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YOUR OPINION PLEASE.
If your liver met, has disappear thanks to chemo, is it necessary to have surgery? have it happened to any of you?. Any answer will be appreciated.
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I just hired my brain doc back
Yep, he was man enough to call me and talk me into staying with him. The scary old woman is happy about it. There really is no one with any experience down here in the country. Most importantly the brain doc now knows don’t mess with me. I start a different seizure drug tomorrow. I bet his staff will listen to me now when…
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Just diagnosed and going to M D Anderson Sunday
My 44-yr-old son has recently been diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer and is going to M D Anderson this Sunday. He has appointments on Mon, Tues, and Wed. He has not had any treatment so far. Can anyone give us some idea of what to expect there? His cancer is in his colon and his liver, and PET scan did now show it to be…
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Today's CT scan results
I met with my onc today + she had the results from my Dec 23 CT scan. The bottom line is my cancer is fairly stable, with a little bit of progression. My CEA has been going up. My onc is keeping me on my current chemo regimen (folfiri + avastin), will scan me in a few months, + will see what is happening then. She is…
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Surgery
Took six hours, removed entire rectum and I lost two pints of blood, now I just need to be patient with the pain.
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Okay!
Got my CEA results today. I'm in great shape (at least as far as that is concerned!). Whew! The mirror tells me there's work to do on the rest of me! *hugs* Gail
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Had a good cry today
And asked God to take me instead of my son. Things are not looking good for him. Today was the first time that I had a good conference with 3 of his doctors. Primary, infectious disease, and pulmonologist. The surgeon was not avaialbe but, I was told that she did not want to attempt surgery as she did not think that he…
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Halfway point...
...After pump comes off thursday. Yea had round 6 today & the Onc said all blood work looks good. Finally cooled off some here so now getting some hand stinging. Otherwise dealing with side effects well, just some nausea & pain in arm/shoulder. So glad only 6 more treatments left, hope they go by quicker!
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Last FOLFIRI tomorrow,,, Yeah HOO!!!
Yes...over the last three years I have had 30 chemos....28 radiations... And guess what...I survived it!!! Tomorrow is the last of my scheduled doses..... February 11th will be my "3rd" birthday as this is the date my original cancer operation occured and got the worst of it out... So...to all of my colon-friends here...I…
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CEA up
Well Jorges CEA count is up to 2.7 from 2.6 I know its more likely nothing so I'm going to try my best not to worry about it .
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Back from PET/CT......
Hi Guys! This was my first PET/CT at St. Louis U. Oh my gosh are they thorough!!! They did a head to toe PET/CT. I told them I never had one covering the entire body and didn't know it was even possible since my place never does it. We have discussed this here on the boards and I don't think anyone really came up with a…
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Need some info
History Huband dx with Stage IV colon with over 11 mets to liver in May 09 Colon resection June 09, followed by Folfox. Regimen changed to Folfiri with Cetuximab - has been on chemo for the past 18 mos. Has 3 blood clots in port area and gives himself Lovenox shots twice daily. I have not posted for a long while and would…
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Maglets!
Hola!
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Unbelievable
Hi everyone,most of you in various countries have seen pictures of the flood crisis in the Australian state of Queensland. I live in the S.east corner of the state and for the most part we have had an enormous amount of rain but have so far been lucky to have only minor flooding. That has changed in the last two days…
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I fired my brain doc
Yep, I fired the idiot. When a brain doc puts you on a drug like Keppra and you have major problems with side effects. Like thoughts of suicide, chills and blurred vision. All of them being on the known list of bad side effects. I explained all of this to the doc and he says I should see my primary doc (primary doc did not…
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A Little Late; Happy B-Day
to all the January 2011 babies, including: grandma2selena Debbie January 3 kfalvey Kandy January 3 moesimo Maureen January 6 ittapp Patti January 10 lawlak January 12 lilmiss82 January 18 Lesvanb Leslie January 23 muzzy Jeff January 31 mosole09 January 31 If would like to become part of the Semi-Colon B-Day List, please…
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need some help on deciding to rego more chemo, please read
hi there, here for my brother, who is 57, had colon surgery and the bag put on 8 yrs ago, no chemo at that time, came back in sacrum and stomach oct 2009, did lotsa chemo and radiation, he got a major hit of chemo in june 2010 almost killed him. its a miricle he survived it, anyway he bounced back and decided no more…
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What do we expect from Colorectal cancer spread to liver?
My father who is 62 was diagnosed with Stage 4 colorectal cancer which has spread to his liver. He is to start Chemo on friday afternoon. He had a bonescan last thursday and will find out the result of it tomorrow. As a family we are devastated but pulling together to fight with everything we have. My question is what…
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miserable folfox treatment # 6
On Wednesday I had treatment #6 Folfox scheduled for 10am. My platelets had returned to levels high enough for me to do chemo. Normally, I get chemo on Monday and unplugged on Wednesday. They delayed my chemo on Wednesday because they were not sure if the Neupagon shots they gave me increased my WBC way high to 12.5 or if…
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Friday Riddle Answer
PLGreg has the correct answer. CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIDDLE: LWS Inc recently came out with a series of three digit combination locks. The only problem is they were slightly defective. No combinations that started or ended in a zero would work, and combinations worked whether they were entered backwards or forwards.…
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chemo xeloda
Hi, my husband is in his 5th cycle after surgery to remove stage 3b tumor from colon,so far so good, but chemo is getting him down constantly going for to toilet for loose stools, sometime 10 times a day! anyone having same proplems he is 53.
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Mammagram Retake
Well, I have to retake my mammogram next week, they have areas on both breast, that they want to get closer on. Great! Why do we always jump to CANCER! DUMB QUESTION!
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3 down and 9 to go! :)
I had my third folfox yesterday and I slept through a lot of the 6 hour day. Makes me a little more tired and some nausea, but I use my meds and I'm still eating ok I think. The main thing is the cold sensitivity is worse this time tingly fingers were hurting and I wore my Target gloves all day today. And my hands began…
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diviticultis
I am in hospital with iv/meds/ice only. Had colonscopy 10/10 which show no evidence of further cancer but plenty of divituculi. Had bad left side pain, story short, got worse,hosptialized. Know from before it can become inflamed and need to be removed, so we are trying avoid that, since half my colon is gone from cancer.…
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surgery this wednesday
Well folks the day is approching quickly now. After 5 weeks of chemo and rad, and 5 weeks of "cool down" I am set to go into surgery to remove my shrunken uninvited guest. So far the plan is laparoscopic surgery, but as with all else," that depends". no pun intended, I can't wait to put this situation behind me. I'd be…
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PET/CT scheduled the 11th...it's a biggy!!!! Nervous.....
Hey guys! Well, I just finished a PM to Lisa42 and boy did I unload on her. She must think I'm a real pistol! Lisa.... thank you for being my friend. Really girlfriend. I sure needed that. I think sometimes we all just let stuff build up and "pretend" its ok when really we are feeling its not... thats the place I was in.…
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darn rising CEA
Hi, My CEA, which has always been very reliable for me, has been playing the up and down game lately. I know some up and down is normal, but when it's already so elevated, it definitely makes me worried when it goes up. Mine gets checked every 3 weeks, with the start of each 3 wk cycle. Three times ago (after stopping…
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Howdy - Not Been Myself Lately - Sundance Update
Well, I can see that there is concern and folks have been asking about me. Thought I would take a minute out to put out a status to ease everyone's mind... Bottom line: Treatment has been a rough go this time 'round. From the open surgery, the 30 rad Tx's the 6-week chemo, 46-hour pumps, and the Big Folfori Margaritas,…
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Need suggestions for " too much gas"
And I do not mean for the auto. Can someone suggest something to take for passing gas? I am scheduled to go to convention in Alabama in a few weeks. Husband uncomfortable about going with me because he never knows when it might come out. Thanks for any help offered. Farmgal
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Opening of enrollment in US of Phase I CRC study announced today at
www.prnewswire.com title: Oncolytics Biotech Inc Announces Opening of Enrollment in US Phase I Colorectal Cancer Study This involves using REOLYSIN (this firm's drug) in combo with FOLFIRI for those with oxaliplatin refractory/intolerant Kras mutant CRC Meanwhile,a company called Pro-Pharma seems to be getting positive…