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node in presacral space
Hi I have recently been rediagnosed with recurrent colon cancer stage IV, i had to have an complete abdominal hysterectomy in May, the tumors were wrapping around my ureters. I had my colon removed from the original diagnosis in 2006 and 6 mos of 5FU treatment. I am now doing 5FU and Avastin treatment but had to stop the…
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Thanksgiving
Came across this poem and wanted to post: More Than A Day As Thanksgiving Day rolls around, It brings up some facts, quite profound. We may think that we're poor, Feel like bums, insecure, But in truth, our riches astound. We have friends and family we love; We have guidance from heaven above. We have so much more Than…
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celebrating two years NED
Today I am celebrating my second anniversary of NED. I was diagnosed Nov 3, 2008 at age 49 with Stage II TN3, had surgery on the 16th and Ileo Ostomy takedown in June 2009. Did 2 rounds of Folfox, could not tolerate the oxaliplatin, did 6 rounds of Folfiri, and elected not to do any radiation. My hair is back if full glory…
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Friday Riddle
Remember NO Googling or searching the Internet allowed and good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My age is half of a perfect square. My age is 2 times a perfect square. My age is one-eighth of a perfect square. Reverse the digits of my age to get a perfect square. How old am I?
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Help UPDATE!!!!!!!!
Hello Dear Ones, I have been silent for awhile but lurking and praying everyday (several times). I know you all understand how sometimes we just don't know what to say or how to say it....soooooo forgive me for not joining in to the discussions. I am now NED for 3 years (Oct 2007) Stage IIIC. I am feeling very blessed to…
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Blood clot question
Chris had blood clots (PE) a year ago in Aug and was on coumadin ever since til he had his port out about a month ago.. The last 4 days he has a horrible pain in his right leg in the upper part of his clave. Once you have PEs are you more likly to get them again? I am wondering if they should put him back on the meds.. I…
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AMCP.....MY HUSBAND HAS PASSED
I have been on the site since a couple of years. My husband Frank was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in Aug 2006. He has his first surgery of 9-15-06. Four years and two months to the date of his first surgery, Frank went home to be with GOD!!!! He was surrounded by his family, our two sons and myself. I was holding his…
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Need some hugs today
Hi everyone, just got the news my CEA level is now up to 22. It waw slowly rising, and I have been off chemo for 6 mos, feeling great. Am on Avastin every three weeks. My Dr. says he expected it to rise, he will wait for my CAT scan results (scan is in 2 weeks) and when it is appropriate he will put me back on a different…
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Thought of the Day
“When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.” ~ Helen Keller
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Please share in my joy..( First bath )
Semi friends...we have had so much sorrow and loss in the past year, it breaks my heart. I hope that my sharing a new life in our family will make your day sunny...it certainly has me going! Take a look at this new life (my avatar for a few days). Born Nov.16th after 45 hrs. of hard labor. My new Grandson who is nameless…
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coping with the holidays-TIPS Accepted
I thought we would chat about recopes to preparations to my fav topoc- Relative avoidance!
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careing for the activley dying
My mom has been fighting colon cancer for over a year and a half. she is now in the active dying stage with termanal aggatation. she has metastisis in the liver, uterus, and pelvic area. she also has sepstis. the halusanations, confusion, and pain are so bad. my heart bleeds for her she cant swallow and hasnt had any food…
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Chemo postponed, platelets not showing up for the party
Jacks chemo was postponed today... Doc said his platelets were too low, they were in the 70's, last check pre chemo #2(2wks) they were in the 90's. Scheduled to go back 12/1. Doc said he did not look like the same man he met 4 weeks ago and he felt Jack needed a break, when we start up again he will adjust the 5FU down.…
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Lori-S
your new picture is beautiful, but so was your old one; what can I say?
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Back from Dermatologist.... bad..and good
Well....the spot was cancer. HOWEVER.... it was basal cell and all on the surface. So doc cut it out and burned it. He said it will not even leave a scar. Good thing cause it's about the size of a dime..and ugly!!! Doc siad good thing I did not wait til February to see other doc because by then it would have spread more.…
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My wife.
My wife is passed away on 16th of november.She was fighter and she was struggling to the end.Thank you all for help and keep fighting. Regards,Alex.
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problems with ostomy bag
Hi my name is Angie and I am posting on here for my grandmother who is a cancer survivor for 19 years now. PTL! She does have a Ostomy bag and I was wondering if there is anything anyone knows about any special clothing made for people with these bags. She has so much trouble with hers just coming off and she has a mess…
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Thank you all for the hugs
I hope I didn't miss anyone, and apologize for the triple post. Just want to say thank you for getting me through this afternoon. I am amazed at all of your support, caring and love. Am going to be fine, thanks to all of you.. hugs back, Joyce
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Pepe are you MIA?
I haven't seen any posts today; is everythink OK?
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CHRISTMAS CARD LIST
Hello Everyone! For the old timers here, yep its that time again, for our new friends, we would like to invite you to join us in our Christmas Card list. Here is the deal, our dear friend Donna (RIP) and I worked together last year to get Christmas card list for those who wanted to participate, we created the list, shared…
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Chronic Cough
I believe that I have mentioned that I have had this cough that I can't seem to get rid of and thought that it could possibly be cancer in the lungs. Well my cough got so bad that I was going without sleep. I went to see a new primary care doctor and he said I had a touch of asthma, but that he needed to do x-rays. I asked…
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Reading Room: "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer."
NPR story talking with Oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee about his book "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer." Link to story You can listen or download the audio interview as an mp3 from the NPR site or I posted it here and you can listen or download it from there. I did not get to listen to it all since my…
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Hey Jennie - Idlehunters
Just checking in. Hope all goes well with your doc today re the spot you're getting checked out. Let us know how it goes. Good luck!
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My Favorite Insurance Stalling Tactics
I have been dealing with this all morning. I don't really get upset anymore because I realize what it is. 1. You need to fill out this form stating whether you have another insurance and we are going to deny anything that comes in, until you do. 2. Docs that you have been using all of a sudden become Out of Network.
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I was told that 90% of recurrence happens in the first year.
My oncologist told me that with colon cancer if there is a recurrence then it will happen within the first year in 90% of the cases. What he wasn’t clear on is if the recurrence happens one year after the last chemo treatment, or one year after the resection. My last chemo treatment was six months ago, and my resection was…
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silly side effect from first day of chemo
hi everyone, i had a long day yesterday at the chemo clinic. after seeing the doc and getting bw, joined the other early birds in the great room for my many bags of chemo, (flofiri) some very little (flushes) some medium and some large, along with pushes of 5fu and the anti nausea meds. after getting drowsy from the…
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Sharing of a poem written by eric38
Thought that I would share eric38' Turkey Poem (Just a little humor for Thanksgiving) Thanksgiving Turkey Leonard was a turkey of the friendly kind, everyone was trustworthy in Leonard's turkey mind. He lived with his family until one fateful day a farmer came and took Leonard the trusting turkey away. Leonard was leary at…
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Sonia, where are you?
Hey, Sonia. I tried to reply to your message on facebook, and it acts like you're not there anymore! Where are you? *hugs* Gail
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Now I know how and why I can beat this crap
I have learned that you find who your true friends are and who really cares for you when you get onto a cancer journey. It does warm the heart. Just as you all have for me here. It is better then croaking quickly with a heart attack and never knowing how folks really felt about you. I got this statement in an email from…
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Good news!
My Mom - IIB T4- dx almost 2 years ago to the date with emergency resection followed by chemo- had follow up CT scan today. ALL CLEAR!!!! Her CEA is < .005. This is amazing news- as she hasn't been feeling well for a few months with mainly generalized body pain and fatigue. We are so thankful with her news! My youngest…