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my heart aches for Brenda
My daughter's best friend's mother passed away yesterday. She had been diagnosed less that 2 months ago with multiple myleoma that attacked her spinal cord and had moved into her brain. She had just started on chemo which made her so sick they took her off after the second treatment because her kidneys were in failure and…
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Avastin
I ache, I ache, I ache, my shoulders seem like the weight of the world is upon them, every movement hurts. This goes on for a couple of weeks at a time. Does anyone else have this? Winter Marie
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DOCUMENTARY TONIGHT 8pm on HBO, WHAT U NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MAKING END OF LIFE DESCITIONS&YOUR RIGHTS!
"How to die in oregon" is a documentary that will be airing tonight on hbo at 8 pm. It follows the lives and the struggles of quality of life over quantity of life. It is definitely something to see. Best documentary at Sundance Film Festival. Tell your friends and families unfortunately this is something we will all face.…
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Asking 4 Prayers - PET Scan Tomorrow
Just asking for prayers as my Mom has her PET Scan tomorrow. To date, she has finished 8 chemo treatments. Praying for good results tomorrow. All the best - Liz
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Water retention...what do you do?
I'm having a lot of trouble with water retention after chemo treatment...so much so that I am getting stretch marks! Does anyone else have this trouble? Would you take diuretics for it?
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Port
I will get my port removed Wednesday Afternoon! Wooo Hoooo! I can not wait to have a foreign object removed. I liked the ease of use of the port and less risk of infection. I hated shaving my chest, lol, worse was forgetting to shave my chest, ouch. When I lost weight the port started to get irritated by to much body…
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Folfox X 2
I am wondering if anyone out there has done Folfox multiple times? When first dx'd I did folfox and avastin. I made it only six rounds when the neuropathy and fatique got so bad that onc dropped the oxi(it was reduced on round 4 but the neuropathy didn't improve.) I stayed on the rest of the folfox combo for 7 more rounds.…
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what a week it has been
My aunt has stage 4 colon cancer, her son has stage 3 esophageal cancer, her husband had beginning alzheimers and used a walker, his life consisted of going from bed to bathroom to dining room table and back again, he suddenly and unexpectedly passed away on May 17th, burial was Saturday the 21st, today I get a call saying…
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The Journal of Clinical Oncology, put out by the American Society of Clinical Oncology,
if you can somehow get thru the heavy science and if you have such an interest,is quite informative.... and tho it takes time to slog thru the articles (esp if, like me, you have no background in science), it might prove worth it. On their home page, look on the left and click "Top 50 Viewed Articles", where, as of today,…
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Severe Tornados - friends in affected areas please check in
Praying for all our friends who may be in the path of these terrible tornados which are or have been hitting. Have been hitting in Oklahoma, Missouri and Texas. Sounds like our Sundanceh might be right in the area of one. Please keep our friends safe.
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anyone on COBRA?
I went to social security office today to find out about options for SSDI. I told them I am working but I think my emploer is going to lay me off becasue I can't work 40 hrs a week. I am most concerened about health insurance...well he told me COBRA woull cover 18 months but that medicare wouldn't start until I had been…
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Luv3jay
I am thinking of you + wondering how you are doing.
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Meaning of life?
What is the meaning of life...? I just can't seem to find a purpose. Cancer hurt me as a child and is trying to take away everything else as it attacks my child. I feel so helpless.
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checking in !!!!!!
good evening my fellow survivors, it has been a while since i posted but i check in everyday. today my family and i came back from our family cruise to the caribbean. we had a wonderful time and i enjoy the heck out of it because my wife and kids and i are all together. i hope and pray all is well with all of you. i am…
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PX-866 with Cetuximab (Erbitux) going into Phase Two
"PX-866 is a pan inhibitor of the PI-3K/PTEN/AKT pathway, a critical cell signalling that is activated in many types of cancer"-(CRC being one of them) Its made by Oncothyreon Inc and I read about it at prenewswire.com with an upcoming meeting of ASCO expect more in the news as drug manufacturers generally present their…
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Low iron
My last two blood counts has shown my WBC, HGB and HCT lower than the normal levels. My doctor is only talking about my HGB, though. He said if it was this low or lower next times, he would hang a bag of iron during my chemo. Has anyone had a bag of iron? How is it? Does it make you sick or hurt? My doctor won't answer…
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Email from "Scary Old Woman" Kerry's Wife
Hey All, I have copied a recent email I got from Kerry's wife Susie. I will copy and paste your posts to my next email to her so if you have a message please know I will get it to her. She does not get on the boards so this way she will get your comments. Take care! Jennie Hi Jennie. I just thought I’d let you know that…
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"Most Authoritative Report on Colorectal Cancer and Diet Ever Conducted: Links With Meat,Fiber Confi
at medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226137.php Also, just came across this site:jco.ascopubs.org the Journal of Clinical Oncology of ASCO, the current (5/20) issue of which has two items on oxi plus787/ZK222584 (Vatalanib), an experimental drug that didn't seem too promising,,,,Writing is scientific but you can get the gist…
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Lori , KathiM! Where are you?
Hugs!
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I'm getting HIPEC!!!!
Hello everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday Season. I'm still having a hard time wrapping my mind around it myself, but Dr. Martin Goodman at Tufts has agreed to perform a liver resection and HIPEC on me. On February 1, I will be having my omentum, uterus, ovaries, gallbladder, spleen, some of my small…
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Study in the British Journal of Cancer on cancer,fruit and vegetables i find difficult to digest:
".....For colorectal,breast and prostate cancer epidemiological studies suggest little or no association between fruit and vegetable consumption and risk......" I know once diagnosed,increasing fruits and vegetables is supposed to be of benefit; apparently,nasty habits hurt more than good habits help in preventng cancer in…
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First colonoscopy
At 42 years of age, one finds that there are fewer and fewer "Cherry" experiences, but last week was a good reminder that I still have a LOT to learn... My surgeon schedules me for my followup colonoscopy last wednesday,and gives me a script for "MoviPrep" to take the evening before the procedure the following morning.…
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“The Fight Has Come to a Stop” – Not the Results Post
Well, my “3rd Tour of Duty” has come to an end. After 10 long, weary, and trying months, we’ve wrapped up the entire protocol: 1. Full Open Thoracotomy (5 wedge resections of lung & 2 ribs removed) 2. 30 Transmissions of IMRT Radiation (+ 6 wks continuous 5fu pump) 3. 12 Doses of Folfiri Infusion (w/46-hour 5fu pump + 5fu…
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iv ports
I have a port over my heart and have been doing chemo and radiation for 5 weeks they let me off for 8 days because of the radiation burns but when they hooked my port up again its been so painful, since I got it my left leg hand go numb and theres shooting pain in my left shoulder is this normal? I hate cancer :(
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traffic jam with the loo
the joy of reconnection. got home yesterday from hospital. i surprised the kids and picked them up from school and took them to swimming. then i spent 90 minutes in the toilet at the pool. made it home and was asleep with son in bed at 7.15pm . up at 3am for more visits to the loo. nochance to get back to sleep, so had a…
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I need your guys in take on this .
Jorge and I saw the colon surgeon on Thursday to talk and the last ct scan and surgery .she told us the date for surgery is June 6 but I asked if the tumor in the rectum has let go of his back . And she said no but in jan of this year we had a ct scan and all 3 doctors told us yes it did let go of his back. Now here is my…
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Friday Riddle Answer
RIDDLE: Once upon a time, in the West Lake village, a servant lived with his master. After service of about 30 years, his master became ill and was going to die. One day, the master called his servant and asked him for a wish. It could be any wish but just one. The master gave him one day to think about it. The servant…
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I broke the pattern
I broke the pattern- my recent CEA pattern, that is, of up-down-up-down. Last time it was drawn (4 wks ago) it was up to 295. Following the pattern, it should have gone down this time but it didn't. It wasn't a huge jump, but a rise all the same- it went from 295 to 319 this time. I was bummed. I did my sauna detox last…
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Diasability joke
As some of you know I was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in Sept 2007, had surgerym chemo, etc....NED for about 6 months with recurranc in ovary, surgergy, chemo, etc. I have been on and off of disability...dame insurance company same employer since 2007. I always went back to work full time. ok, so now in Dec 2010 i…
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Final Chemo Treatment -- Questions for Oncologist
My husband has his final round of chemo this week -- if his blood work allows. We are meeting with his oncologist. In the past, when we meet with the doctor, I come with a list of questions. The answers are very vague and I feel a little brushed aside. Now we are coming to the end and I am a nervous wreck about what is…