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Need "somebody whos been there" opinions
My mother was diagnosed with rectal cancer Stage III in August of 2006 at 74 years old, 3 lymphs positive, chemo and radiation then surgery in Jan 07,temp illeostomy, no treatment after surgery due to her back breaking in 5 places from radiation,anastomic leak, 2 hernias, fell and broke hip. Illeostomy reversal in January…
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Decisions to make
Hi Everyone, I had a Catscan on Tuesday and today my oncologist said minimal growth again but it is growing, so he said that I can still wait to start the Chemo or start the choice would be mine. I'm wondering if I wait I'm maybe putting myself at risk to develop cancer some where else and the growth could be faster. His…
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Cantrell's Program....hello Lisa....
Hi Lisa How are you doing on the Cantrell regimen? Serrana
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Christy iluvmms
Hey Christy, wondering how you are doing since the Theraspheres? when you get the strngth to post I have questions for you as I will be undergoing this procedure as well. Feel better. Patti
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Thank you for your support and some suggestions for you
I haven't been on here since my husband, Brant, passed away on December 17th. It has been an incredibly tough few weeks. First, I wanted to share an article that was written about him in the Stanford Daily with everyone. http://www.stanforddaily.com/cgi-bin/?p=1036620 Secondly, although nobody wants to think about this…
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blue shield insurance games
Just heard today that University of Calif NCI Cancer Center is not accepting Blue Shield per Jan 1.........anyone know anything about this????????? Is this what is going to happen with the health (care) reform? Serrana
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Update phase 1 trial Arry-438162
My phase 1 trial Arry-438162, 2nd and 3rd week. The 23rd of Nov. I had another long day at the research center lots of labs ecg. at different times through out the day after taking a dose of drug. So far my labs are good. I started getting a rash on the lower half of my face by the end of that day. I was still having some…
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Last night
Last night on the way to my mother in laws for dinner with my husband, he suddenly started talking about his illness (stage 4 colon cancer with mets to his liver and lungs), he went into remission and then had a minor set back with 1 met showing up in his liver and nothing in his lungs. But he also had pulmonary embolisum…
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New! Diagnosis of Adenacarcinoma--in Rectum
I was diagnosed with Adenacarcinoma the day before Thanksgiving. I took 3 Advil for a pain on my side and started to bleed. Went to the emergency room and lost lots of blood in bowell movments. Advil is a blood thinner and essentially saved my life by causing me to bleed. Had a colonoscopy and they discovered a 2 cm tumor…
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2010 NOT STARTING GOOD
Well many of you know from an earlier post that in november i had a met removed from my main bile duct and a stent placed to keep duct from becoming blocked through a procedure called an ERCP. just had a new pet/scan and met is back and bigger than before. met with surgeon today he wants to do a procedure called a modified…
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Update-half way point of adjuvant chemo
Hi dear all.I would like to give my semi-colon family an update about us. Today is my husband's 6 round of adjuvant chemo,he is at the half way point,so we can start countdown now.Since the oxi created the neuropathy on my husband's fingers,the oncologist decided to skip it at round 5 and round 6 in order to let his…
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Tomorrow (tonight) is a bit tough....
It was 5 after midnight, I was here in Holland, 3 years ago, when the phone rang with the news my daughter had died. I still miss her, but keep her firmly in my heart. She had her moments, but also had times of joy, and the biggest smile. I feel like turning the phones off tonight, not a single call do I want to have...my…
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Where is Phil
Hey, I haven't been on the board much the last few weeks. I haven't seen anything from Phil. Hope you are okay Phil. You always bring a smile to my face. Hope you are okay and will post soon. Paula
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not good-bye just see ya later
hello to my cyber family.i have made a hard decision today on the advice of my radiologist.as i am seeing him for the scar tissue this cancer has left me.as many of you know i stay depressed most of the time because of the nasty side effects i have been left with.its been almost 6 months since chemo ended and i still have…
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Weather for those in close proximity to Paducah,Nashville,Knoxville,Sheffield,Muscle Shoals Florence
A strong cold front with limited moisture will move across the service territory on Wednesday night and Thursday. An area of light snow will spread across all of our region in association with the front. Total liquid accumulation from this front will average between 0.1” and 0.2”. A typical snow ratio is 10” per one inch…
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EXTRA! EXTRA! Read All About It!!! - Craig and DaVinci Article JUST Published in Local Newspaper -
Happy New Year Semis; I just wanted to share this with you as we start 2010! The Fort Worth Star Telegram has just released their health article on the DaVinci surgical system. I've been looking for it all week and it just posted today. And guess what? She mentioned the SEMI COLONS in "print" in the article, so WE ALL made…
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Well Rounded Treatment Center (neat!)
From a post in the pancreatic cancer section of the forums, check out the Block Center for Integrative Cancer Care: http://www.blockmd.com/ They use both traditional and alternative forms of therapy (does that lower the Quack rating? lol) and have had some decent success. There are stories of people who have survived Stage…
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Woild like imput
July 2007 I had a colon tumor removed. It had not perforated the colon. I had a resection followed by chemo. A PET scan in May of 2009 showed a "spot on the outside of my colon where it had been re sectioned. It was to small to place a marker and all biopsy came back negative. A follow up PET scan in Nov of 2009 showed…
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8 rounds of folfox - and 25 fractions of radiation - DONE!!!
I am not great at posting or coming here very much.....my New Years resolution is to be here more frequently..... I completed 8 rounds of folfox and TODAY was #25 of radiation - I still have 4 more rounds of chemo (folfox)....but get a HOLIDAY of no treatment for a month!!! WAHOO!!! Diagnosed June 4, 2009...I am a stage…
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not sure what cea's are
Today I went in for round 8 of god only knows how many, I am very disapointed with myself right now . My Dr.told me that my labs all came back very very good she started naming all different kinds of crap off and when she got to my cea's she said it was outstanding 2.5. This is the second time around for me with cancer and…
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can't decide on what juicer to get- update: I finally decided!
I know this topic has been discussed before & I did a search and read all the past posts on juicers, but thought maybe some of the newer people on the board might have some input. I'm pretty sure I want a juicer that masticates (as opposed to the centrifugal kind). Emily (2bhealed) and Scouty both have Champions and had…
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Any info would be appreciated *UPDATE
Hello All, Happy New Year to everyone! I dont want to really bother anyone but I am at the end of my rope here. I have what I think is a pinched nerve and boy let me tell you its kicking my backside with pain. I am on heavy pain meds but they are only masking the problem I think. Had a MRI last Thursday, waiting for…
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TONIGHT - Options for Treating Liver Metastases" - featuring Dr. Michael Choti of Johns Hopkins Univ
Talk with Dr. Laura about Colorectal Cancer "Options for Treating Liver Metastases" featuring Dr. Michael Choti of Johns Hopkins University Hospital TONIGHT 8 p.m. EST Michael Choti, M.D., M.B.A. The Jacob C. Handelsman Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Handelsman Division of Surgical Oncology, Dr. Michael Choti is a…
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How many CatScans do we have??
Hi All, Well today I had another CatScan and I'm thinking how many can my body really take? I just had one in october and one in July boy I think I'm hitting my limit? Had a mammogram last week and had to follow up today with another, I think I must be glowing from all this radiation! I just thought i'd ask how many…
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Clinical trial update
Hi All, A few months ago I participated in a clinical trial of Amgen 655 and Amgen 479 for treatment of advanced solid tumor. The CT scan before Thanksgiving indicated tumor progression. So the trial was not working for me. My onc gave me two options. One is to go back to traditional chemo, which she thinks will eventually…
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Hi Guys
I read this board a lot but usually post on the "Colon Club" website. I'm currently NED, have / had :) stage 4 with mets to the bone. My resent scan was incredibly clean and my onc took me off chemo(10 rounds Folfox) and I'm great. I wanted to share my story of how God intervened for me and what happened to bring me to…
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Swollen esophogas
Hi, everyone, I haven't posted a discussion topic in a while, but I have tried to keep checking in on this site and offering my Prayers. My husband had colon cancer stage 3C, full colonectomy last april. finished chemo in Nove. CT Scan on December 28, Dec. 30 dr.'s office called and said no signs of metasizing. We…
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i got my way
went to see the dr today and he said i had 3 choices, 1 another study. 2 no more treatment. 3 FOLFOX AND AVASTIN..just what i wanted i had such good results from it a couple of years ago i wanted to try again and they are going to let me.. i am going to have to stay over night the first 3 treatments because i did have a…
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odd question
Now that you have been diagnosed with colon cancer, do you have to not be a donor anymore on your driver's license? I know I had to remove myself from the Marrow Donor website, which was a sad day for me.
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when will this nightmare end
sorry everyone but I need to vent I am doing well with chemo get great reports from my onc every three weeks and life was good until today and my husband was told he has bladder cancer he will have surgery on Feb 1st. I don't know how much more I can handle we are supposed to avoid stress well I'd like for some one to give…