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Sleepy bowel
Has anyone had sleepy bowel problems? I'm on reglan but it doesn't seem to work well. I've had a sonogram and x-rays to rule out blockage. How does one get rid of a large bloated stomach?? Thanks for any help you can pass one. Jill
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Enough talk about food - time for the recipes!
I'll start: My grandmother's Braised Brisket (Eastern European) 1st cut (flat cut) fresh brisket--about 4 # well trimmed 1 bay leaf 1 clove garlic 3 whole allspice black pepper hot paprika Preheat oven to 325-350' F. Place brisket in covered casserole, fat side up. (I trim off as much fat as possible.) Break bay leaf in…
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Could be damn good news
Hey guys. I got a call from my super colon surgeon tonight. He said they ran my biopsy samples from my rectum back thru the system. They now come back as non definitive for cancer. Remember the PET said only “possible” activity there. He does not take chances so he is going to do another colonoscopy on me Friday 9 am. It’s…
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MRI Scan tomorrow, nervous yet calm??
Hello my family, As you know I have two spots or lumps on my liver which they think are just fatty spots but having MRI tomorrow just to confirm it. I'm feeling nervous yet calm, don't know if that's a good or bad thing, tomorrow I may be dragged to the hospital. Just appreciate any prayers or good wishes, if I win the…
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Help.
My mother has been diagnosed with rectal cancer. She is 75 in October and weighs 98 lbs. She has COPD and Congestive heart failure and is now on oxygen 24/7. She just had 4 stints put in her heart in February of this year and on July 8th, a little over a month ago, she had a heart attack. She is doing well after the heart…
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Happiness is . . .
After having a total colectomy, J Pouch, 3 months and 3 days ago . . . Happiness is going to the bathroom only to pee. :) Add your Happiness is . . .
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Sugesstions against folfiri diarreah?
I will start with folfiri sceme Next week. I think l can deal with any side efect except with diarreah and loos of weith due to that. I been succesfully treated with folfox with no gástric problems.Unfortunadlly small liver met is back. Any sugesstions to deal with those efects ? Tks and congratulations for this wonderful…
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Things to be thankful for
My niece and nephew are here. I have a big screen tv and surround sound in my bedroom. We are all hanging out in my bedroom watching sponge bob. My little nephew would mainline sponge bob if he could. We've been her for about four hors having lots of fun and enjoying each others company. These are the moments to savor and…
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Upper midwest semi-colon gathering
A friend from my area who is also a colorectal cancer survivor is having a gathering for semi-colons on Sunday, September 26th in Edina, MN. We walked the Get Your Rear In Gear together in May and have the same oncologist. He posts on another colon cancer board, but not this one. Jeff has asked that I let everyone know…
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Burning hands and feet
I'm 2 years out of chemo (Folfox) and a few days ago, my palms and soles started burning. The timing did correspond with an intensifying of pain at my recent (7 weeks ago)incision site - those nerves were screaming as they start to heal. Also, to my husband's surprise, my hands feel hot to him as well (even after holding…
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Scan results -- good news! Chemo working!
I know there have been some not-so-good scan results recently. My heart goes out to all. But I hope/know you will welcome my GOOD NEWS results. I was diagnosed with multiple bone mets a few months ago. Started a new chemo regime (XELIRI). Had a PET scan after 4 cycles. The chemo is working!!! Every met has shrunk, and…
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Back Pain (left side) from Liver ?
We have been going along ok, but my husband has developed back pain on his left side. Had a CT Scan and we are waiting for results. The onc. did say there was no cancer spread to the bones and wasn't anything showing up at the location of the pain. The onc. said it could be a chemical problem (potassium or magnesium) or…
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Need some prayers for my dad...
I have posted before about my dad w/Stage 4... Well the beginning of the year his CEA was 1.6 now it is 5.6, but his CT in July still showed a decrease in size of the tumors, but the doc is wanting to rescan after 2 treatments, but it was increasing prior to the scan and it still showed decrease... Any thoughts???
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What foods to eat........
Alright, I feel like my diet is crap, I want to improve what I eat. I am starting to exercise again, and I have a long way to go until I feel strong again. Cancer and chemo have really done a number on me. But I would like to improve what I eat. I am allergic to most fruits, but love veggies. What books are good to read on…
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l feel sorry if you think l am a little beat heavy but....
is there any way to send prived messages to certain users? tks for your patience and understanding!
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Delay in Chemotherapy
Hi Everyone, I went for chemotherapy today and they could not give it to me because my white blood cell count had dropped to 950. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks in advance. Peace and Blessings, Karen
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colonscopy Thursday
I'm having a colonscopy on Thursday ordered by my Family doc to take a look for colitis since he doesn't believe I have a return of colon cancer despite my high 14.6 CEA. My Onc thinks I may have a reoccurrence (not in colon this time) and wants to give any cancer a chance to grown some more for six weeks so they can see…
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Here I am with egg on my face
All the doc did is talk about my game plan and tell me that they have not given up on me yet. In fact, they already have 3 or 4 different trials they want to try out on me but there is a very long waiting list for some of them. The one they want to start on is xeloda pills and a targeted therapy to compliment it but is a…
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Happy Birthday Scouty
Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday dear Lisa(aka scouty,Lp2) Happy Birthday to you............ Have a great day my friend! Cheers, Lisa and Andy
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Cyberknife Update
Hi All, They had a meeting of the minds today. They are going to go ahead with the Cyberknife. They will not attempt another biopsy because of the bleeding. I have not had Avastin for 4 weeks and they thought bleeding would be minimal...if any. WRONG! So they said it would be nice to have that info but at this point and…
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Trying to cope with new colostomy
Hello I am new to the group, I am so glad I found all of you. January of 2000 i was diagnosed with anal canal cancer. I went through an extreme aggressive 35 treaments of radiation and 5 days 24 hours a day of chemo a month in between, then another aggressive 5 days 24 hours a day of chemo. I denied the last bag because of…
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low white blood cell count
How do you handle this situation?
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Embarassing but gotta ask- Frequency of bowel movements for us semi colons
I am several months post-reversal of my ileostomy. After the initial retraining and re-awakening of the plumbing, things seemed fine. For the past 8 weeks or so, I am having much more frequent BMs, half of which are somewhat urgent. Not dirreah. Just seems like I'm always going back to the tthrone to evecauate it all. is…
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Reversal of IIeostomy rectal cancer.....Bowels not working properly
Hi my name is Elisabeth and I am from the UK. I suppose your wondering why I am on this site and that I should be on the UK site, but every time I put any heading for my problem it always referred me to the US site. I was diagnosed with Colonrectal Cancer last year September had my surgery in November 2009 where they…
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Old Posts
Last night I went back to read some of my old posts from when my cancer journey begin and I must tell you, It was very humbling. Seeing how scared and confused I seemed to be was a reminder of how fast a persons life could be changed. So when you don’t have anything to do.. Go back and read some of them “Old Posts” Brooks
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“Sundance Still Alive and Kickin’”
Well, I’ve been home a little over a week now. Hospital stay was 13 very long days. Today, I had to return to the “scene of the crime.” I had an appointment with good ol’ Dr. D. – I love this guy. There he was waiting at the door to the waiting room for me and ushering me in. He took my arm and walked me down to the exam…
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i'm wondering and actually quite surprised i've not asked this question until now.
i was wondering how many if any Colorectal Cancer patients there are out there with Kidney Failure. it's my understanding i've set some kind of record to have survived this long with Stage IV CC and also have kidney failure. i do dialysis 3 times a week and of course all the requirements there are to be as healthy as one…
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sleep habits
I got the best nights sleep I have had in a long time. The problem is I went to bed at 6 pm and woke up at 3 am. So, here I am at 5 o'clock in the morning and wide awake and noone to play with. I've already watched a movie and fixed myself a nice little pain killer cocktail. I was hoping that would make me drowsy enough to…
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Second update on Jim after seeing Doctor at Loyola
Well as you know we were pretty upset after the report Tuesday on all of the lesions on the CT scan, however I am so relieved to say that when we saw Doctor Shoup yesterday she told us that things aren't nearly as bad as they looked on that report! She went on to explain that the radiologists at these other facilities are…
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Diet Issues
First I want to thank everyone for their warm welcome and words of encouragement. I was kinda feeling like I was the only one. Friends and family are great, but they can't understand what it's like scheduling your life around diet and bath room breaks, much less chemo effects. This brings me to the question of diet. I…