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Ugh I just want to yell
Ugh sitting in the hospital as my dad is in another all day surgery and I have no family here I'm alone . Supporting my dad best I can thanks alot covid and I just found out he lost his bladder and prostate. Oh and the doctor said there thinking this surgery will give him 5 more years . Which really annoys me that doctors…
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg passes
What an example of a fighter, for those of us fighting the fight. What a great example for all women, and all men. A life well lived. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-dies-87/story?id=27200334&cid=clicksource_4380645_1_heads_hero_live_twopack_hed
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Second Opinion
Hi, I am looking for a 2nd opinion regarding my colorectal cancer. I have already had surgery to remove the tumor and will soon be receiving adjunctive therapy. Can anyone reccommend a top hospital for treating this type of cancer? Which one(s) is especially successful for treating and curing colorectal cancer? I have…
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Just need support.....
Hi, my husband is 54 years old. He had Stage 3B colon cancer 4 years ago, resection, and the chemo treatment. Had to stop a little early because the one med caused him to go into diabetes and severe neuropathy on his feet and mild on his hands. He was good for about 2 1/2 years. He'd have scans and blood work done. Then…
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Just noting the day
I'm 13 years out from diagnosis today, a long fight and a longer journey that would have changed me, just by the passage of time. I bring it here, because I won't note it on FB. It's also Cindy's birthday. She would have been 59, but she lost her 6 1/2 year battle with a Glioma [brain tumor] 5 1/2 years back. The kids put…
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Financial Support
Hey does any one know if a cancer patient can get on disablity or some type of supplement? I can only work 3 hours a day or less because of the medicene I am taking. It has these side effects that are awful.
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MikeNH
Does anyone know if MikeNH continues to be NED?
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Folfox - 12 rounds - Not sure I can do this
Hi Everyone- I wanted to create a separate topic, but I am really struggling with the Folfox treatment. A bit of background... Diagnosed in March 2020, surgery in April. Started Foxflox on June 1st, receiving treatment every 2 weeks. At first, I was devastated by the diagnosis. But then my hopes were high after a…
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Grateful while grieving
I had a friend diagnosed with Kidney Cancer three weeks ago, he has passed away. So quick! So hard to even grasp that he was suffering and now is gone. It just makes me so grateful for my life. It also makes me ask why? But I don't dwell on that, becasue I really don't know the answer, and nodbody else knows either. It…
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Cancer Markers
Hi! I was at my naturopath the other day... and he said the oncologist should be tracking cancer markers. This is the first time, I had heard this. My oncologist draws blood before my biweekly FOLFOX treatment... and not once told me about these markers. I plan to ask the oncologist at my next treatment... but could anyone…
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Chadwick Boseman
is it normal that when I read the article saying he died from a 4 year battle with colon cancer, i counted out how long it has been since my diagnosis. It is all so arbitrary. He was stage 3, but it progressed to 4. Make you wonder how that happens even when you are fighting it. I was thinking earlier today how the…
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4th chemo, elevated liver marker
Hello I was not so active the last days. At one moment it was just too much. So many worries, so many fears. The German angst you could say. My dad is running through his 4 chemo. The last 10 days he was really good. We did an electrotherapy and added nuts to his diet. The chemo hit soon really hard but the recovery was…
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severe heartburn reaction
I was diagnosed last year this time with stage 4 colon cancer. Finished treatment with Oxilaplatin, Avastin and 5 FU plus 46 hour pump of 5 FU. in January and started on a maintenance of Avastin, Leucavorin and a bolus of 5 FU. My marker numbers were at 9 in June and started to rise. After a PET scan last week I started on…
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Hipec
I underwent Hipec surgery 8 weeks ago. My colon cancer had spread into my abdominal cavity! They were giving me either 6 months to two years to live. Then I went for a second opinion at another hospital. So thankful I did, they got all the cancer they could see. I was referred to an oncologlist that will target my tumors!…
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Wish me luck
Hello, I am having a colonoscopy tomorrow and scans next week. I'm stage 4 and my last scans were five months ago. I am now three years and seven months NED. My anxiety always begins about a month before my scans, and I've often wonder if counseling would be helpful but I have never looked into it. I'm sure we all suffer…
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Vitamin D and Covid-19
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2770157 "In this cohort study of 489 patients who had a vitamin D level measured in the year before COVID-19 testing, the relative risk of testing positive for COVID-19 was 1.77 times greater for patients with likely deficient vitamin D status compared with…
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Exploratory Laparotomy
So my dad is scheduled for a exploratory laparotomy and removal of pelvic mass and small bowl resection on sept 16 . There calling it a major surgery so I am pretty worried about it and noticed when I look up exploratory laparotomy that there is no mention of using that surgery to remove the prostate and bladder . Which is…
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Not Passing Me By
Thanks for the thread of concern TruBrit! Maybe we should discuss my UK connections someday. Thanks to all who expressed concerns for my well-being. Seemed like the world passed me by while I was in. TL;DR version * the surgeon was happy with the results of the resection. He cut out the big ones and burned the wee ones. *…
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Need some help
I am not sure if there is anyone who can help me with this or not but I don't know where else to turn . My dad has a ostomy bag and me and my step mom help him take care of it . Cause he has neuropathy and a hernia and can't do it on his own . Well things have gotten bad between my dad and step mom to were my step mom is…
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Dreaded ostomy
And so the dreaded ostomy is in. I'll have to live with it for 3-6 months or more, but supposedly can resume full activity. I expect to be here at the lovely Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center hospital for another couple of weeks for now. Mood is improving, and I expect to really improve when I'm allowed to eat. This…
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Immodium long term
I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer 22 years ago this month. I was extremely blessed in that I caught it very early. Treatment consisted of 2 surgeries, no chemo or radiation. Nevertheless, it has lifelong consequences which are getting worse with age. I have taken Imodium on a semi-regular basis for all these years and…
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Surgery
Hi Everyone, First I want to thank all of you for your thoughts and prayers. My liver ablation on 8-20 went very well. It started around 8 am and I was out of there by 11:30. Iam feeling pretty good, a little sore right after but I have no soreness at all now. I go back for a follow up in a month plus an MRI. Also in…
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Happy Wednesday Everybody!!
Just wanted to pop in and wish everybody a happy day! I am still running with "life like I stole it" and doing great. I have no hindering symptoms that keep me from enjoying my days. I hike and kayak often and just simply enjoy my days. I had my last CT scan at the beginning of the year and have chosen not to do anymore or…
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Has anyone heard from Abrub (Alice)
The last I recall, she was to have surgery near the end of July. Marie who loves kitties
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New Member
Hello All I am glad to be able to be on a site that I feel comfortable with. I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Rectal Cancer and I start my first round of Chemo Om Sept 2nd. I am scared but I know that in the end that I will be able to see my grandchildren grow up, never miss a birthday or graduation, ball games and school…
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IV VITAMIN C WITH CHEMOTHERAPY
is anyone else out there doing or has done iv vitamin c with chemotherapy? my daughter is doing both , just started it with her first 2 treatments. interested in hearing if anyone else is or has,
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Interesting news article about Cancer growth
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/acid-produced-digestion-helps-explain-cancer-worsens-age/story?id=72528934&cid=clicksource_4380645_14_comic_strip_sq_hed Funny I should read this today, as I just yesterday started reading a new book called 'The Gene Therapy Plan' by Mitchell L. Gaynor, M.D. Tru
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Kidney Issues during Folfox
Hi All- This is my first post. I am a 39 year old mother of 3 young kids diagnosed with stage IIIC colon cancer. I have had surgury and I am currently half my through my 12 round Folfox treatment. I started experiencing mid back pain and the doctor said it might be an issue with my kidneys. I am having a CT scan done soon.…
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Opdivo caused hyperqrowth of tumors
I had one infusion of Opdivo on July 1, 2020. I ended up in the hospital on July 4th due to low oxygen levels and extreme tiredness caused by one treatment of Opdivo. I also had a headache for several days and was treated for pneumonia but the hospital I was at didn't diagnose or treat the reaction to Opdivo even though I…
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Tom M. & Real Tar Heel....
who are both in for surgery this week. Hoping for the best results and a complete recovery. Tru