-
I wish this to all of us for at least 90 years! The last one.
I'm a little bit emotional. This is the last day before my last chemo. At least I hope my last chemo forever. Only I feel some guilt that I am not taking you all with me. I want this to be for us all. And then I also have this fear that at my scan I will hear something I don't want to hear. I have tears streaming down my…
-
My most frequently asked question.....
"So, do you think attitude is the reason you survived?".... Just got it yesterday again at the bank (celebrating my birthday and 5 years post any treatment on both cancers this July).... My response: "Well, I can tell you that it doesn't hurt. I am very blessed that for a whole bunch of reasons (including luck...heredity…
-
neurapathy??- jaw, neck
On folfox 3rd treatment. Can u have neuropathy along the jaw and under chin, or is that just on hands and feet? I have terrible numbness and tightness under the chin and upper neck. I wrote about this before, but maybe someone else knows about this. My onc (or the nurse) suggested OTC glucosamine and chondroitin... maybe…
-
Ablation on the liver twice, Anyone? microwave thermal or laser?
My husband has a four spots on his liver all around a centimeter. Except for one near his hepatic artery which is stable from 2009 (fingers crossed DEAD)We just emailed someone from the mayo clinic. The doctor said they could procede with the procedure if it wasn't too painful or disruptive to his daily life style. Well I…
-
cheat sheet for acronyms
Since I'm fairly new to all of this, even though I've lost many family members to different forms of cancer, I see lots of acronyms that I don't know what they mean. Is there a cheat sheet posted anywhere that might list different acronyms for words/words for acronyms? Thank you Marianne
-
Terrible Cough -
My Mom has had a terrible cough for about 1 month. She is at her 8th chemo treamtent as I type this. They decided not to give her 5-FU (Fluorouracil) at this treatment - to see if this is causing her cough. My concern, I hope that this cough is not cancer spreading to her liver. She had a chest x-ray last week to make sure…
-
this is an amazing site!!!!
hi all i havent posted in awhile i have been reading all the post. ive been laughing ,crying and praying for you all. i was dx in may 2010 with stage 3 colon cancer took tumor and 70% of my colon out, did 6 months chemo(folfox) i just did all my test again and the beast is gone (praying) i have beat it for the second…
-
fever broken feeling better pain decreased suddenly might be going home in a few days
Hi everyone, just an update, been ill for a few days. I went in for stoma reversal and hernia repair 9 days ago. i have had a yoyoing temp from 39 to 36 over the last week and some pain that was sometimes extreme. this reminded me of the worst pain from the rectal radiation damage about 10 months ago. I have been on iv…
-
3 hours to go, meaning in suffering and "A Mans Search For Meaning"
While I have been laying in hospital in pain i read the book below, it got my mind working. "A man's search for Meaning" by victor frankle "Experiences in a Concentration Camp" See the extract below, one of so many that touched me. this book is so rich and just what i needed. i hope you read the extract if your interested.…
-
Neuroved -anyone hear of
Has anyone heard of Neuroved for neuropathy? It's a pop-up ad on my computer. Homeopathic. (Needing relief for stiff-numb neck after Folfox.) Not getting relief. Chemo was 4 days ago. Seeing chemo nurse tomorrow for labs. (I had surgery on my neck 2.5 years ago....does anyone know if a surgery would increase side effects…
-
Update on George
Well I'm home now but George is still in the hospital. Oncologist visited with us this afternoon at the hospital and it was decided to keep him until most likely Monday. Since he is already there it is best to keep him there and get things under control. It does not appear cancer spread causing trouble but the diarrhea.…
-
Black Cumin Oil
Hi, It is now 3 weeks after my surgery, lost 10 pounds of cancer, 1/3 of colon, left side and 7 cm of rectum and I am doing very well I think. I was cut open from breastbone to all the way below. Healing very well. All 8 lymphnodes taken came back clean and the cancer has not gone to any of te organs, so far, I was told…
-
CT SCAN TOMORROW
Hey guys tomorrow Jorge is having his ct scan to see how well the radiation and the 5fu chemo has worked on his tumors wish us luck thanks to all of yous hugs Tina
-
Bucket list?
I'm not sure this is an appropriate question or not. I do not wish to upset or offend anyone here in any way at all, so forgive me if this seems inappropriate to you. I would like to know if, when diagnosed, any one here decided to do a "bucket list" of sorts and wrote down all they would like to do, try, achieve before…
-
scan results
I havnt been online here much, been pretty buzy. I had my scan yesterday and just heard from my ONC. My scan shows no evidence of disease. I feel very blessed, thank you all for your help, prayers, well wishes etc etc Love to all, Tom
-
onc doctors bedside manner
Has anyone come across a onc doctor that has a poor bedside manner, I just met one that came in the room and the first thing he said was your stage 2 colon cancer had spread to a stage four colon cancer. They foumd a spot on your bowel during surgery, he said that you have stage 4 and have 20% chance to live for 6 months.…
-
Johnnybegood, .Soccermom. How are you?
Not posting in a while !
-
Relay For Life!!!
Hi, everyone! Hope to catch up on all the news soon. I'm still recovering from Friday night's Relay For Life. I stayed all night with a few members of my team, and it was awesome. The survivors' lap was so emotional, as always. More members of our church came than before, and it was so lovely to see them waving and…
-
good news
I've been doing Xeloda, Irinotecan and Avastin for 12 courses every other week and even though they had to reduce the Xeloda to 3/4 strength and the Irinotecan to 1/2 stength to minimize side effects, my tumor has gone from significant activity and 2 x 1.6 cm size to moderate activity and only 1 cm in size. The lymph nodes…
-
bowel control problems
I am 2 1/2 ned. had lower abdmoninal resction, radition with 5FU then Fulfox with 5FU. Last December I had a hernia repair. Still having problems with bowel control. Take benefiber twice a day and try to eat enough fiber. Anyone else still having problems? It was good for awhile now it's more frequent. I know stress…
-
Update on rubyrose, long term survival of erbitux cetuximab?
Has anyone had the drug erbitux cetuximab? If so would be interested in hearing about it and survival rates. My husband has bowel cancer with secondary liver mets, diagnosis July 2010. He had ten treatments of folfox July to December 2010 with reduction to large tumours in liver by half. Had Portal Vein Embolisation that…
-
Well....it's FRIDAY ! any interesting plan for the weekend? newbies welcome to the post!!
Just renew my driving licence ,have an unformal chat with my doctor and some meals with family and friends!. Have a great Weekend !
-
PPI Use
Hi, I am new to the site. My husband, 58, was recently diagnosed with Stage IV signet ring cell adenocarcinoma of the colon. He had surgery a month ago to remove a tumor from his colon and they say metastases(?) on the diaphragm and peritoneal cavity, as well as substantial lymph node involvement. He starts chemo on…
-
maglets!
Where the hell are you lately?. Love you!
-
Port-- dfficulty drawing blood from it..
The "medical assistant" has extreme difficulty drawing blood from my port. I've asked for trying to work this out with different positions, but she seems to be too busy to want to find the best solution. The onc said the "clot busters" aren't effective....radiolgy dept nurse recommended Retalase, but I had forgot the name…
-
prep today, 2nd surgery tomarrow
Here I go again, almost one year ago I am going though the same thing, now(reoccurance) stage 2. The cancer grew back along the staple line inside the colon, well at least it hasn't going farther then that. (we will see tomarrow). Last time I had folfox and oxp, and radiation. I had 2 clean scans, but they found the…
-
Anne's Adventures in ER land
Well I had to make a trip to ER last night. My heart was racing, I had thrown u and generally felt curmmy - spent the day in bed. My husband called my primary nurse (my onc's nurse) + she wanted us to go to the ER at my cancer centre. So off we went, arriving ~ 9:30 pm and left after 6:am the next day. I was seen almost…
-
Phone contact with Buzzard
Anyone have the phone number that they can call and see how Clift is????? Winter Marie
-
Trip to the ER
George hasn't been feeling well lately, his color is awful and the diarrhea as bad as it can get so it was off to the ER for us on Friday morning. Stayed there all day, received a couple bags of IV fluids. It was then decided by his onc that he should be admitted. Since is blood counts are off he also received a blood…
-
i hope all of you guys are doing will
I've been away up north with jorge getting ready for this week jorge has done 15rounds of chemo 25 radiation and 5fu pump for 5weeks 24hours a day 7days a week and now he's going to have a ct scan on Monday and then on thursday we meet with the surgeon and I think she will be giving us a date for surgery . But I have 1…