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just merry xmass and love
Dear friends, First merry xmass to everyone and if you sent me a card, thanks. they are next to my juicer. we are all real people with real lives and real challenges from all over our beautiful planet. i hate the false names. i like using first names but thats me. the present i want for myself is awareness and insight and…
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my friend...
My best friend has had surgery they took part of her liver. later they went back in and removed some stuff from her colon and lymphnodes. After all this, they now say...Oh, you had stage 4 colon cancer. It didnt start in your Liver! She is now back in the hospital. having scans, looking for more! she is getting ready for…
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Talking About Chapter XIV - "The Cure?" - Things I Wanted You to Know Beforehand...
The more I thought about this, the more I thought it probably deserved its own thread, since the book post has played itself out and folks may not read it again and see this. I wanted folks to see this, so they would not be blindsided if the book makes it to print and you come across this chapter. As I said, this book is…
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♥ Recipe Sharing Project
Hello everyone :) . I'm a member/survivor from the Lymphoma board. I recently started a project that allows CSN members to share recipes in one place. An announcement went out about it on 11/15/2011. If you like the idea, please contribute your favorite recipes and/or spread the word to others. We look forward to your…
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After my app with my onc I asked him wat would be the next step in case I get Ned for a certain pe
but we get a further recurrence , he told me some options sine I'm a Kras, mutant, he told me among others vaccines! don't know about ,does any of you hear about it ?
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aspirin and tumeric i am giving both a try, remember study about tumeric and folfox.
READ THE BOTTOM POST, I HAVE ALSO BEEN A WILLOWBARK WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO ASPIRIN ANYWAY if i die from some weird interaction at least the crc did not get me. we talked about aspirin and tumeric a while ago below. http://csn.cancer.org/node/214539 note the study indicating tumeric potentiates folfox, of not a large double…
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Health Insurance - Open Enrollment
A thought just occurred to me: it is now Open Enrollment for health insurance plans for many businesses. Now is the time to review your options, and see if you can change for January 1. Many United HealthCare plans have a Cancer Resource Services plan that will pay for you to go to certain cancer Centers of Excellence -…
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Just how powerful IS positive thinking?
There was just a segment on CBS Sunday Morning called Just how powerful IS positive thinking? The results were surprising to say the least. While I believe that attitude is everything when fighting cancer, the data doesn't back it up. For every one of me, which I'm sure some of you think is one too many ;-) there are a…
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My reason to be thankful today!
Four years ago today I was lying in a hospital bed in a lot of pain, but buoyed by the statement from my doctor that they "thought they got it all." Still holding to that thought, because as of today, I'm 4 years cancer free!!!! *hugs* Gail
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Note on sending cards....international is more....
For our friends in the US, it's standard mail rates, But, for our friends in Canada it's .80 per ounce. Our friends in the U.K., Spain, and Australia it's .98 per ounce... Oh, and it's good to put U.S.A. after your zip on the return address... (sigh, from a confused person that doesn't know WHAT country she's in...*smile*)…
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Something tells me I am back in the fight ...
It has been a little bit since my last post, but I have been lurking and reading post pretty routinely. Anyway, I finished treatment in April of this year and have had clean scans since with a normal CEA. However, over the past couple of weeks I have noticed some blood streaks when I empty the bag and I have had the same…
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oh oh 8 polyps
Have been around checking up on all of you wishing you all the best . my brother who has gmb stage 4 is doing well tremador and avastin has been keeping the cancer from growing it will be 2 yrs soon i am so thankful that the meds have been working for him. Well i finally went for my colonoscopy on tuesday to my surprise…
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blood sugar reducing strategies UPDATED new proof, spend 1 minute to read lef article
some believe sugar feeds cancer, i have accepted my naturopaths advice in this area. my diet is no sugar, i am sweet enough. i am still interested in the science behind what is a healthy blood sugar level. who wants to beat crc and have a stroke ? not me. based on the current lef magazine's article on blood sugar. i am on…
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Newbie went thru surgery
Hi! I am new to this network, and read a few threads with interest. My name is Scott and I am 41. I went to the emergency room November 3 in severe pain. While in the ER they hooked me up to IV and gave me morphine for the pain I was in. They sent me to get a CAT scan and found a blockage in my colon. The surgeon on call…
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Is PET scan a must?
Is PET scan a must at the end of t the end of adjuvant chemo therapy treatment for rectal cancer stage IIIc? My mother had surgery and then chemo + rad. She hasnt been thro PET scan till now. chest x-ray + CT - abdomen was taken before to confirm no metastasis. Will it show up some false positives? will it have any…
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tcm really helps lung cancer, maybe good for those with mets
Below is a very interesting about tcm and lung cancer i just found on the rgcc website. i posted it on the lung board, but them i remembered we have got lots on our board fighting mets to the lungs so i thought of posting it here. hugs, pete ps last post for today, its just i have been very very busy getting organised for…
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New to forum
Hello All I have learned so much by reading through the discussion forum. I am new to the cancer (stage III colon) world and wish that none of us had to go through all of the pain and suffering. After a PET scan and elevated CEA (3 after chemo and now is 13) the docs told me that there was a mass, which is guess is called…
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Need advice
I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. I know it is sometimes hard around the holidays to celebrate when you are not feeling good. My husband's liver resection is 4 days away and I am starting my panic mode. For those of you who have been through this do you have any words of wisdom or advice for the caregiver? I have…
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Another star in the sky. And the brightest to me, forever.
My beautiful, lovely, caring and devoted mum passed away yesterday. She was only 66. She left us quickly and the cancer lost in the end, it was on her own terms. Wishing all of you strength and courage in your fights against this disgusting disease. Liz
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Dropping White Counts
Well today I had to forgo my 3rd Folfiri treatment due to a low white count. I was really surprised as I actually skipped treatment last week, pushing the time between treatments to 3 weeks as we were going out of town for Thanksgiving. My count today was only .46 and the minimum for treatment is 15.1. I asked about a…
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Got the go ahead for cimetadine...
I called my husband's surgeon today (talked to her nurse) to inform her that unless she could give me a really good reason not to that I was administering his first dose today. I told her that I understood that the research was mainly on stage lll patients but if it won't hurt him to try then we are going to. The nurse…
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Low Anterior Resection surgery
I hope my question is not so naive...but my husband is scheduled for LAR surgery on 1/30/12. His last Folfox treatment (for now) will be on 12/1/11. Is such a long wait between the end of chemo and surgery the norm??
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met with surgeon
Well looks like a 4th lung surgery on dec 9 for me. The spot is small (8mm) but they have to use a more open incision due to the scar tissue from 2 pror surgeries.Can't sleep right now and am in a pretty down state... I do have the option of cyberknife which seems to have fewer side effects but the surgeon said that they…
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too much exercise is bad for the immune, moderate is great . very heavy article
just an fyi, i am staying on the exercise theme http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21446352 from the article Because immune function is critical to host survival, the system has evolved a large safety net and redundancy such that it is difficult to determine how much immune function must be lost or gained to reveal changes…
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I came this close...
to telling a family member where to stick it today... I ran into her in the mall when she sounded off at me about how upset her and other family members are that my husband isn't having chemo while he is in between surgeries. I realize she doesn't understand the strategies of his cancer team, (I don't either until I ask)…
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Pick lines
Hi everybody, could anyone tell me a little about Pick lines? Hubby went in Thursday to have his port put back in, (the one he had for 2 years had fractured and been taken out Oct 2). The procedure was supposed to last 45 minutes. He was in there 3 hours. They weren't able to install one because the vein/artery had clotted…
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KathiM , how are you?
We miss you!
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numb hands and feet
If they had told me that my hands and feet would go numb to the point of discomfort.. I would nwever have taken the oxcaliplatin.. I have to use a computer and type for a living and this is totally disheartening.. you know the doctor could have cut this off prior to it getting this bad.. I am furious.. they way it will go…
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does this mean i am stage 4 now ? need some prayers and rainbows
Dear friends, its back, my old enemy must have been hiding! i have had a few tears recently. I don't want to be a downer but where else can i go. I guess I am on the cea bandwagon now. The conference was fantastic, a wonderful, educational and inspiring weekend. I got home and had my regular blood tests and cat scan. I got…
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lisa 42 are you fine?
Hugs!