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Colorectal Cancer

Need some info...
I need to find notable hospitals that are noted for their expertise in different areas of protocol... First RFA, Nanoknife, Cyberknife, .maybe a rough draft of what each entails....my reasoning is that if it comes to this that instead of complete removal of the left lung I am heading to where ever I have to to have…
Newbie - Colon Cancer Stage 2B - T4 - Folfox regime with port
Hi everyone! I first created a blog thinking that was what I should do ... then I realized I needed to just post to discussion board. I would love to hear from you. I already had my colon resection (4 weeks ago) and have my 2nd round of chemo coming on Monday. They put me on folfox regime. I felt great the first and second…
reports
jest of my story -- retrieve your own pathology report dont wait for a doctor to call and after 24 hours of no call from them-- assume its negative
Platelet info!!!
My husband has not had a treatment now for a month every time we go get his blood checked his platelets are too low (7-15 83, 7-22 89, 7-29 76). Why would they start declining if no treatment has occured??? totally confused. I have heard that after 12 tx's they usually give a break, but the oncologist seemed to think they…
My 63 yr old Dad with sigmoid colon cancer has just started Oxyplatin and 5FU
Discussion boards and chat rooms are all abit new to me. I replied to someone elses post before realising I could just submit a discussion. Dad is an otherwise well fit 63 year old who has been diagnosed with sigmoid colon cancer. He appears to have some lung and liver mets with no known nodal disease. He has just started…
I accidentally de-accessed my port, grrr
I was bending over putting on a shirt a bit ago and had my pump on the bed. I didn't allow enough slack in my port line and unhooked myself. I was half tempted to use my supplies and glove up and clean the port and my chest area and plug myself in, but thought better of it and called Home Infusion. They are sending someone…
Brenda happy birthday
hey i haven't posted in a while but i am saddened to read about so many who have died in the last few months. My neice Rachel now has her own bedroom here. She loves it. She has a terrible relationship with her fahter. She will be 16 soon and says she is not going home. She does not want to answer his calls, but I always…
Mum given up.
Unfortunately, my mum has given up on chemo treatments. She even refused to my idea of going for a second option treatment ): This just breaks my heart. But I guess I have to respect her decision ): Now, I think I'll just go with traditional medicines to help her ): THANKS A LOT to those who replied and cared for me when I…
LizzyDavis
Just was thinking of you and wanted to know if you are doing ok. Give us a quick update if you are still lurking. Kim
Sundance Turns the Big 5-0 !!!
How do I feel today? I really don't know. Glad that I made it, but the bells and whistles aren't going off. I think there are days in your life when you expect or want something more than just the ordinary day. Turning 50 appears to be one of those markers in life that signals more things thing in your life besides the…
What do you do about your job
My husband has not been working since his diagnosis at the beginning of May. He gets chemo every other week and would not be able to work that week but the next week he feels good enough to work. The problem is that his job involves working with live turkeys and they carry disease. With his immunity down from the chemo,…
Belated Birthday
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY CRAIG I have been away for a little vacation, with my boyfriend and some friends. We went to Kelowna,Pentiction , Osoyoos all in the beautiful province of British Columbia, the area is famous for the vineyards. My job was tasting the different wines, a very hard job I can assure you. The reason is…
Mum diagnosed with colorectal stage IV and given 3 months to live.
Hi all, im a newbie to this forum. I just need an outlet to vent my feelings out to someone but dont know who ): my mum was diagnosed with stage IV colorectal cancer at the age of 46 around mid-august on 2010. i didnt know it was stage 4 at the start of diagnosis as she tells me it was stage 1. my aunt was the one who…
cancer spread
Hi, haven't posted on cc for a while, my husband had the bad news that the cancer had spread to his peritoneal from being dx with bowel cancer stage 3c in Aug 2010. We are both still trying to get our heads round it. The onc is giving him 3 types of chemo, 2 via iv, and then 8 tab of xeloda at home which after the first…
New picture
this picture is of Jorge my true love
Laryngitis
Has anyone gotten laryngitis as a chemo effect? I usually have a bit of hoarseness from the chemo that lasts a day or two...but this time it turned into full-blown laryngitis. I did have a lot going on during the week, doing too much talking. I had chemo on Wed and lost my voice on Friday afternoon :( I have had issues…
anyone had this chemo side effect?
My aunt's fingernails split from side to side, what I mean is, they start splitting in the middle part (but on the side toward the center)it's horrible. It's almost like when you hit your fingernail and it bends backwards and cracks from left to right in the center of your finger, only hers split on each side and go toward…
CT scan tomorrow
Hey gang, Have a long day at Penn tomorrow. I'm scheduled for my second CT scan with contrast in the morning and then the usual doctor's visit and chemo hook up in the afternoon. This will be my first scan since they swiched out Avastin for Oxaliplatin. I will tuck in lunch with my mom and aunt in the middle. My onc thinks…
a year on
Next month it will be a year since I finished my chemo for stage 3 colon cancer. I am having 3 month check-ups at the moment and all have been good so far. I just take it a day at a time. When I was first diagnosed you guys were there for me. I was so scared and frightened. I am 44 and have 2 young daughters. I felt so…
Lesvanb, Geotina, Cynthia, ! You fine?
Hugs !
Chicoturner how are you?
Have not seen you post in a while, hope you are just enjoying summer with your family.
Chemo Break?
Hello everyone, hope that you are all doing well this hot summer day. It's been awhile since I posted, but read posts daily. The passing of AnneCan really hit me hard. She and I were dx'd about the same time and were both told we were inoperable. She was so determined to beat this damned beast. At my last onc appointment…
2nd round of folfox and oxy
Ok guys this is not the same man Jorge just got his 2nd chemo today and he is still up at 10 pm. And man he has eaten a lot today and singing this man is just blowing me away on his 1st chemo 2 weeks ago he was so mean and rude and all he did was sleep. Maybe all this good today is because his mother is here I told her…
liquid vitamins and no colon
Are liquid vitamins more effective if you don't have a colon? I am going to the bathroom every 30 minutes since I got home from hospital. I can tell that the iron supplement and other vitamins are not staying in my body long enough. Any advice on taking liquid vitamins verses capsules? I am still very weak and my iron…
I need HELP - anxiety has taken over my life.
Hi - my mom was recently (6/27/2011) diagnosed with colon cancer. She had a radical resection done on 6/29/2011 and has been recovering well from her surgery. She had 2 out of 15 lymph notives testing positive so we knew right away that she'd need chemo. TWO BIG SHOCKS in one week. Since then, we have had to deal with…
Great CT results
Had my second scan today in the morning and my onc said the preliminary results looked great and she was "ecstatic" with my scan during our afternoon session. No spread to other organs, no ascites, shrinkage of my major colon tumor and no growth of my peritoneal caking. She thinks we are on the right track with my regimen…
hope for those who have been diagnosed with colon cancer stage 4 with poor prognosis!!!!
Hi all, its been quite some time since i have logged in but felt the need to write this today as im sure this will give hope to some that have been given a poor prognosis. to cut a long story short, my dad was diagnosed with colon cancer stage 4 on 21st december 2010. He was also told that he had mets in the liver…
New with no insurance
Newly diagnosed (3 weeks ago.) After suffering from abdominal pain, I was admitted to hospital and tumor was removed. Had a hard time finding a job in this economy but landed a great one 2 months ago. I was one month away from insurance. Am trying to find financial assistance but since I'm only 54 years old with no…
have you pooped anywhere unusual ? its time for some poop stories.
some may know i poop in my 4wd, i have a portaloo in the back. thankgod. while over in fiji, i pooped at midnight under the stars on the dirt road. but, the most embarrasing was a week earlier in fiji, on another dirt road. my son had a 40.4 degree temperature, so we went to the village hospital. he got some antibiotics.…
i am a stool photographer, not stills but stools
i got a new smart phone the htc desire hd, well its got a great camera. they say a picture is worth a 1000 words, well i'll ask my colorectal surgeon if he agrees!!!! yes i have photographed every stool for the last few days, thats lots. going to start photographing meals/food as well. then i will have inputs and outputs…

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