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treatment 2 leads to very unusual side effects
Tony is on avastin, xeloda and oxipilatin and today is day 3 after the 2nd iv treatment. well starting yesterday he has very bad pain in both calves. one worse than the other. it can't be attributed to exercise. he is prone to blood clots but it would be weird that his both calves hurt. has anyone experienced this? thx.…
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I guess I am afraid... ***UPDATED
My husband is finally going for an endoscopy tomorrow. He's had upper GI problems for years, but kept insisting that it was nothing. However, he has frequent, if not constant nausea, and frequent diarrhea. His colonoscopy a few months ago was fine. He's finally agreed to have an endoscopy after insisting that our 24 year…
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Funk
What a roller coaster I am on emotionally, I hate to think of what my husband must go through in a days time. I stole some time to ride my horse yesterday thinking that all I needed was some equine time but it didn't do the trick. I think I am depressed, I feel hopeless and doomed. The thought that life is so fragile is my…
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my mom has stage 4
I'm new here. I really need some positive energy and hope. My mom is my everything my best friend. Were inseprable. My life has been a trainwreck since I was 5. My dad is a former heroin addict who used all my familys money and almost lost his life with a infection. My mom stood by him. He constanly demeans my mom and me.…
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Friday Riddle Answer
RIDDLE: If you use a certain formula on 13, you end up with 7. Under the same formula, 2352 becomes 16, 246 becomes 14, 700 turns into 16, and 1030 becomes 14. What would 9304 become ANSWER: 19. Convert the number to binary, add one for every zero, and add two for every 1. 9304 becomes 10010001011000, which has 9 zeros and…
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Colonoscopy isn't perfect
[Dr. Herman Kattlove is a retired medical oncologist. For the last seven years, before he retired, he was a medical editor for the American Cancer Society where he helped develop much of the information about specific cancers that is posted on the website at [url]www.cancer.org[/url]. He trained in hematology and oncology…
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Need prayers/ good vibes etc for Lisa42
I know she wont mind this, please, please send all you can her way. Got this from facebook Hi, This is Lisa's husband Andre. I wanted to post some unfortunate news about Lisa's health. We had to cut our Jamacian/Grand Caymen cruise vacation short and get an emergency flight home from Florida because Lisa developed…
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Firday Riddle
Remember NO goolging or searching the Internet allowed, and good luck!!!!!!!!!!! RIDDLE: If you use a certain formula on 13, you end up with 7. Under the same formula, 2352 becomes 16, 246 becomes 14, 700 turns into 16, and 1030 becomes 14. What would 9304 become
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Hubby's 59th Birthday Saturday
And by golly he's going into it completely SOBER!!! It's been almost 3 weeks, and he's still on that wagon and doing an amazing job of it. We actually went out to dinner last night for a early birthday dinner, and then out to a spaghetti dinner at my college for a fund raiser tonight. We haven't gone out on a evening…
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Mom met with new doctor
The doctor is wonderful! He suggested no surgery. He is going to start her on: XELOSA (pills); Avastin; CPT11 (chemo); eribitix (which she is already on). Other than her cancer he said that she is in good health. Mom's gonna do it. He gave her some hope. Although this isn't going to cure it hopefully it will give her some…
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Scan: good news!
I've been so worried about a couple of folk on our board (family!) -- but I know we all believe in sharing good news no matter what -- so here's mine: Two weeks ago I finished 8 cycles of FOLFOXFIRI for multiple bone mets and I'm currently on a chemo break. I had scans yesterday (PET plus MRI bone) -- to evaluate the…
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Good news with improved viamin D levels
I just had my first dexa (bone density) scan since my drs got my D-levels into the normal range, and was happy that all bone density measuresimproved, and moved back into "normal". Several had been slightly below normal, and had decreased over the previous 5 years. It's nice to know that Vitamin D can help you restore your…
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Hi Mates, it is FRIDAY, any interesting plan for the weekend?
Just nothing , plant some flowers and go to airport to drop my wife Tote, she is going to Qatar! Hugs!
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Last week was rough...
Hey gang, I'm not sure if it was because of my allergic reaction to Oxaliplatin last Friday, the ascites, or an impaction, but this last week really sucked, even worse than the last one. I was pretty miserable. I hadn't been able to eat for a long time and it got to the point where I couldn't even keep water down. My belly…
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Always interesting
Defrauding the government is bad, but not as bad as giving needless treatments to cancer victims, just to ride the money train. The Department of Justice Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program You can check out your own medical provider *here* The local major treatment center here is "MIMA". Isn't life grand? Best of…
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Got scan results today.
Not what I really wanted to hear. Finished 12rds chemo in April and this was my 2nd scan post-chemo. My last one was all clear cept 2 small nodules on lung. This one liver ect all clear but now noudules have grown some and have 6 of them now. Onc said being a smoker (light less than 1/2pk a day) this would not be a concern…
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Caregiver to Husband with Rectal Cancer
Hello Everyone, I am 31 and live in Los Angeles with my 33 year old husband and two dogs. Nearly a month ago, he was diagnosed with stage II rectal cancer after many months of pain and discomfort. It's very treatable, but there is a 95% chance he will need a permanent colostomy bag after his surgery in April/May 2012.…
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Update on Tony
Yesterday was treatment 2 out of which was to be 4 and then a scan in December to check the liver tumors. something about Tony having constant diarrhea concerned the doctor. although he hasn't lost any weight, his blood work is fine and he has basically been telling the doc he has had Intestinal issues for over 6 months…
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CP 9
WOW is about the best word to describe, oh and AWESOME, I use those words to describe all that came!!! AND A BIG THANK YOU to Ms. Suzann for all the great things she did and all the hard work she put in, Thank you GIRL< I miss you already!!! Pictures will be coming after editing...LOL just kidding... We had some first…
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Update on Lisa42 from her husband
This is Andre Dider, Lisa's husband, with good news to report on my wife's condition. As Gail reported yesterday, there is a chance that the two new lung masses (a 5cm in the right lower lobe and 2-3cm in the upper left lobe) may be pneumonia related and not actual tumors. We will wait and see on that. Other good news is…
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Funny. Just had to post this. Not me:)
WARNING : ONLY Read This When You Are Able To LAUGH OUT LOUD. I went to Home Depot recently while not being altogether sure that course of action was a wise one. You see, the previous evening I had prepared and consumed a massive quantity of my patented 'you're definitely going to **** yourself' road-kill chili. Tasty…
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Clear PET
Hi all - I had a PET on Tuesday and was a bit nervous since I've been off Avastin since late April (after being on it for 2 years). Anyway, just got the call that is was beautiful/negative/nothing to worry about. So happy, Betsy diag. Stage IV, 5/05, liver met lap sigmoid colectomy, 6/05 6 cycles Xeloda/oxaliplatin/Avastin…
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still fighting but Oncologit is not optomistic
I was diagnosed Dec 2010 with my second reaccurance of colon cancer. Went in for my 6 month bllod work and CEA went from 2.4 to 797. Had PET scan and have 2 large tumors in my liver and several small ones Dr say inoperable. I started on Avastin and Xeloda ...CEA numbers went down slightly and back up. Had CT scan in August…
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Scan results
I am a 6 year stage IV survivor. Everytime I have a scan done I have to bug the hell out of the doctors office to get my results. One time a few years ago I went down there in person and read them myself. I had a scan yesterday and I can't evan leave a message with the oncology nurses. It has to go through the triage…
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Thank you
Hi All, I just want to say thank you to all who kept good, positive thoughts and prayers for my dear family member. She had her rectal surgery today, and we were told that she came through with flying colors! I know from the very helpful posts you have shared, that her recovery will be a long and fairly slow process. But,…
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Is it possible to have mental problems while on chemo???
My dad has stage 4 colon cancer and has been doing chemo for 1 year. He was on Oxyplatin/F5U/Avastin for about 6 months and now is on Avastin/leucovorin/f5u for the past 4 months. He also went thru a breakup. His girlfriend moved out 4 months ago and said it was because he has cancer and it is too hard for HER knowing that…
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I'm back and a bit worried...
Hello everyone, Ever since my husband's surgery to remove his colostomy bag back in September 2010 everything was going GREAT. Absolutely no problems. After going through rectal cancer in October 2009 we had every reason to enjoy life. We just got back from the oncologist's office and he is concerned that his CEA level has…
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Pain
They recently found a new tumor after 4 years of remision on the 7th segment of my right lobe. Suddenly I am having pain on my right side but seems lower than where the tumor supposedly is. I won't be able to se a surgeon for 3 weeks. Any advise. I have been resected twice in the same spot before. I never had any pain but…
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Herman Cain - Stage IV survivor
Hi all, I thought I'd share this CNN post since it's such a positive article for Stage IV colon cancer patients. All my best, Cyn ----------------------------------------- Herman Cain took some hits in Tuesday's CNN Republican presidential debate, but so far the biggest opponent he has ever faced appears to be cancer – a…
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not famour but still survivin
i thought I would share a tiny bit of my onc visit this week.....for newbies i am colon Stage 4 with mets to liver twice and two liver resections and chemo... I was first diagnosed in 2005 and after first liver mets was given the death sentence. My onc says the fact that I am alive is producing a new vanguard of folks who…