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Major open surgery soon... Desperately need help
Im visiting my surgeon oncologist for the last time Monday before my surgery on May 9th. Im a bit worse for wear atm mentally and physically. I dont think I have been this psychologically depressed ever, and im having numerous panic attacks daily. I scheduled this appointment Monday due to them wanting to talk to me again…
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new to the colon Cancer/Colectomy
My husband has been in the hospial since May 1st. We thought it was a bad case of food posioning. Surprise as the doctors recommended an extended Colectomy. Adenocarcinoma and awaiting comfermation on Lynch syndrome 2. We are awaiting pathology results. A Colectomy seems pretty radical. I was told about a J pouch. any…
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ileus after open abdominal surgery
Since my oncologist nurse blocked my cell phone and email from asking any further questions about my surgery thursday morning, I guess ill pose the question here about ileus. How long does it take for your digestive system to function normally. Its kind of unpredictable in my case since I have gastroparesis, so it doesnt…
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Swimming with Ostomy bag
Hi Friends, I will have a little vacation in Cancun in May. I wonder if anybody has suggestions that had a good swim suits to cover Ostomy bag. I am nervous and cover Ostomy bag completely. Thank you for sharing your experience. Thanks Kadir
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Near the end
My wife, and best friend, of 49 years is nearing the end of colon cancer. We are in the “weeks” left stage. She is not in pain and sleeps most of the time. I am the primary caregiver and am going through treatment for Acute Myeloid Leukemia. I am pretty much on the backside, but still need chemo every 5 weeks to keep the…
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Retired!
i finally did it! Starting My official retirement today! I think I had more sleepless nights over this than actual work. LOL. I have worked for 50 years! Now time to relax. I worked through the last 3 Years of treatment and now that I’m NED, I will relax. Lots of home projects to keep me busy and lots of walking to keep me…
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WAR
"Flags, medals, wigs, and prosthetics are not enough to convey the truth or mobolize human beings to dessent, resist, and demand the end of war, the cure for cancer, AIDS, and so many other mutant offspring of capatalism.The devil is not in the details, but in the abscence of details that would activate the people to…
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Dizziness & Dehydration
Let me preface this by saying I will eventually call the on call nurse and see what she says, but I want opinions here first. I’ve had excessive thirst now for 36+ hours. It’s not been hot where I live, not have I participated in any even moderate activities. I’ve also had some insomnia issues for several days, likely…
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Having a panic attack
I am sitting here waiting to meet my new oncologist. I should be happy that I am now at MSK where there might be more treatments to choose from but instead of being happy I am all of a sudden terrified.
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Round One And It SUCKS
I made the two hour drive to the mountains after disconnecting from the pump yesterday. I was noticeably fatigued yesterday and I had to talk myself thru the drive, picking up a few groceries and never thought I would make it into the house. But, I did. I have to turn around and head back on Monday but these few days at my…
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Really good news
which I am happy about for now, because I know it can all change in an instant. After 2 years of being really sick, 5 years at stage 4 right now my husband is showing NED and all his blood work is normal, except one liver enzyme due to his stent in his liver. The narrowing in his ducts are just narrowing and it looks like…
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Port Coming OUT Wednesday...Yipeeeeeee!!!!!
I saw my surgeon yesterday and I will have my port removed Wednesday. He told me he would seal it with glue instead of stitches so I don't have to hang around another few days to get stitches out. I can hit the road Thursday morning and wont' be back until July. I can't find words to describe how it feels knowing the port…
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Sun Shining A Little Brighter
I had my appointment this morning.When I went to have my blood drawn for labs, the nurse and I had our normal chat. I told her my decision to stop chemo and remove my port. She told me her husband made her promise if he ever was diagnosed, (she's older) that she would not try to push chemo on him. She said she wonders some…
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Checking In
Hello all! It looks like I'm cancer free for now. I had a colonoscopy last week which had to be done twice. If you already had cancer they want to get a real good look around on follow up exams. On the first try they stopped and said I wasn't clean enough even though I drank the Galvylite and followed the instructions.…
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New Pump Design and Smaller Needle
When I got my infusion yesterday, they had switched to a new set up. The pack they sent me home with looks like a little lemon juice container and it goes into a much smaller carry bag. Also the needle into the port was smaller in size and it fit so much closer so it wasn't so bulky. I have never had any pain with…
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Happy Happy Birthday myAZmountain
Balloons, cake, family, and lot and lots of love for you AZ. Tru
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Virus to treat cancer?
It's early days but this sounds promising. Ties in to my belief that it will be a virus that kills it due to the people who have suddenly come up cancer free for no reason and to the fact that people who have illness and infections after treatment have a lower rate of recurrance.…
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New Doc Weds and hopefully to MUSC in Charleston
Not sure I mentioned that I requested a referral to Medical University, it is in process and I could have an appt as soon as next week according to them. Hoping for some flicker of hope that they have some clinical trial or something that could help me. I am not going to go crazy demanding to take anything and everything,…
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colorectal tumor grew while on folfox and avastin
My husband was diagnosed last October with colorectal cancer that metastisized to the liver. He has finished 12 rounds of Folfox and when the scans came back we found out that the colon tumor has grown but the liver tumors have shrank. Is this common? They have now prescribed 6 rounds of Folfiri and radiation. Has anyone…
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Tick...Tock..Tick...Tock
I try to be as real with this journey as I can be. I have never struggled so much in my life. I guess doing the chemo to shrink the tumors for surgery initially was something I accepted due to my liver involvement and the size of the tumors. The chemo did not actually affect the liver tumors much at all. The path report…
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No More Oxy
Husband went to see oncologist this morning and told him to stop the Oxy due to the neuropathy in fingers. The doctor said alot of folks can't handle the oxy then he went on to say he was givig him to much because he did not realize how much weight he had lost. WTF. Thought doctors read your entire chart before your visit.…
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Rectal discharge
When i had my Colostomy bag. I was advised that even though I can no longer poop on the anus there are still mucus discharge. Ifind it very hassle because u need to go back to the cr for several times. I tried to stop it but when i decided to let it go i saw blood in bowl. Is this another problem?
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Celebrating
Today I celebrate FIVE years NED. I am sitting in a hotel bed looking out over the Pacific ocean with one of my best friends My little avatar says Exactly how I feel - Alive Blessed Grateful - Tru
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cancer stage & cea level --any correlation? (newbie question)
Hey all, I just had a colonoscopy on Thursday... which found a "rather large" tumor. My GI said right away he was sure it was cancer. Only trouble is... now its the weekend, doctors are out, but lab results are coming in (through MyChart). I saw my CEA level was 18.2.... Is there any correlation to what stage cancer that…
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Severe burning
My husband was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. He was border line between late stage two and early stage 3, so they treated it as stage 3. He had a chemo, radiation, surgery and a temporary colostomy bag, then surgery to reverse it, and was hospitalized 3 times between the two surgeries for blockages due to scar tissue.…
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Neuropathy issues
Since finishing FOLFOX, I’ve had some mostly annoying neuropathy symptoms. My fingers and toes tingle if they touch anything and sometimes the skin feels tight, like when you have a healing sunburn. It’s not truly painful and it doesn’t wake me up at night. However, it does make doing things with my hands difficult, as the…
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Port Pain
Hey guys, A little about me. I'm 25 and I was Diagnosed with Stage 4 rectal cancer with a mets to both lungs in July of 2018. I had my port placed (upper right quadrent of my chest) in August 2018 and began treatment a few weeks later. I completed 8 rounds of treatment underwent CT Scans and another Flex Sig to determine…
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Devastated
I just received the results of my latest PETscan and they're not good. My cancer has recurred. Between my CT in November and this scan the cancer has returned with a vengeance. 2 masses, one slightly right of the midline and the other left. Ive had over 2200 hours of chemo, and am currently on xeloda. Waiting to see what's…
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Bowel obstruction think we are at the end of the road
So my husband was diagnosed about 19 months ago stage iv Mets to liver lung peritoneal lining. Handled fulfox,fulfuri, tace procedure x2, an unsuccessful couple of months in a clinical trial, an oral chemo capcitamine(?) then lonsurf with avastin and most recentlynback to avastin, oxcal(?) and irennican. My spelling on…
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Mop-Up Chemo Started
Happy Tuesday everybody! I am sitting in the chair, hooked up and listening to the IV pump do its' thing. I hate this beyond any words I have to describe but I am going to give this all I've got. I drove in from the mountains yesterday to my daughter's and got settled in. My four rambunctious grandsons kept me occupied…