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Folfiri
Dear friends, My mother needs to do chemo after resection!!!the multiple lessions in the liver just 25 days after resection!!!!!! The Onc wants to put her on Folfiri and avastin...she has been on Folfox before but very bad experience and svere side effects. I don't know if folfiri would be the same,she will be on operation…
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Back Pain...
I been feeling abit sore on the right side of my back, low, and sometimes on the back of my shoulder, it's not very painful, just sore, like I pulled something? but my hubby was putting icy hot on it, when he said it looked like I had varicose looking bruises on my back, very small, and reddish looking rashes, very small,…
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Thank You
I have been reading the posts from you all today and wanted to send my thanks for thinking of me. I must admit to being in the darkest days of my life and wish more than anything that things were different. I did not see this coming. We were so prepared to fight for much longer. I am lucky to be surrounded by amazing…
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Headed for HIPEC
Hi everyone, I hope you all are having a great holiday season despite the big C. It looks like I'll probably be having the HIPEC procedure done in January, barring any catastrophes. I've been speaking with Dr. Martin Goodman at Tufts Medical Center about this and he feels I'm a good candidate after seeing my CT scans. He…
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Stage IV Colon Cancer poor father / pls help !
Dear Doctor and anyone can help, Please, pls tell me what I should do and how.My father, a famer aged 53 lived all his life in the countryside, was diagnosised Stage IV Colon Cancer and have spread to liver where max tumor 6.2cm X3cm, and to celiac lymph node on NOV 18th 2009 and had received twice chemotherapy (aoshalibo…
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Christmas Cards
A big thank you for all my cards and special words you are all very special and i wish everyone health and happiness .I feel like i am not alone, the grandkids came over this weekend and read every card to me again. we went to the cemetary and we put 2 piontstta plants on angels headstone. Huggs to everyone love michelle
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My Play!
Is this weekend! Wish me luck and hope I don't flub up, or my bag doesn't bust onstage! (I would die!!) LOL!.... If you are on my facebook, the director made a little video of it, which I posted to my Facebook profile... I'm in ALL black, (not the one with the hat and guns), which I am after the Bubba Santa, at 51 seconds,…
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I want to say Thank You
I wanted to thank all of you for letting me share in your lives. I have such admiration for each one of you. This board of the Semis shows true Character, Courage, and Honesty that leaves me with such admiration for this group. I want to WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! There is not a group with more…
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Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays everyone..I just hope everyone will have a happy and safe holiday...Enjoy your familys and friends it is so important to do this this...Thank you everyone for all of your help and concerns over the past year..I would not have made it this far if it weren't for all of you!!!!!!!!! Julie
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Staying active
The studies and recommendations keep showing one of the best things we can do to be proactive after a colon cancer dx is to get exercise. Simple enough - something we actually DO have control over most of the time. Obviously not so much just after surgeries or tough chemo cycles, but once we are done with treatments this…
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sundanceh
Hey Craig, Got yor gift thanks it was great...Happy Holidays Julie
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Anyone else getting hit with snow this date?
Anyone else getting snow this evening? There's about two inches so far in Brooklyn and its coming down heavy at 7:55 this Sat evening.Hope no one's stuck in it or has difficulty getting to facility if being treated this Mon or Tue.....Steve
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There is always hope
I am new to this web site. Thought my story could help. We live in mid Missouri. It is a 20 mile drive to the local hospital. The locals refer to this hospital as the vet clinic. March of 08, the day after my 65th birthday, I had my first colonoscopy. When I came to they informed me that they had removed 5 polyps and…
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Anyone else up?
Just wondered, is anyone else up besides me at 3:30 am?
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marriage
I was wondering if any one in here has had problems with their marrige in here since they have found that they had cancer. Because I am raelly having a tough time. I catch myself crying all the time. The doctor told me that stress is the worst thing for cancer. That is like feeding gas to a fire. Any suggestions on how to…
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HAIR TODAY,GONE TOMORROW ! UPDATE
HEY, HOW YOUSE GUYS DOIN'? Well,I gotta tell you,I did not think this would upset me, 'cause I knew it was a possibility, but when I took a shower this morning and washed my hair, it came out by the handfulls! It didn't come out like in the movies or T.V where a big clump came out leaving a big bald spot,it just came out…
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Seeking urgent information on small bowel cancer
As with everyone else who posts on this great forum, I did not wish to ever have the need to come here. My mother (45) was diagnosed with small bowel adenocarcinoma a year ago and underwent resection of a segment of the small intestine, removal of uterus and ovaries. She then went on chemotherapy for a year in hopes of…
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Phillieg
Do you mind telling me what doctor you use at Sloan???? I am not happy with what Dr. Segal says...So I need to get a second opinion this time from a liver specialist...Try to stay warm we have the wood stove cranked up its 9* here burrrr.....Thanks Julie
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34yr old recently disgnosed with Duodenal Cancer
Hello is there anyone out there who has or knows anyone who has been disgnosed with Duodenal Cancer? ( start of small colon just after the stomach) My husband was diagnosed Nov 04 4 weeks after our first born nany Mia Grace was born. His cancer was diagnosed as stage 3 after he underwent a 10 hr 'whipple resection'…
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Need prayers
Just got back from my colonoscopy all good. Take down scheduled for Friday the 18th wish me luck.
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Anyone currently on ARRAY-162-111 Study Drug
Looking for someone who is currently or has been on this study drug.
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I found something that had to be for us... Please go and look
I found something that had to be for us... Please go and look, Phill, you cant look until you have a guitar in your hands. Go to youtube and look up "Stand By Me | Playing For Change | Song Around the World" I'm telling you guys it's ssssssssooooo what we here on this board are about. Dont miss it. You can also go to my…
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The rest of yesterday's story
I already posted my great news! According to my PET/CT, and my CEA of 2, I am considered NED! And I get a one week break over New Year's. I had a few questions answered about things that the ultrasound and CT had picked up - no worries on any of it. My liver function is back to normal for all numbers. Stopping the…
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cancer of esophagus
Has anyone else developed, or know anyone who has developed esophageal cancer after rectal cancer?
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Phillig
Hey Phil, I am seeing Dr.Neil Segal in Sloan..Have you ever delt with him???? I am on the boarder of Orange and Sullivan County in Westbrookville. Where in Orange are you???? JULIE
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shingles
yeeeh just got back from GP....I have horrendous pain because I have shingles....isn't that weird...for 4 weeks i have just been lumping along thinking....oh my gosh cancer hurts another indication of how much we are willing to put up with anyone else had shingles???? gotta be better than cancer mags
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WOOHOOO!
WOOOHOOO! WOOOHOOO! I am NED, NED, NED!!!!! Doing the nekid happy dance! Well, ok, I couldn't do it here or they'd probably kick me out of the chemo infusion room. But I'm doing it in my mind and will do it when I get home! The liver shows no activity. The lymph nodes that were enlarged and had activity in September are…
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Mother of the Mayo Clinic
This is from my little blue Advent Book from church "In the early 19th century, a Catholic bishop traveled from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Luxembourg to preach at local parishes about the need for teachers in the United States, especially among Native Americans. His words touched the hearts of two young sisters, Maria…
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looking for info on pain
Hi All, **** is on day 2 of his pump today. He is on his 6th Folfori + Avastin treatment (prior he did 12 rounds of Folfox 6). On his 5th treatment 2 weeks ago he had intermittent sharp pain on his left side (same side as port) along his collarbone and side. This time it is on his right side and the sharp pain is on the…
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Blood clots from avastin
Hi everyone, I was woundering if anyone else has gotten blood clots or know of anyone that has gotten blood clots from taking avastin. About a month ago I had my first scan since my surgery in June and so far no cancer but I was put in the hospital for 2 days because the scan showed 2 blood clots. I was put on blood…