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My update - good news
Good news! I am in remission again after a clear lung CT in Salt Lake City at the end of last week. How delightful to read "much improved" and "unchanged" in the radiologist's report! I danced in the oncologist's office. Also my cough and wheezing, which started in April, and was likely pneumonitis from the stereotactic…
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Short Term Memory
Oh my goodness, I've been having problems with remembering the simplest things since diagnosis. Sitting here tonight I'm thinking that there is something that needs to be done upstairs, so there is where I'd be heading and then go up there and can't remember the reason I'd even go up there for. Looking around upstairs,…
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It's Game Time!!
So tomorrow at 11:15 am I will have the pleasure of receiving my first cocktail of FOLFIRI. I've decided to switch from the 5-fu pump to the pills, which should be interesting, but I need a break from that pump. Anyways, I spoke with my oncologist today and he stated that I would get my infusion every 3rd week. Is this…
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surgery date
Hey guys surgery date is Novmber the 8th and the doctor has to take half of jorge's liver and all I can say is OH MY GOD thanks everyone hugs Tina
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My Wonderful Husband
My husband has stage 4 colon cancer that spread to his liver and lungs. He has had his surgery about 3 years ago and has been on chemo ever since. The Onc wants to keep him on chemo, because she is afraid that the cancer will come back. He is currently cancer free. But something has been bothering me for awhile now, and…
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My Time To Complain And Get Opinions
Hello All, I spoke to JBG tonight. She had returned from seeing her onc today with more distressing news. He was to decide if, when, & what type of chemo she will be on. Since pet scan in February, she has been told that she had 3 small spots on one lung. Supposedly that had not changed on June cat scan. Now, October cat…
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Need some info on cyberknife
I am Stage 4 mets to liver, resection did not work, liver not so great. Don't want chemo for now or Sir Spheres, I brought up cyberknife to onc, he refer me to local hospital that has it. He is not giving me much info, as he does not know alot about it. Can you help with some info before I go to see the other dr. Wonder if…
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Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get....
Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get.... In 1994 I married my college sweetheart immediately after graduation. Four months later I found myself in the middle of a painful separation and ultimately, a divorce at the age of 24. During those painful months I managed to see Forrest Gump in…
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weird lumps post chemo
What Gail posted earlier about her daughter got me to thinking about the post-cancer lumps I have on both of my forearms. The onc said those type of lymphedema are usually seen only on post-breast cancer patients, but they did an u/s just to err on the safe side. Does anyone else have them? They only bother me--swell--when…
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For those of us with NOT SO ROSY caregivers
Funny thing this cancer, from my point of view, I so admire those that stand beside their man or woman, WOW, I admire you!!! You are truly it seems the few, and so admired by me, by so many of us. For those of us, who do not have that miracle spouse, for those of us, whose spouse couldn't deal with it, the ones that left…
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“The Day I Met the Legend” – a Tale of Empowerment Against Cancer by Sundance
As the old Gilligan Island song used to say, “Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale…” LOL! LOL! “Does anyone want to hear about one of the greatest days I’ve had in the last 7-years since I was diagnosed with cancer?” Ok, lets have a show of hands…that’s 1-2-3…and oh, you ma’am…that makes 4…great, majority rules…
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anticipating side effects of 5-FU... supplement suggestions?
Hello, My mom is going back on 5-fu after being off Folfox for several months because of some "minimal" activity in her abdomen. My mom experienced fatigue, thinned hair, and skin discoloration as a result of the 5-fu before. In anticipation of this, does anyone have personal experiences with supplements to help with these…
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Cousin with stage 4, Help Please
HI, I used to post on the Lymphoma board but have never posted here. I am a 2 time NHL and 2 time BC survivor but really could use your help here. Have a cousin through marriage with stage 4 colon cancer. It was never found on colonoscopy, grew on outside of colon, very invasive and aggressive. They have given him 6 months…
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CPT-11
Question: I am getting ready to start 5FU, CPT-11 and Avastin. I have heard that diarrhea is a side effect of CPT-11? I was wondering what is the best thing to take for it? Also does the CPT-11 and Avastin seem to cause more people to have issues with throwing up? I had 12 treatments with 5FU (6 with 5FU and oxciliplatin…
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Hip pain
Hi all, I'm hoping that someone can answer this question for us. Rick is experiencing pain in his left hip, it hurts when he gets up out of a chair and especially when he lies on his side in bed. Can this be a normal side effect of either Avastin or the Neulasta shot? Thanks, Cyn
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New stage 4 signet ring cell
Does anyone have any info on this and what can be done for it and where I can find info. Thanks
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Friday Riddle Answer
RIDDLE: RIDDLE: If you throw me from the window, I will leave a grieving wife. Bring me back, but in the door, and You'll see someone giving life! What am I? ANSWER: The letter "n" wiNdow - widow door - doNor
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stage iv
if you are stage iv, when were you dx? how long ago? thanks!
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Is it cancer or chemo making him sick ???
My husband has small bowel cancer (adenocarcinoma) diagnosed in May 2011 had 5 chemo treatments all were good except the last two... now I am worried since he is not eating and has lost 20 lbs in three weeks, is this the cancer or the chemo?... first three chemo treatments were Great!!! the 5th one is so bad he had it on…
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does everyone lose their hair on Chemo?
I Am just wondering, if everyone that has chemo lose their hair? at the hospital when we went to a class they said for sure 99% of the people lose their hair, my husband has had 5 treatments and his hair is still there, could it be that the longer you are on it the more chance of hair lost?
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Blood around stoma...
We changed wafer tonight. We took it off, he showered as usual and I dried around it with a paper towel. I noticed a very small stain of red. I checked closer and where the skin meets the stoma there was a hairline stain of blood (about 1/4 of the way around it). Not much, but it alarms me. I intend to check it in the…
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What a week!
PET/CT on Monday, and labs. INR was too high, so no Coumadin for 2 days. Saw my regular medical onc and had labs again Wednesday morning. INR had come down. CEA dropped back to a flat 4! Good news on the PET/CT! I have one node in my chest and 3 in the abdomin. They are all still about the same size, give or take 1/10 of a…
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Hi mates it's FRIDAY here any interesting plan for the weekend?
As far good weather continues I'll be on the beach! LOL.
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Jorge has a MRI
Hello all sorry I haven post much in some time . Hope everyone is doing good . Well I'm not sure if I have told you guys but we got some bad news about a month ago you see jorge was put on Folfox and oxy about a month after his surgery and he had 3 rounds of the Folfox and his CEA went up to 7 so he had a ct scan and it…
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Avastin bad experience
My PET scan and CT scan showed spots on my liver so dr. suggested changing from Folfox to Folfiri with Avastin. We both read, discussed and knew the possibile side effects. I though all was fine until a week after treatment when I started having back pain, but passed it off as strained muscle after moving the couch.…
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nothing seems to work now
Dear all, Like Tina, I haven't posted very often lately as my mum's situation has been very unstable recently. Got the PET CT result today and there are numerous new nodules in her lung, and the one in her liver has turned more active and bigger as well. As a mutant, irinotecan is the last available drug for her and even…
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Medical Insurance for cancer survivors
Does anyone know of any insurance companies that will give a policy to cancer survivors? We currently have insurance for our family through my husband's job but he is undergoing treatment for stage 4 rectal cancer and we don't know how long he will be able to work. I am trying to find a back-up plan but with both of our…
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'Chemo break' coming up!!
I'm sitting in hospital 'dripping' -- my 8th cycle of FOLFOXFIRI. But my heart is soaring -- because it is my LAST one -- at least for a while. My oncologist plans to give me a "chemo break". He quoted one study which compared two groups (folk like me - long-termers) and found that those who took chemo breaks had no worse…
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Friday Riddle
Remember NO googling or searching the Internet allowed and good luck !!!!!!!!!!!!! RIDDLE: If you throw me from the window, I will leave a grieving wife. Bring me back, but in the door, and You'll see someone giving life! What am I?
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A couple of items on potential mCRC drugs in trial (plus some other articles for the curious):
medicalnews today.com/articles/235298.php on BIBF1120 medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/ECCO-ESMO/28800 on Aflibercept newswise.com (and other sites)now have article "Knockout of Protein Prevents Colon Tumor Formation in Mice." emaxhealth.com/8782/eating-miracle-fruit-during-cancer-treatment-add-miraculin (which i had…