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"GET a GRIP" on CANCER!!
ALOHA EVERYONE!! Just wanted to come on board to share my dad's story. My father was diagnosed with terminal rectal-cancer on MARCH 2, 2010 @ stage IV. It was March madness alrighty.....a whole month of wave riding with this illness. He has had a stent and port-placement procedure and also a Pet(scan). Surgery to remove…
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Another person freaking out over rising CEA
Dad's CEA has never been low enough for comfort. T2N1M0. Stage 3A. 1/26 nodes positive. CEA presurgery was 4.3, post surgery 4.7, now 7.1. This last CEA was taken during treatment #12, which he just finished this past week. We don't know why it never went down after surgery, but the doctor was not worried at the time. This…
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2nd Opinion Hopefully better options
Monday I have an appointment with a physician at M D Anderson, Orlando for a 2nd opinion after being diagnosed with liver and lung mets. I am hoping for more treatment options and some better hope for a little longer survival. (The 1st said the average being 24 months). I had colorectal cancer in 2006 and now have (3)…
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Advice Please!
My husband has stage four cancer with liver mets. After undergoing a port embolism, a colon and liver resection, partial ablation and 12 rounds of FOLFOX I have coflicting information. In Jan he completed his last round of Chemo. PET scan 1/22 All clear CT 1/24 CEA .8 All Clear and CT 4/16 CEA 4 ?? According to his surgeon…
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Trip to Loyola goes well
Hello Everyone, I wrote awile back about my husband Jim and we have new information. We went yesterday to Loyola Hospital for another CT scan with contrast dye (which my husband is allergic to and spent the night there to be safe) We had decided to go there to get a second opinion on his course of treatment. After his…
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Just had my 3rd Gemzar treatment
Hey there everybody! I just thought I'd post a "check in" thread- I've had a few pm's of people checking on me- thanks, guys! I'm doing fine- the Gemzar has treated me pretty well, so far as side effects not being to bad. The 5FU that I'm also getting has given me some nasty hand/foot sydrome- actually just in my feet, not…
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Question of the week ~
Question on the week ~ When did you first see your husband / wife?
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Winnie's update, Back to Chemo
Well, world has changed again, Surgen decided to many spots in abdomen and just want me to go back on chemo for 6 months and then he will re look at the liver when things are brougt under more control, He wants me to have atleast 6 months of chemo, Oh goody can't wait. My ileo will be with me for atleast 7 or more months,…
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My new plan with my onc...
Just as a reminder, I'm a stage III B. Since I developed an "allergic" reaction to my oxi, I think I'm going back to my primary onc and discuss how much I really want to continue it... at least for two more rounds. Even I'm put in the hospital for those two, I just wanna continue it for at least two more rounds. For some…
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Melanie, any update on Chris?
It's been over 2 weeks since the last update unless I've overlooked something. I'm quite concerned.
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Patrick Kapper update
Patrick is on hospice. The cancer is progressing too quickly and he has other concerns. The update is here: Care Page PatrickHe doesn't want anyone to think he's a quitter. This is what he said: The chemo is not going to cure anything, it's only going to prolong things and not for a long period of time, my cancer is too…
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Just got back from Onc. Appointment,,,
Hi all, Well, Rick and I just got back from Mass. Gen.. The onc. didn't give us bad news per se,no new news actually... It's just that I got rather upset when she said that because the original colon tumor was in its advanced stage, and had broken through the abdominal wall, it meant that Rick is at a high risk for…
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A new weapon, maybe?
Sorry if someone already mentioned this but I just saw it today. Here's an article some of you ladies may find interesting or helpfull. It shows a promising link between Hormone Replacement Therapy and preventing Colon Cancer. You might want to consider talking to someone about it. My thinking is if it can help prevent it…
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need advice
Hi All, I accidentally posted this on another thread. Some day I may become computer literate. lol I started a drug trial a couple of weeks ago and lasted only 5 days on the drug due to some nasty side effects. The oncologist wants me to go back on the drug at a reduced dosage. My concerns are that if I go back on the drug…
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Shake that thang
How are my fellow adinocarcinomacs and butt pain emanators? I think we should sign a petition to one day out of the year Declared a national butt day holiday. A day when we can do what we we want with our butts. Shake our butts, bust our already damaged butts, or sit around all day on our lazy, abused butts. It should…
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Crow71 surgery
Hi folks. Roger had surgery yesterday. It took 12 hours, went well. No surprises. Dr. Shen was able to remove all visible disease from liver, colon, and peritoneum- everything except one suspicious small 1-2mm spot in liver too close to vein. He said we will keep an eye on it and radiation and / or chemo might be an…
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I'm HOME!!! Without a bag!!
Hey.. I made it home okay.. Now I'm just waiting to poop. I'm eating a reg diet sense lunch and liquid diet yesterday and this moring. I'm trying to drink and walk to help get things moving. You you have any ides to how I can get things to pass more quickly please let me know. Lov ya Brooks
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popping back in to say hi, catch up, and to ask a question
hey i miss you guys, it's been a while. reading through the postings, ive been gone awhile, but thanx to Donna, I've kept up with farming at least! just really busy, all 3 kids back with me, alot of personal BS. long hours at work, flooding, etc. i'm so tired! mostly dont feel like talking. Brooks...same questions here too…
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where is phil
haven't heard from him hope he is doing ok phil let us know ...miss you.
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Horrible day
Oh, my. Y'all know I take care of my grandchildren every day. Yesterday Caroline, the 11 month old, was sitting on the kitchen floor playing. She leaned forward and lost her balance, hitting her forehead on the floor. I picked her up, expecting crying and a booboo. What I got was something so much worse. Her eyes rolled…
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Moms Surgery - Update
Mom had her surgery yesterday. They removed the tumor from her rectum and it was about the size of a tennis ball. They also removed some lymph nodes and biopsied the spots on her liver. She did end up getting an ileostomy because they removed 90% of her rectum and the surgeon wanted it to heal after he hooked it up but…
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Uplifting cancer story
I thought this was just wonderful. Prom with a Purpose But in what Whitefield Academy seniors hope will be the beginning of a long tradition, class members this year have decided to forgo all the extravagance and instead help others. And so Friday night, Tillman Hamilton, 17, donned an old dress and shoes from her closet…
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Kimby havent seen any posts for awhile
Kimby if your there hope you post soon havent seen you on lately that doesnt mean you havent been on I try to keep up on here when I get a chance you know how that goes just wanted to make sure all is going good for you Sheri22
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Blood clot
Anyone every have a blood clot in the upper thigh? Monday was chemo, Tuesday was bad, Wednesday was good until around 7:00 p.m. My upper back thigh started hurting so bad I couldn't sit anymore. Everytime I would move that leg would be like one long painful muscle soreness. I didn't do anything on Wednesday, didn't even…
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Reoccuring liver mets just after 2months of NED
So Devistating. My husband had a colon resection, partial liver resection, the rest was ablated in Oct. Then he finished up his 12th round of FOLFOX 6 on Jan 22. His recent CT scan showed new growth in his liver. We meet with the oncologist tomorrow. Does anyone know of other options? Thanks. Erin
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anyone have info on XELODA?
DR said The ca in pelvic area did grow again but the spot in lung was same, Good news is that is only 2 places I have it I was really scared this week waiting on results of this Pet CT SCAN Surgery will have to wait my onc wants me to have it done but when he called surgeon from Cleveland they want it to shrink first? So…
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Great news- insurance is covering the Gemzar!
Hi again everyone, As soon as I finished posting my other thread on having had my 3rd Gemzar treatment, I got a phone call from Health Net. As a reminder, they had denied paying for Gemzar for me because it's "not FDA approved for colorectal cancer". I appealed and they denied my appeal. From there, I waited a couple of…
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HELP! Mom had a benign colon mass removed, yet Oncologist wants her to get aggressive chemo...
My 76-yr old mother had a COMPLETELY benign colon mass removed and is currently healing nicely from surgery. The surgeon wanted her to talk to an oncologist, because even though the path lab came back with a completely negative series of tests on everything that was removed and there was no evidence that anything spread…
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Friday Riddle
Remember NO GOOGLING or SEARCHING the Internet allowed and good luck !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIDDLE: Can you find a seven letter word such that: The first two letters are a man. The first three letters are a woman. The first four letters are a great man. The whole word is a great woman.
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Oxi is not my friend....
About 10 minutes into infusion today, Had a TERRIBLE reaction to the oxi. I've called it "Satan in a bag" for a while. Well, today it showed me it's powers. I got from infusion, got myself a few tissues for a runny nose and when I sat back down, it hit. I thought maybe I'd gotten up too fast, but noooooooooooo.... My face…