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Mags
You look like you are having way too much fun in your new photo! Cheers!
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"40th Wedding Anniversary"
Today, 10/10/10, is our 40th Wedding Anniversary. Looking forward to many more!
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casseroles......update clear scan
Tomorrow is the beginning of the Thanksgiving weekend in Canada. I was at my kitchen window baking oat cakes when I looked out the window and saw a gal walking down the street with a big casserole wrapped up in a towel. my heart gave a lurch....thank you I thought....someone who is ill is getting a nice warm supper and I…
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Concern about twins ***UPDATE
Hello semis, This afternoon my son called and he said that my daughter in law went into early labor last night. She is 23 week pregnant with twin boys. We are very concerned. The labor was stopped and she is getting steroids to help the babies lungs develop. The doctors had originally wanted her to go to 34 weeks, but now…
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any insight?
So, I'm 30 and had never dealt with a major loss until the death of my mom on August 29th. Call me crazy, but I just don't feel like she is gone. I feel like her spirit is still with me. I feel like she is around me everywhere. Aside from the obvious, I can't pick up the phone to call her, or see her etc, I just can't…
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CEA count
Just thought I'd mention because I'm so happy, my CEA count is now 5.8, in March of this year it was 2154. Buying the OOU nurses a cake tomorrow and having 5.8 put on top. LOL. Also only doing Xeloda, no Oxi for me tomorrow, yea!!!
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Raising the bucks-update!
Our little Relay team, which raised just over $5000 last year, launched its new year of fundraising today with a bake sale. There was a street festival, and our church had a big yard sale and chicken dinner sale, and we were able to hold a bake sale in conjunction with that. We raised $217. We're on our way! *hugs* Gail We…
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Photos of my power port
If you want to see what a power port looks like, I have put photos of mine on my expressions page. I had this one in me for over 18 months. Kerry
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You were right
You were right there are too many questions to stay away from you guys for the next several months. First I had my power port installed on Wednesday. I was surprised how small they have become. The one they wanted to put in me almost five years ago was the size of a hubcap. This one is smaller than a half dollar and…
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all i want to say
All I want to say is that is a awesome place to meet people .I haven been here for very long but you guys have giving me the best of hope . I love all of you guys here . HAPPY THANKSGEVING <3
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Made it through my first chemo.
Well I made it through my first chemo treatment now 11 more to go. I was really tired , upset stomach and it felt like I was swallowing razor blades if I drank anything that a chill to it. But My Doctor also gave me the bad news of my pet scan results. He found a mass in my pelvic area. Now I have to go see my ob and have…
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FIRDAY again any interesting plan?
I don't know what to do ,honestly.
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING, EH?
I just want to wish all my Canadian friends a very Happy Thanksgiving weekend! I hope all of you have a wonderful one!
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Today.. Got CT results on Cyberknife
Hey Everybody!!! Got a CT scan today for follow-up after Cyberknife last month. Doc says he is very pleased and considers it a complete success. Only a little spot remains in the area and he said that is scar tissue. I did not realize that my air passage had been slightly blocked due to the location of the tumor in the…
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problems with new port- update & good CEA news
Well I went in for chemo today and my new port (which I've had chemo on twice now with)... no problem with getting the blood drawn, but when the nurse went to flush the port after drawing the blood, I got an awful burning sensation under my port going down towards my breast. That is exactly what happened with my old port…
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Flu Shot?
Heard different opinions on getting one while on Chemo. I get Port installed Monday and prob start infusions soon after. Should I go ahead and get the flu shot now? Guess really should be asking my ONC but what are your thoughts?
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neupogen vs neulesta?
Anyone done both? Any comparisons?
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Newbie here, but not to cancer
My DH was dx with stage iv colon cancer mets to the liver 12/08, two weeks after my father passed away(not from cancer). We were blindsided, to say the least. Colon resection, iliostomy, chemo once a week for 26 weeks. In the middle of that, right lobe liver resection and finished chemo in Oct '09. No evidence of cancer…
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The latest just out from Dr. Lenz on upcoming trials at USC
Hello Everyone- I just copied and pasted what I received on my C3 e-newsletter from "The Desk of Dr. Lenz" at USC in Los Angeles. The main trial he is referring to is one that supposedly targets the cancer stem cells. It will be a phase I trial and looks like it should start about the beg. of November. He discusses other…
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Radiation Update
Hi Y'all, Today I will be finishing my first full week of radiation to the liver. I did a half week last week. I am also taking 3000mg of Xeloda a day. Last week was very hard, probably because it was all so new. I have had a fear of radiation from the get go and been very grateful that I didn't have to endure that. I hate…
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feeling very sad
Today i'm feeling very sad. Jorge and I went to chemo today and met a lady who also had colon cancer and she had if removed, a month later the cancer returned full force to her liver and lungs. Her tumor marker is at 199. I feel so sad and my mind is running away on me and im thinking all of this bad things like life…
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Thought of the Day
“The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.” ~ Thomas Carlyle
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Port question
Is getting the port out as simple as getting it in? Chris port has gone bad so they are taking it out tomorrow. He is a little nervous Loves Mel
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My copy has just arrived!
Craig, thanks so much for sending this awesome article. This publication is amazingly beautiful with such high quality paper and pictures. And mine is even an autographed copy! So excited to read the article now. Thanks again, to Craig for putting this all together. Sandy
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Questions about Camptosar and Xelonda
Last Wednesday, I had my first round of Camptosar by infusion and then 6 pills a day of Xelonda for 10 days. Supposedly, this was going to "easy" chemo for me. Technically,there is nothing there but we are doing this as a precaution as I had some leakage from a ovary cyst removal back in Sept. I took the infusion on…
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Attn stage IV's: Read this- Neoplas innovation & Dr. Stephen Cantrell
UPDATED NOTE on 9/24/10: This post popped up again by someone who found it and their wife is looking into starting Dr. Cantrell's treatment. Please read my updated post down below written today as I was surprised to check the board today and found this old post from me. Although it may work for some, Dr. Cantrell's…
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hello my freinds
just stop bye to say hi. it is so great to see alot of old faces. Still NED, two years now. i want to thank all the old timer for there support and kindness. Sundance i played that CD in august. THANKS!!! i will try to stop by more often. Jeff Just Happy to be here!!!!
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Friday Riddle / Trivia
Remember NO googling or searching the internet allowed and good luck!!!!! What is Zenyatta's nickname? What colors does she race with? Who trains Zenyatta?
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feel bad today, Somebody had this symptoms?
Until now l had a relatively smooth days through Folfiri Avastin, but since couple of days ago l got a remarkable inflammation of my stomach that only gets better after Pass stools! l feel like a balloon ,what worries me is ,that it happens every time l eat . Any experience with this while on folfiri? Hugs.
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So sad tonight
I'm so sad tonight. I went to a committee meeting for our Relay For Life tonight. I found out that one of the sweetest women I've ever met, was told today that her colon cancer will likely end her life in the next few months. She told us that she would see us at Relay in May, but she'd be looking down on us from heaven.…