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Adventures in bagland
I guess it's a love hate relationship with this bag. I was already having a rough night, went to bed about 10:30 and the dog had me up at 12:15 because she was so restless. So I got up with her and decided to nap out on the couch. Woke up at 4:15 and instinctively knew all was not right. Reached down to the bag area and my…
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Melanoma
Ugh! I have it on my back. What the flip, another cancer. Surgical center is calling next week to set the date. Christine
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speech and mouth muscles
Hi, My mom has stage 4 colon cancer metastizied to the lung with 9 small lesions. She was on xeloda Jan.-July. She starts Folfox first of October. She has had some of the side effects. Her speech is blurred sometimes, and it looks like her mouth muscles arnt working right. Her top lip is hanging over her bottom and she…
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Why am I turning into a LARD after chemo and Liver resection????
Seriously, this may seem vain and unimportant in the scheme of all we go thru, but I am NOT eating 2000 calories a day. I am walking 30-40 minutes each morning, so why am i busting out of all my pants? Granted, my torso terrain is different and all lumpy and bumpy due to the myraid of surgeries, but hell, I don't need…
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Thought of the Day
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
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Alice butterfly !!!!
Got paella this weekend too?
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Anybody have this??
Hi everyone! Been having a whacky few days...have some questions. Hubby ended up in ER last Friday night, horrible pain on his left side and no BM for 3 days. Barium enema and CT scan showed no leakage and a lot of stool. (had been on colace and miralax for 3 days already) ER Doc gave us the "magic potion"...warm prune…
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The bag keeper worked as planned!!!!!!
The other night we had chipped beef in cream gravy on toast for dinner. Well the next morning it looked like the Goodyear blimp landed on my crotch. There was so much gas pressure that the bag leaked a little. The stretch nylon kept the crap contained. I don’t know why the hell they don’t make a PVC pipe fitting that could…
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Friday Riddle (Game)
This week I thought I would do something different. Try it and let me know if it really works. The next time someone requests your phone number, here’s a fun way to give it to him or her! 1. Grab a calculator (You won’t be able to do this one in your head.) 2. Key in the first three digits of your phone number (NOT the…
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Cancer recurrence?
My mother has been to the hospital 7 times since she was dxnd in May. She has had problems with infection, the dayum port twisted and she passed out. Her latest visit was for bloodclots and her pulse racing up. This is what we thought was due to bloodclots, but now they want to check her redblood cells to see if the cancer…
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new treatment might be available in a while
Novel target for existing drug may improve success of radiation therapy September 14, 2010 by admin Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered a new drug target that could improve the effectiveness of radiation for hard-to-treat cancers. The finding, published in the Journal of the…
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Nana b - my cross country trip
I wanted to let you know that I am sooo sorry - but never would have had the time to stop by! The trip went so fast, and there was no relaxation time at all! We left Thursday afternoon, spent the might in Miles City, Montana. Got up early Friday morning and continued on through the Grand Tetons - which were absolutely…
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Pathology report back......
I got "The" call this afternoon while waiting for wife shopping in the Michaels Scrapping outlet.....It was as this..."Mr Powers, Your tumor showed that it was metastatic and that the colon was the primary, That really fooled us yet we have found no evidence of it in your bloodstream . Your tumor margins are all clear and…
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Learned New Trick While Doing Colon Prep
Thought I would share this with you in between my 40-yard dashes, LOL:) I'm bowel prepping for tomorrow's scope. The hospital instructions said to use a STRAW as this goes to the espohagus and does not stay on the taste buds too long. I then use a "Sprite" rinse and gargle and swirl a shot of Sprite to help neutralize any…
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Caregivers....
I just want you all to know how much I love and respect you all. You are what keeps us going and you're often the forgotten ones on the sidelines. While everyone is so concerned with my health, my husband is often ignored and I seriously think he's suffered more than I ever did. He's my best friend and my rock. Even though…
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Update on Eric
Hello my semi colon family, As promised please find an update on Eric, from his friend Shawn. Hello ! I laid eyes on him today. And he is home and on hospice care. He has stopped chemo. Saturday was a very bad day. Sunday a little better. He is a fighter. We keep praying for the small miracles. He is comfortable and is…
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mom has benn hospitalized
mom has been hospitalized,she is not doing well always in sleep and confusion,I love her so much and I miss her but I don't want to see her suffer more:I pray God help her to pass this moment in peace... melo
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ritaclough
Hey I know that you are scheduled to have your hysterectomy tomorrow and wanted to let you know that I'm thinking for you and sending you my best wishes for a smooth surgery and a quick recovery. :)Melissa
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Xeloda and 5FU
l see many of you have Xeloda as maintenance or treatment even after folfox or folfiri failed ( which are the most powerful drugs right now!) As per l know Xeloda is basically fluoracil so ,is there anybody who can explain me the difference between them? well l see one...pills vs 3 days infusion is that all or there are…
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If any body interested in Facebook let me know it
through PM l let you now my FB name , if not don't worry l understand Facebook cut be a double face weapon ! ( this is directly translated from Spanish don't kow if it exist in English !! ) Hugs!
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Chest tube is out! Confusing biopsy pathology
It has been a crazy week of medical appointments. On top of my constant fatigue (most likely caused by the thyroid issue), the collapsed lung seems to have made the fatigue worse. My body is using up energy it didn't have enough of to do the repair. And the pain wears me down too. We thought the tube could come out…
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blood clots around the port
Has anyone experienced this? How do you avoid this?
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I pulled the damn bag part way off in my sleep
OK, so I pulled the damn bag part way off in my sleep. Crap all over me and the bed. At least I was over the diarrhea stage. Not a fun thing to wake up to. Had to shower and put on a new bag before coffee time. Old guys can’t even think without coffee. I sleep in boxers and cover the bag with a T-shirt. The bag was just…
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I waited and waited for the cows to come home.....
And they DID!!!!!! YEA!!!! We have 3 very large ladies munching the tall green grass in our backyard!!!! And we have our Fall birds now...guess that is the end of summer. We also turned the 'verwarming' (house radiator heating) on...it gets cold at night!!! Hugs, Kathi
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Buzzard
Hope you are doing better!! Thinking of you!! Hugs!! Raquel
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Priscilla
Dear Priscilla, I read on another post that your wonderful David is nearing the end of his journey. I want you to know that I am thinking of the two of you and holding you both in my thoughts and prayers. David has been blessed by your love and commitment and I know that you have been blessed by him so much throughout your…
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Tomorrow... 3 month results!
Ok, this is weird... we all talk about scanxiety, which we get when we have to get our regular CAT scans... wondering if the treatments are doing what they are suppose to or does the cancer have the upper hand. I have heard many folk say how anxious they are when going to get these scans, even though, they aren't getting…
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Surgery cancelled found cancer on bone
My surgery was cancelled, they found it spread to bone surgeon says it is lung ca this time hard for me to understand but he said surgery is out because of that new spot they were going to take spot out of lung and found the new spot. On the upside instead of being laid up in hospitol I am enjoyng life today and until they…
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My Husband
My husband has been on chemo for the last 2 1/2 years. He is currently cancer free, but will be on chemo for the rest of his life. He has been doing well with chemo - not many side effects at all, then just the other day his hair started falling out - i mean really falling out, when I get home from work his shirt is…
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Sinusitis and Folfiri Avastin
Since a few weeks ago got a kind of sinusitis which is really disturbing , blocked noss, bolcked ears, and a remarkable headache (pain between both eyes) ,any of you got this synthoms ? can it be cussed by chemo?, I'm not cold I never had sinusitis! Thank you in advance.