rec'd this in an email and its rather lengthy but may be of assistance in giving ideas to those with mets to liver that cannot be operated upon....Trying to see what else site offers and its not easy to me…
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Husbands surgery in a week
My husband is having his surgery next Tuesday. We've talked to the surgeon obviously. But I thought I would ask all of you what to expect. I'm very anxious and so his my husband, he's 39 and fit so I'm hoping that will help. Michele
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"Is the 3rd Time the Charm?" – Only The Shadow Knows…
Well, I just wrapped up my 3rd scan cycle from last year’s fight…I’m 9-months out of my last treatment now…sitting back in the blood labs and in the infusion department, it seems just like yesterday’s nightmare…crowded waiting rooms, standing room only…new folks coming over the hill and into the cancer system quicker than…
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Back from my break from cancer and the boards
OK - I always write long posts, and this one will be no exception. If you are a stage IV CRC patient, please stick it out and read through to the end. (If you have port troubles you may want to read further also.) For the rest of you, if you are bored to tears, you can quit early! After over 2 years of chemo, I just…
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If you want to send a pray/good vibes/good wishes please feel free to use this thread?
I know people will complain that this post belongs in the spiritual forum, but posts in there get missed. Anyway I thought about starting a thread like this, I think the colon club has something similar. So if anyone wants to send out good wishes/vibes/prayers etc please feel free to use this thread. I'll start it off…
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Maine Girl Bouncing Back After 6-Organ Transplant
Maine Girl Bouncing Back After 6-Organ Transplant By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: February 3, 2012 at 8:38 AM ET Excerpt: HOLLIS, Maine (AP) — A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes — and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus…
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Colonoscopy and a stoma:what's it like?
Haven't had a colonoscopy since my colostomy (actually,since right before Tx began6/09)and i know i'm overdue and have put it off til ALL my docs got on me so i'm due next Thursday.... I'll be drinking "Suprep Bowel Prep Kit" the night before and the morning of my scope, which i haven't done previously; prior preps were…
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Mate Tea ?
Hi Folks, I just stumbled over this and found it interesting. I don't know if it's new info to anybody else but it was for me: http://scienceblog.com/51739/compounds-in-mate-tea-kills-cancer-cells/ Seems like I'might be drinking Mate instead of Malts in the future :( Toddi
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New Drug regorafenib,-- Free Webinar
Hey everybody, Don't know if anyone has heard about this, if it's a redundant post I'm sorry. My sister found information about this new drug, regorafenib, and a free webinar about it. Links below. I put in a plain path to copy and paste, not sure how to make it clickable. -Dawn…