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The Old Lady is Starting College
I did my college assessment today, and I'm not as dumb book wise as I thought. I get to take the "big kids" college courses and no remedial. Not bad for someone that got out of school 35 years ago, with only a GED so she could join the Air Force!!! It'll be 3 months before school starts (I think) time for some recovery…
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pill chemo
can anyone with experience with pill chemo tell me if side effects get better when you switch too pills..especially eating ..thanks you
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What a screwed up day with my screwed up brain
My Rad Onc at the country hospital called and she said the guy that reads the MRI said the tumor looks like a benign one like Pat talked about with her mother. The Onc said I should at least get a biopsy done. This was a damn nice way to start the day. Should have known better then to get too positive. We then get with the…
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Funny story.......at least to me
This morning my husband took the kids to school and then came home to work on his outbuilding he is building. I said to myself, " come on self, get up and bath and let's work.". Right now I have ascites so my belly is big. I was just lying in my tub looking at my big ol' belly reminiscing of being pregnant. I had twins, so…
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Our Friend Brooks (just4Brooks) Is In the Hospital ** UPDATED **
Hi Everybody, I got a call and text from our buddy, Brooks. He's been in the hospital since Wednesday and is having surgery this coming Sunday. He's back in with bowel obstructions - the goal of the surgery is to take out the kink where his ileo was, so that this will not happen again. I asked him if he wanted me to open…
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hey mag
hey mag any word on your test from Friday hugs Tina
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How did you know?
For everyone who suffered liver mets after NED; did you have the same symptoms of pain on the upper right side, and in your back? My biopsy is tomorrow, three 1cm, 1.7cm lesions on my liver even though my pet scan, all bloodwork, scans period have been clear. Wish me well. Very nervous about it to say the least. Val
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Deer season is the best damn time to clear your head
I did not get a deer yet. Next season I am moving my damn deer stand. However, this has been a great weekend with my sons and grandsons. The dump bed of the Kubota is well stained with deer blood. The highlight so far was the 13 year old grandson getting his deer. The second place winner was him puking while gutting it.…
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When Life as it is doesn't seem to be that great anymore...........a survivors perspective
March 25th 2008, a date that would change my life forever. I lost all reason to continue to move forward doing the things that I knew needed done. I lost all of my chances at dreams to retire and take life easy. I spent more money in the last 2 years than I have in my entire life with this. I spent 2 years worrying about…
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John (JR)
Hello everyone, I have lost track of everyone on the board. My focus has been on John. He isn't doing good at all. He isn't eating much at all. Hospice is coming once a week. I feel so helpless. We still talk and watch TV together. I do know it won't be long. All of you keep up the fight. You all are in my heart because…
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Well enough to get 'normal' sick....lol!
So, I have been down for the count for the last 4 days from bronchitis. YIKES!!! I feel like every time I cough, I'm bring up a lung!!!! For me, I've been lucky to be healthy (well all the small stuff...lol...not the big stuff like cancer) for all of my life, and so this has got me down on the couch! I went to the doctor…
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cyberknife for recurrent rectal tumor a no-go & update on other
I went in for a cyberknife consultation this morning to discuss both the possibility of having cyberknife instead of surgery (anal excision) on my recurrent rectal tumor (now about a 1/2 cm) & I also wanted them to see if I could have cyberknife for 1 or 2 of my lung nodules that seem more chemo resistant. The jury is…
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herdizziness
I was just imagining your garden and how peaceful it must look.
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Question about how long you continued chemo??
Hello - I just completed my 11th Folfori plus Avastin chemo this week. It is kicking my butt! I had the infusion Wednesday and didn't even get out of bed Thursday! Finally today I feel a bit better. But here is my issue....I had a reoccurance in May in the plureal area of my lung. So we started the chemo early…
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Last chemo treatment for Mom tomorrow
Hi everyone, Just wanted to share that Mom has her last chemo treatment tomorrow :) She is so excited and happy. I know we are not out of the woods, we will need a scan in a few weeks, but I'm just enjoying seeing her smiling and happy. She actually gained more weight from last months treatment. She is up to 138. She said…
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Have to tell story
but don't want to jenx myself. Here it goes. Had my annual physical with my primary care doc on 11 Nov (been seeing him for 20+ yrs). Great bedside manner:) First test was the EKG. The nurse comes in hooks me up (beam me up scottie) and presses the majic button. Poof, the machines spits out all this up and down lines and…
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Hoping everything goes well for today KERRY
Hey Kerry, thinking of you while you're on your trip to STL to see the brain surgeon. Good luck!
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Chemo delayed - tweaking it now
I've been having a very hard time with FOLFIRI now. I barely left my bedroom the first 8 days. And then the diarrhea hit. Every time I thought I had it under control, if I ate again, it hit again. I can't take Lomotil anymore, as it has Atropine in it, and I've had problems with Atropine eye drops, and the Lomotil now.…
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6 weeks post op 1 day pre chemo
I reached the magic day to resume normal activity after my life-changing surgery six weeks ago, I am not counting my port placement, and I returned to my exercise class today!!!!! I almost geared up with the warm welcome back from everyone but that could be from the menopause, nah it was truly, moving to start acting…
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Craig how did Brooks surgery go?
I'm just wondering if you have heard anything yet. Winter Marie
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Good news and bad news today at chemo
I feel like I was ran over by a Mac truck, and I'm fading fast. Here is the short version. The long version is on my CaringBridge page. After 3 tx of FOLFIRI and Irinotecan, my CEA is in normal range!!!! 2.7 yesterday. Bad news - port wouldn't work, took 2 hours, over 20 salines, 2 heparins, lay back, cough, breathe deep,…
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Pepe
I got a chemo break for a week! I'm going "home" to the island. I wish you could have a break too, so you and your wife could come join us for dinner at Rolandi's.
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Naked dance !!!
JUst got home from a week at the midwest cancer treatment center in Zion Illinois... all scans came back clear!!! upper third stage 3 rectal cancer.. 49 yrs. old.. six months of folfox-6.. I cant thank all my friends here enough!! I havent kept up as much as I should have but you all have helped me so much .. I couldnt be…
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Marie (herdizziness) you got a PM!
up.
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does anyone take notes one the forum?
does anyone have a little notebook and take notes of people on the forum? Some of you.....(craig) whose name shall go unnamed seem to remember everything. This is such a nice thing when people remember others` chemo regime or surgery dates etc. I feel in such a fog sometimes I wonder if you do because I like to. just askin…
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Buzzard
Where are you?
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Friday Riddle Answer
CONGRATS to Jaramo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIDDLE: I can build a building, or tear it down. I can make you blind, or help you see. I am bigger than all the oceans, but I can fit in the palm of your hand. What am I? ANSWER: Sand. Sand storms destroy buildings and sand is in the motar that is used to build them. sand in…
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what kind of sx today???
About to head to the hospital, hoping to catch our surgeon on his AM rounds. Robert developed a hernia by his ileo and it kinked off his intestine. Now the question is whether to just fix the hernia or fix it and do a reversal? It is a loop ileo, and he's had it for two years and it keeps getting put off because of…
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Why are tests so unreliable????
Hello, Been gone awhile. Working, working, working! I am a stage 3 colon cancer survivor; diagnosed April 08. A scan back in June 2010 revealed 2 small lesions on liver (1cm & 1.7cm). Doc at that time said he believed them to be blood vessels and wanted to just monitor them. Even though all bloodwork and CEA was good I did…
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CALENDAR models!!!!
Hello!!!!!! I'm still waiting on some pictures!!!! You know who you are~!!!!! Buzz???? LOL. Come on all, I need to get the pics in. Holidays are coming and I've got a bit to do. So please send me your pics for the month your in, and everyone else, send in those cover pictures for the front of the calendar, with your signs,…