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3rd round of Folfox story :)
My first two treatments went well because I had a great mindset, prayers gone up and I began drinking water the day before and all the way through the treatment week to keep the chemo drug flowing out of my body in a speedy matter. The third treatment came and a little rebellion was getting ready to be exposed...I didn't…
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Remind me again why we have kids?
As if having colon cancer is not enough, now I have one child (30 yrs old) wanting me to pick her over my other child (34 yrs old). My son is going through a messy divorce and we are trying to help him as much as possible. My daughter says it's all my son's fault for marrying a 19 year old, so he should have expected it.…
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Tempted to quit half way through my chemo.
I’m on the Roswell Park regimen, in which 5-FU and the leucovorin are given once a week for 6 weeks in a row every 8 weeks and then repeated for a total of four cycles for a total of 32 weeks. To be honest, I’m tempted to quit now, since I have Stage IIA and I’m only doing this as insurance against the cancer coming back…
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confidence and cancer
I’ve just been reading Kathryn’s Caring Bridge website, and Kathryn, I’m so sorry to read about how hard a time you’ve been having. It all sounds frightening, frustrating, and just plain bad. In one of your journal entries from the week, you wrote: “I lost confidence in my ability to deal with battling cancer, and couldn't…
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Been a very rough week
I went through the oxaliplatin desensitization in the hospital this week. That in itself went ok (with some frustrations, but no allergic reaction). But things got a lot rougher. I'm not going to write it all out again, but if anyone is interested you can read my spattering of posts to my journal this week (mostly today to…
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Question for Phillieg
I wanted to pm you but I didn't know how. Anyways I wanted to ask you a question regarding a post to the RESPECT discussion. It was to a newbie and states that he has only made three post since joining. I am new to this board too and don't post often because to be frank this disease has scared the crap out of me, sometimes…
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Rapha clinic
Well, my, my, my.... such upsetting posts lately. Hubby and I have had only one car since 2005 and it has been very hard on me. Stuck at home, other than church, for weeks at a time. After my dx and treatment, my insurance company started sending me info about how people seem to heal better and stay well when they are busy…
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chest pain
Has anyone had asthma like symptoms, i have never had asthma but i feel like there is a truck on my chest at times and pain in chest. It seems worse after contrast with scans. maybe it is my imagination. blood work was all good and cea is still only 2. i wonder if the theraspheres got to my lungs as well, i don't know just…
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Dr. Cantrell
Wasn't there someone here that was seeing him? I was curious how that was going.
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Oxi
Did anyone have bad reaction on Oxi and after some times get it again.Wife have folfox/avastin,folfiri/erbitux and mets are here again.She's so scared of oxi but after only 3 rounds she have clear scan.That was before 18 months.
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Need Email Address
Can someone PM me SpongeBob's personal email address so I can continue to keep in touch?
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Tune into Extreme Makeover this Sunday - fellow cc
I do not know if she is a member of our discussion board - but we could all have a "watch party" on Sunday! A fellow cc will be featured on ABC’s hit series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition on Jan. 31 at 8 p.m. The show was responsible for building a new home for the Creasey family in November 2009. Because of the family's…
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Looking for friends and support - 37 year old guy with IIIb
Man - I'm so happy to find this network. Let me introduce myself. My name is Jesse. I am a father of 2 girls. Nicole, my eldest, is going to be 4 years old in October, and Jennifer, is my youngest, at 18 months. My wife and I found out we were pregnant with our third at the end of April, and at the beginning of June, we…
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anyone heard from kapper48
Has anyone heard from Pat since he went in for procedure on his kidneys on the 25th just wondering how he is doing... Louann
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can you help a Canadian???
I know this post is not really really serious stuff and I apologize. For Christmas this year hubby gave me two tickets to the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. haha my first reaction was lordy-lou what if i don't live that long?? I am truly amazed and excited by this prospect. I have never been to New York so here's my…
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anybody else have this problem???
Please enough of the serious stuff. This is a real question and kind of funny. Hey, you folks said we could talk about pooping. A week or so back I was out cutting firewood for next winter. It is very cold here in Missouri and I am all bundled up in my insulated bib coveralls and heavy work coat. You know the kind with…
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Good news prior to surgery
My husband went in for a short colonoscopy yesterday so that his surgeon could check the effect of his five week radiochemo treatment. What a surprise ! No trace of his primary tumor could be found. They even gave us a picture, luckily they had marked where it was with ink back in October. So he's going in for surgery on…
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Shrevebud (Roy Peters)
I hadn't heard from Roy in a while and when I tried to find his phone number, I instead found his obit. I'm very sad to be posting this. I will miss him. SHREVEPORT, LA - Roy Van Brook Peters was born June 13, 1960 in Lake Charles, LA. He died Dec. 24, 2009 at Grace Home in Shreveport, La. He was the youngest son of…
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Goodbye to my friend Karyn, butterfly23
Karyn passed away this morning surrounded by her husband and family. I know you all and these boards helped her so much during the last two years. Keep her family in your prayers. Love you Karyn... Kerri
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Just a reminder
I noticed awhile back we had newbies on the board. However they were posting on story section and I didn't see too many comments. Maybe we are over looking that section a bit. The newbies are not always sure where to start out at on the board so maybe we can all swing over there now and then and direct them to the…
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My brother finally had a colonoscopy this week
I was dx'd 20 months ago with stage 3B colon cancer. 2 days after I was dx'd my identical twin sister had a colonoscopy- it was totally clean. I have 3 other siblings who for some reason would not. Truly, I think it is denial to the core. Like they would look at me and not hear a fricken word I was saying- wish I had a…
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Friday Riddle
Remember NO Googling or searching the Internet allowed, and good luck ! RIDDLE: What starts at red and stops at green?
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JohnSFO and round 3 of chemo (it went well)
Just thought I'd post an update that wasn't all bad news - John started his third round of chemo yesterday (Irinotecan and 5FU) and it went really well. He had done Irinotecan back in the fall and it was awful - the first dose laid him out for 10 days in addition to making him vomit copiously. This time they administered a…
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Liver Surgery On
Hi All, I do not post much, I try to respond to those that I can and offer words of encouragement. Every time I read the posts here, my heart breaks! My sister was given the green light to have liver surgery! She will have it next week. This is a BIG step, as despite chemo since April of last year, her numbers have not…
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what to eat ?
It seems to be the same old problem, what foods to eat. Since my surgery in May 2007 I've have had diarreah, (you know the runs) more times after surgery then I had before the surgery. I'm getting pretty damn frustrated with it. It makes me not want to eat anything I like. I'm getting sick of yogurt and applesauce. Maybe I…
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New TX plan/Onc thoughts...
I have a new treatment plan that includes stereotactic radiation to my 2 lung mets followed by 3 months of 5 fu. My oncologist sited a study with 2 groups of stage IV cc patients that had exhausted all available chemos. One group got 5 fu and the other nothing. The 5fu group lived 1 1/2 years longer. I had not heard/read…
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Results
Well i took chris to the ER today after we could not get his colostomy to stop bleeding and we did not get good news:( They did a CT and found several lessions on his liver and a blood clot in the main vein that filters the abs... So I guess being done with chemo in March is a dream in the past.. Thanks all for being here…
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lesions??
So what exactly are lesion? Been looking it up all day and cant get a real clear answer?/ Thanks Mel
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DX UPDATE..... HUMMMM.....
Hey Everybody!! Seen Onc. today. He has changed things up a bit. NO MORE CHEMO!!!!! Well, drip form anyway...and no more wearing that black bag for 46 hours every 2 weeks!!! YEAH!!!!.... No more Nuelasta shots. I will be starting Xeloda on Feb. 8th with Avastin every 3 weeks. Thats it!!! I thought he would want a PET/CT…
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Emmed??
Not sure if I spelled it correctly, but I've had a hell of a time dealing with nausea. I only have 5 more treatments to go, but that's about 15-20 days of feeling like total crap. Since I've gone back to work, I really can't afford those off days. My onc. nurse has made it her personal mission to resolve this. (Gotta love…