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Question on a procedure
I have dozens of mets in my lungs. Despite chemo, they are increasing. Did anyone have SBRT or gamma knife done on just a few big ones when the rest were left behind? Butt.
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a virus that kills all cancer types in mice
an Australian company have made a virus that kills all cancer types in mice. The treatment is called is called CF33. Trials are starting next year. Here is a link. https://www.news.com.au/national/human-trials-to-begin-next-year-using-a-virus-to-kill-cancer/news-story/f38cd02d2652a2ff3ae90a51b4893423
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Ostomy supplies..
Hi everyone, Right now I have 6 boxes of wafers and 2 boxes of the corresponding pouches, they are the kind that require the clip. I also have clips, a box of barrier wipes and a box of adhesive remover wipes. I switched to a different company, and the pouches I'm using are the kind with the velcro thing for the closure.…
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Concerning
i had a right hemi removing 12“ of colon stage 2a diagnosis in May of 18, colonoscopy in May of 19 they removed small polyp (4mm) was benign everything else clear. Red blood on toilet paper today but not in bowel or on stool. My report did indicate internal hemoraids. I have not had any irration and have been feeling good.…
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Immunotherapy side effects
I signed a paper yesterday to get tested to see if I am a fit for a clinical trial that has a chemo drug and an immunotherapy drug. There is that possiblility with immunotherapy, very rare, but still there, of it causing your immune system to attack your organs. For those of you who have taken immunotherapy, how do you…
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Scan Questions
For my lung scan two were unchanged, one increased by .2 cm. The liver one shrunk by half. Is there ANY possibilty that maybe some of the cells are just dead but still occupying space? I know I am grasping at straws, and that it could have been much worse. I was really expecting/hoping for shrinkage and definitely not…
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FIT and Cologuard: Conflicting Results - CT Colonography Results
Hi! It was suggested that I start a new thread on this topic so that my post would not be lost. So glad I found this discussion board. History: I have had several bouts of IBS iover my adult life. Typical symtoms - bloating, occassional cramping, sometimes diarrhea and sometimes constipation, 'noisy' GI tract, etc. but…
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Happy Birthday Kazenmax
Let's par-tay! I hope you have a splendid day, filled with all the joys that life can bring. Happy Day! Tru
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Folfox - not sure what to expect
Hello Everyone, as I've stated, I am new to this process. I will be starting the treatments on Tuesday and as of yet I have not received any teaching so I really don't know what to expect. I was told that I will have to have twelve treatments of Folfox and these treatments will include a five hour session and I will have…
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Clinical Trial
After 6 months of NED after right hemi-colectomy, liver resection and SBRT as well as 12 rounds of chemo (6-folfox, 6-folfiri) a new met has shown up in my liver. My oncologist has suggested a clinical trial that he is part of at UTSW that is using cetuximab with durvalumab w/without monalizumab. Sounds like it's all…
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When are you considered a survivor?
I go for my first scan since surgery tomorrow, and I've been thinking a lot about this lately. I shy away from the term "survivor" because I don't feel I've met that goal yet. I'm interested in know what all of YOU think the term survivor means. Anne
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Exhausted!
Had my 10th erbutix/irinotecan infusion Tues, and cannot get enough sleep and rest. I am so exhausted. I wonder if the fatigue is cumulative, or if it is because my flight back from my reunion was 12 hours before my infusion Tuesday and the combo of fatigue from vacation is making this rounds fatigue worse.
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NED!!!
Another Ned for Sandy.....yippeeeeeeee! 3 1/2 years now. I'm so thankful for finding this site it's helped me so much along the way.
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Hope for Neuropathy?
I came accross this article in abstract form only that may provide some hope for those with neuropathy (please note that this appears to be a very preliminary mouse study): Oxaliplatin is a cornerstone chemotherapeutic used in the treatment of colorectal cancer, the third leading cause of death in Western countries. Most…
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Lonsurf costs and is it worth it?
The doctor wants to put my mom on Lonsurf but it is apparently around $12,000 per month? Not sure if Medicare or the drug company will cover any of it, she is going to see about completing paperwork tomorrow. How much are most people paying for it? Second, is it even worth it? I saw studies only showed an extra 2 months of…
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Happy Birthday, Cinda
Happy Birthday for tomorrow, 21st. I will be heading off to the airport early, and did not want to miss your celebration. I hope you have a wonderful day, filled with love and light, family and good food. This will be me tomorrow, celebrating you as I fly high through the sky. Tru
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is there anything else we can do?
I'm afraid my mother is reaching the end stage 4 with mets in liver/lungs since September 2017, we tried everything we could (Folfox, Folfiri, avastin, lonsurf) - nothing worked for long, now off chemo for a couple of months as we have run out of options. She has been hospitalised quite a few times over the last month, now…
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Afraid to do chemo
Hello everyone, Beginning of July 2019 my husband was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. He just had his surgery and is 8 days out. He had 18 in of his colon removed (oddly the surgeon said he had extra colon), surgeon said all cancer is gone and he is recovering ok, little rocky here and there. Now in about 4 weeks he…
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Extension
Hi all I just came home From my first scan since I have been away from chemo for 2 months. NED My break from chemo was just extended another 3 months, then i’ll get next scan etc . I don’t have to go back till mid January. Go Science!!! (feel like dancing) SK
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Anyone use Subsys (fentanyl under tongue spray for severe pain?
I was called by my oncologist's nurse this afternoon with an update on my pain med refill. We have been trying to get my subsys refilled for the past two weeks (since my last treatment) and it was taking much longer than usual to get a call from the specilaity pharmacy to schedule a delivery day and time. When the nurse…
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ovarian and colon cancer
I have ovarian cancer and colon cancer in 2 areas with large tumor almost causeing complete blockage, lucky a small path so I can go to bathroom. I was told I had the colon cancer 1 year ago all they do is keep sending me for test . I did do radiation and 5fu. but it just burned tumor and didn't swink it. Now its in female…
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Tears come too easy
Does anyone else cry easily at emotional scenes now on TV? I had to stop watching This is Us after I was diagnosed. I love the show 911 but I am guaranteed to cry. I wonder if it is hormonal and has an actual physical cause or if now I truly know how easy it is to lose it all and it is all my fragile mental state.
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Metastatic Colon Cancer
Hi all and let me say that I am so sorry that we are all here but thankful for others to talk to. I know we are not doctors but we do have experience so I'd like to ask advise based on that. My husband's cancer has returned in his lungs, a lymph node and ribs. He was given one infusion of Vectibix and Irenotican. A few…
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Started Irinotecan with Vectibix last week, help!
Started Irinotecan with Vectibix last week and I read about people getting a rash and nausea but the last 24 hrs. I've seen the redness worsen and it has gotten very painful. I also have mouth sores so bad, like I have never seen before. I had mouth sores on FolFox but this is twice as bad. I hope it peaks soon and gets…
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Call me a lurker & Opdivo update
It's been a while since I have posted, but I wanted you all to know I have been checking in to see how everyone is. So sad to see some of the recent posts, so happy for others.....It really is a rollercoaster ride this horrible disease! I just don't want to keep posting the negativity going on since it could scare those…
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Bent But Not Broken
It's 4:30 and I am wide awake...nothing new. I've had this post on my mind for a few days. So much has happened within the past year. September of last year was when all hell broke loose for me. My life did a complete 90 degree turn in a matter of days. Ever see the movie "The Perfect Storm"? There were days when I felt…
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My husband starts chemo next week
he had some atypical cells come back in a scraping from his bile ducts. He has a structure in his duodenum as well that also had atypical cells. Cancer in Situ they called it. He has tissue growth around his common bile duct they are watching didn't biopsy it because he knew he was doing chemo so if it shrinks it was…
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Help Interpreting Scan Results
I just got PET scan results in my online med chart, but don't see the doc until April 17…he's on vacation. I'm googling, but would love some help interpreting what I'm reading. I had colon cancer with resection 5 years ago. Stage IIIb. CEA levels have been steady between .5 and 1.8 until 6 weeks ago. Then they went to 7.9,…
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My oncologist said NO to wine
I was hoping it would be okay to have a couple of glasses of wine towards the end of my 14 day cycle, so I asked my oncologist. He very adamently said NO! and gave me a mini lecture. How disappointing.
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Newly diagnosed and need surgery
Hello. I was newly diagnosed with signet ring cell carcinoma in my colon. Seems the terminal ileum, ileocecal valve and cecum ate affected. CT shows non metastatic. But when I read about this it’s scary. Diagnosis was from biopsy during colonoscopy. I have kaiser. I hear mixed things. I’m meeting several surgeons because…