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LMLIESS and LIZBIZ
Just wanted to say that I am looking forward to seeing you both post...Elizabeth about her surgery and Linda about her scan results. I hope all is well with both of you, Amy
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hello..just wishing everyone here all the luck and success in your treatments!!!
Hi..i used to go on this message board 24/7 during my mom's 4 month journey. I just wanted to stop by and wish you guys a great superbowl weekend and an awesome road to recovery! take care y'all
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alive and kicking
This is to encourage you all; I had surgery in July 2001 for stage 3 (C) colon cancer followed by Chemotherapy. I am alive and well after over 9 years in spite of some sinister polyps having to be removed at colonoscopy in the last few years. I stayed in touch with CSN for some years but then my time was required in other…
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post surgery pain.
HI everyone, have a question, I hope you can help with. I am 3 weeks post bowel obstruction surgery and I was doing great and off pain medication. Over the past week the pain has gotten worse, not where the incision is but on the sides of my stomach. I am back on pain medication and it really hurts. I never exoperienced…
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HOORAY, HOORAY!
I'm doing the naked happy dance!! Well, maybe not naked, i don't want to scare the life out of my dog, but DANCING I BE!! I got the pathology back on the stricture, and there is no signs of cancerous life!!! The bleeding must be coming from the internal hemorrhoids (for once, they're right about that diagnosis!). I will…
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Colon Cancer
I am in awe of all of your stories. I am amazed by the strength each of you show. I feel guilty posting this because as of right now, I am not sick. Here is my concern. I am a 37 year old female. Most of my life I've had stomach issues - not going or going too much. Cramps, pains, etc. This has happened since I was a…
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Back home with illeostomy.
After 4 days in the hospital my husband is back home. His surgery went very well with no surprises. He's not feeling that great, still weak from surgery and trying to cope with his illeostomy. This is really the big issue for him since he only found out he would have a temporary one a few days before his surgery. Yesterday…
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running out of chemo options and money
Hi everyone, I hope you're all doing well. It has been a long time since I have posted. I hope you will be able to give me some ideas. I had chemo today. I have mets to my lungs. I have now reacted to oxi and cpt11 and can no longer receive them. I carry the k-ras mutation so erbitux is not an option. I spent 2009 stable…
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How to Stay Young..........
HOW TO STAY YOUNG 1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay 'them' 2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. 3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. 'An idle…
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Dad is still NED
Hi everyone...Just want to update you on my father. Background: Diagnosed with colon cancer in 2005. Had surgery to remove cancer, but then it showed up in liver; Had chemo for six months and cancer was completely gone. He has been NED for 3 1/2 years after his last chemo treatment. I remember his onc telling us that the…
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tried my dry skin remedy yet
Has anyone tried my hand treatment yet I use it 3 x aday and have not had a skin crack any where and my hands are so soft...it is something you have to do daily and often but it did work for me...
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Lights, Camera, and ACTION!!! Craig and DaVinci Story Aired on Local News - Here is the Link to See
Good Mornin' Out in Semi;Colon Land :) Well, the moment I've been waiting for so long has finally arrived!!! KTVT-Channel 11 aired my story on the 10pm news the other night. I don't have to tell you that it was "highly emotional" to see a decade of your life (2000-2010) played out in front of your eyes in 3 minutes :) It…
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Liver Resection a NO GO
Looks like I am not a candidate for the liver resection. New scans show the damn tumor decided to take up residence right up on the top of the main ventricle and then wrap itself around it for good measure. The surgeon says the surgery would be too risky and no chance of clear margins if they did try. At least the…
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praying for pee
thanks for all the prayers, everything went well, i am still here, but i hope to go home as soon as i pee, s help me by praying for pee. winney
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Shout out to my stomies
Hey everybody. Stewie here - Roger's stoma. Roger just fell asleep right in front of the computer, so I thought I'd say hello. Poor guy. He's been all over the place emotionally tonight. One minute he's crying. The next he's laughing. Then crying again. At one point he was dancing around the room naked. It's taken Rog and…
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Median Sternotomy
Hey everyone! Mine is scheduled for 2/24, with bilateral exision of lung nodules. If any of you guys have been thru one, can you let me know what it was like? The recovery and all...thanks! -Sheri
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Report on my latest CT Scan
Yesterday I had my doctor's appointment and chemo. I slept all through chemo, got home and went right back to bed and back to sleep. Slept until 5:00 p.m. then went back to bed at 9:30 p.m. It really wiped me out this time. I feel okay today, though, still a little tired. The scans were "unremarkable". Of my seven tumors…
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NED
what date do you use to be your NED date? Is it the last day of chemo if no cancer is showing on scans or some other date.
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Help w/ eating healthy when eating out (Emily, anyone?)
I go to lunch with friends every Tuesday and to dinner once a month with another set of friends. Dinner is no problem because we choose high end restaurants with varied menus and several of those gals are healthy eaters, however... My lunchtime gal pals (8-10) are about 50% working women. We have to choose places close by.…
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Liver Surgery Update-Please give me advice
My sister was scheduled for liver surgery today. Everything during pre-op went as planned and we were hopeful this was one step closer to NED. She went in at 7:30 today and what they found was that the cancer had spread throughout her abdomen and that the tumors were all over her liver (even tho they did not light up on…
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coming back slowly
Hi everyone I am finially back home from the hospital for good now I hope. Carrie and I have been in and out of them and back and fourth from the Dr. visits the whole month of Janurary. I now have both of my kidneys working good and have a couple of extra riders hanging on for awhile also. I tried having them put the tubes…
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My Rocks... Who would have thunk??
A new Cancer center in New Orleans may want to show my rocks and do a small story on me. My brothers GF runs a chemo floor there and I sent her one of my "Cancer Worrior" rocks for her desk. Well, her boos seen it then she called her boos who's like the head of the hospital. They all then looked ...at the rocks I have…
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Again, Something to Ponder...........besides cancer......
There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She told her boyfriend, 'If I could only see the world, I would marry you.' One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came off, she was able to see…
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Friday Riddle
Remember NO GOOGLING or SEARCHING the Internet allowed. GOOD LUCK !! I cannot be felt, seen or touched; Yet I can be found in everybody; My existence is always in debate; Yet I have my own style of music. What Am I?
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Friday Thought of the Day
“Imagination rules the world.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
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Oxi is the Devil...
There... rant over. :o )
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Juicing versus eating veggies and fruits????
I eat fresh fruit and drink a huge glass of OJ for breakfast, afternoon snack and after supper snack. I eat fresh veggies for lunch and several veggies for supper. Way more than the MDR. Raisins, grapes, bananas, different types of red, green and golden apples, peaches, pears, strawberries, blueberries, black berries,…
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kombucha tea for health
Has anyone tried kombucha tea? What about fasting? Do these antidotes help with someone fighting colorectal cancer? I've been taking a probotic powder that I got from my dr and that seems to help. My husbands gastro dr said to take Kefir ( in the yogart section of whole foods or trader joes) and mix it with DanActive…
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Michael Bell (Mike 49)
Michael Lawrence Bell, 50 Michael Lawrence Bell died on January 18, 2010, at his home in Gilbert, AZ, following a courageous battle with colon cancer. Mike was born September 10, 1959 in Phoenix, AZ to Alan and Imogene Bell. He served in the United States Army from 1976 to 1979 and was a life member of the Disabled…
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Update on CEA
Just got an update from my oncologist. My CEA went from 5.3 on January 18 to 6.1 on February 1. He told me to not start to worry, yet. How can I help worrying? My CEA has been in the 3's since my surgery last January. Debbie in Arkansas