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Join us Walking, Swimming, Cycling, Weights, Paddling, Jogging and get SURVIVAL BOOST
Join us Walking, Swimming, Cycling, Weights, Paddling, Jogging and get SURVIVAL BOOST This post started out as walking, but we are an open minded bunch and now we have 4 exercise types listed in the title. Just move if you can. We also have the unique 100,000km 30 year clinical trial being run here. will anyone make this…
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Totally Off Topic/Strangest Night Last Night**The newpaper gives the rest of the story** UPDATE
SANTA CRUZ - A group of men robbed four UC Santa Cruz students early Sunday morning as the students walked to a bus stop near campus, police said. About 1 a.m. Sunday, two 19-year-old men, an 18-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman were walking home from watching a movie at a friend's home near Laurent and King streets,…
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Off to the Dominican Republic in Morning.....
Finally....vacation!!!! YAY!! I will be off the boards for a week. I may check in once in a while via Blackberry. Tomorrow afternoon I will be celebrating Mothers Day on the beach...sipping a Bahama Mama...being served by a hot young good looking stud.... ahhhhhhhhh...yes, SOOOOOOOOO need this!!! The next fight begins…
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R.I.P. SEVE BALLESEROS FOR THOSE WHO LIKE GOLF!
One of th most Golf legends ever! RIP.
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HAPPY MOTHERS DAY.
To all the moms out there.Enjoy your day!
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Health Tip.........(FUNNY)
If you can't afford a doctor, go to an airport, You'll get an x-ray and a breast exam: and mention Al Queda and you will get a free colonostomy.....lol Steve
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What a pessimist
So I met with my newer oncologist yesterday for a general check up on how I'm doing on the 5-fu. I felt brave and asked him what he saw as far as my future outlook and he stated that my current chemo is just to keep my current nodules in check and he doesn't see them disappearing. I am not nor will I be a surgically…
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I am so pissed!
My dad has stage 4 colon cancer with mets to liver. Inoperable. He is 61 years old and having a really hard time. He was just starting to "deal" with the cancer and the other day I took him to chemo, we got home and his girlfriend had moved out!!! She said it is too much work to take care of him. He was heartbroken. He had…
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Buzz it is Sunday ! Not hubby circle today?
Hugs!
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Hi mates Its FRIDAY any interesting plan for the weekend?
Here just doing lots of errands and home duties ! Hugs!
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Good news!
I wanted to share my good news! Since I progressed on 5-FU and Avastin, after dropping Irinotecan when labs and scans went well, I had to go back on the big guns putting Irinotecan back in. FOLFIRI plus Avastin. With FOLFOX my CEA continued to rise for a few cycles before coming down. With FOLFIRI and Avastin, it continued…
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Folfox Again
Saw onc on wednesday to go over results of scan last friday. Again reults were a mixed bag. The pelvic mass shrank some but the mets to liver grew some. So it's back to folfox again. Have been on iriontecan and vectibix for the last year and it worked well for awhile but CEA has risen steadily for the last couple of months…
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Blood clot
Can anybody tell me what a blood clot in the calf feels like? I've been having some horrible pain since 2:00 a.m. I called my doctor and she wouldn't even see me, told me to go to the ER. I don't want to go sit for 2 or 3 hours in the OR just to be told I'm having calf cramps. Maybe if I had a little more information, I…
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Sometimes Timing is Everything
A friend of mine in the state of Washington, her husband is into motocross. So a month or so ago, he gets in a huge accident. Broken ribs, torn parts of body, couple of weeks in the hospital. While he's there, they discover a tumor on his kidney. After he healed from the motocross accident, which was just last week, he had…
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Gary! Man-U vs Barcelona!
What a Match!
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follow up chemo
Good Morning, I have a question. Since my visit with the surgeon I have been wondering about his saying I will probably not need chemo. (If no other cancer is found). He said there is no scientific evidence that it prevents a recurrence. Now, I am not a big fan of chemo. However, I guess i have it in my head that it would…
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I've been reading, wanted to say "hi"
I've been reading this board since my diagnosis September 14, 2010, but haven't written anything. Today, I want to say hello and thank you. Reading this board is more helpful than you know. I was diagnosed Stave IV with mets to my liver. They said my liver was 75% full of tumors, and were shocked that I was not jaundice.…
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Lovenux Injection
Hello- Is anyone taking the Lovenux injection shots for long term? My husband has a blood clot and the treat it for the past month but it is still there so they have put him on this injection twice a day for a year. That is excessive to me but the doctor explained that without it, his blood would not work properly and more…
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worried about worry
Dear Friends, What an interesting week, remember when we were teenagers we would have physical growth spurts, well I still think its possible to have emotional growth spurts, I feel like an old dog being encouraged to learn new tricks. So I have learned alot this week about many on our wonderful forum and myself.…
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Liver damage
I'm starting a new thread about this because it is near and dear to my heart and very much an integral part of my journey. If you don't want to hear about how your diet can impact your health (good and bad), stop reading now! In 2004 when I decided to stop chemo, I still had 2 active tumors in my liver and my oncologist…
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genetically modified foods
Hi All, Don't know how many of you read articles from Dr. Mercola's website, but I find most of them very interesting and enlightening. Below is a link to a particlar article on genetically modified food and some that is already taking place with a link to ingrown pesticide. I haven't figured out how to put a link to click…
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Yay!
Got my ultrasound results. Everything is GOOD! *hugs* Gail
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results
I had my scan and follow up yesterday with the surgeon and radiation oncologist that di my Therashperes. Scan was good and CEA was only a .7, yeah!!! Now I get to go to 6 month scans. I had a in depth conversation with rad onc about the theraspheres. They are totally different than the SIr Spheres. The Sir Spheres are and…
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Since Pete43 brought it up.....
In a response Pete43 wrote on Craigs latest post- "I am so jealous of your amazing writing ability, but glad we have a diverse board that goes from cannot spell to gifted in written communication" looking back at my old post I have noticed I have fallen into the cannot spell category;) I don't mind laughing at myself but…
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Lovekitties ,AnneCan,Cheryl!
Just know i miss you!. Hope to see you soon!
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Does anyone have been treated twice with the same chemo and worked?.
In case you don't have other chemo choice and last time you have used it was two years ago and then worked, is it possible to use it again?. Just to know about , not needed for the moment. Thank you all.
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AnneCan how are you?
Dear Anne, Just want to let you know I have been thinking of you... how are you doing lately? Love Dora
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Lori
Lori just wanted to say thinking of you. Hugs
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May I ask what happened to Pete 42 lost at seas "Tea" post that ended up with apricot kernels and i
Would simply like to know where it went or went awry ?
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rectal cancer surgery
Female (middle aged)--- Stage IIA Colorectal cancer – T3 (tumor presented at 11 cm up), N0, M0, Grade G2, moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma Completed 28 days of chemo-radiation - have had no side effects & bowels are functioning normally First, my surgeon is recommending Total mesorectal excision (TME)and surgical…