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Is my chemotherapy still effective with all the interruptions?
I’m currently receiving Fluorouracil (5-FU) and Leucovorin, in four treatment cycles. In each cycle I will receive the chemo once a week for six weeks and then I will have two weeks off. Then the cycle is repeated three more times. After nearly three months I’m still on the first cycle. After three treatments the doctor…
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Who's done Folfuri w/ Erbitux?
I'm Stage IV Colon CA, mets to liver. Did surgery, radiospheres & 6 months Folfox. New tumors appeared in liver, so now going to do another radiosphere tx & then 6 months Folfuri. Has anyone done Folfuri (w/ or w/o Erbitux)? If so, did you have different side effects? :)
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Port Removal Thursday
I am so thankful that my oncologist has agreed to take my port out. Initially she said a year, but I said it protrudes so much and hurts when I hug or lay a certain way and she said she agreed and wanted to see how the scan came back. Well the scan was clear, as I posted before, and I called her office two weeks ago and…
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Recovering from anal cancer treatments - things are looking up!
Hi all...have not been on here since the end of August. Just an update...I finished chemo and radiation on 9/17. It was hell, but for any newbies, it does eventually get better! I was diagnosed on 7/7/2009. My tumor was over 5cm and at stage II/III. I had 30 radiation treatments and chemo once a week for 7 weeks. I had an…
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1st scan since surgery thursday
Well tomorrow I will have my first scan since my surgery and I have to admit I am scared to death. I was told by my onc that if the cancer has not spread that she would give me a break from chemo. I have decided that even if she says I can take a break I'm not going to. The way I see it is like this. Its kinda like when…
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My little homage to the Semis - I hope it's not too hokey
Some of you know that I'm an artist. Each year San Francisco General Hospital asks a few artists from the city to decorate a large 3-dimensional heart to be auctioned off to raise funds for the hospital. To make a long story short, I got asked this year and part way through I figured out that I could take advantage of my…
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DAD IS HAVING SURGERY
HI EVERYONE, JUST AN UPDATE, WE MET WITH THE SURGENT AND MY DAD WILL BE HAVING HIS OPERATION IN A FEW WEEKS. THEY WENT OVER EVERYTHING WITH US AND THE DOCTOR FEELS THIS WILL BE A GOOD THING. MY DAD IS GONNA BE 84 AND HAS RECTUM CANCER. HE DID CHEMO AND RAD LAST YEAR AND THE TUMOR SHRUNK, AND HAS HAD CLEAN TEST RESULTS FOR…
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Surgery tomorrow
They day has come. I am scheduled for surgery tomorrow. For background I was Dx IIa and did 5 weeks radiation and chemo (Xeloda). As soon as I can I will post back here to let you all know the outcome. I have gotten and will continue getting alot of helpful information from all of you. I do not post very often but I read…
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Frustrated, Awaiting CT and MRI results
Well, I called my surgeon's office once yesterday and twice today...still no word on my CT and MRI results. I am sooo frustrated!!!! I just want to know the results. I felt the same way on the biopsy after my colonoscopy, I had to wait a week for that. I can't seem to do anything that requires any amount of concentration,…
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Discussion with Onc and results of Pet/CT scan
Finished chemo in April. Recently had both a Pet and Ct done and was quite worried as i have had alot of back and abdominal pain and twitching, and even alot of muscle cramping and charlie horse like pain in my side and back muscles. All my liver enzymes are back to normal, my white blood cells are still slightly low as is…
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Clinical Trial
Hi Everyone. It has been a long time since my last post. I do check in all the time to read your posts. Just an update on my treatment plan. After 12 Folfox+Avastin and 12 Folfiri+Avastin, the scan shows a mixed result. The nodules in my lung are stable. The biggest one is 9mm. The lesions in my liver show some shrinkage,…
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Discussion boards should be fixed now.
Hi all, The boards should be okay now but if anyone continues to have a problem, please use the "Contact CSN" link in the top right corner of the CSN page to send me an email. Sorry for the inconvenience and frustration! Greta Your CSN Staff
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Oncology recommendations in/near Baltimore, MD
Hi All! I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of the kind and encouraging words I've received since I (unfortunately!) joined this board a few weeks ago. My husband's surgery is scheduled for Nov. 9th. Both his surgeon and gastrointerologist said that chemo is a possibility. CT scans indicate…
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Yummy in tummy raw choco pie!!
This pie is soooo good! And so simple! For the crust: Blend 1/2 cup walnuts in a food processor, set aside. Blend 1/2 cup organic pitted dates in a food processor. Use just a tiny amount of water to blend it up. Put the date mixture and nuts in a bowl and mix well. On the bottom of the pie pan, sprinkle some crumbled up…
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CT Scan on Friday
Hello everyone, just asking all of you to keep me in your thoughts and prayers. I'm having at CT scan on 10/30 to see the results of 12 rounds of Folfox. I see the oncologist on Monday for the results and plans for further treatment. I'm thinking positive thoughts, but could use some from all of you!! Pat
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CT scan
Hi everyone! I had a scan on thursday. I had a met to liver that was large. It appears to have shrunk some to 4.5 cm x 5.5 cm and is less prominate?? Not sure waht that means for sure or how much it needs to shrink before surgery resection. That is the goal of my surgeon. It previous measured 5.7 x 6.9, and the scans were…
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An FYI on what I have decided to do about my cancer
Hi to all my friends, Some history...stage IV colorectal with 2 maybe 3 mets to liver and 1 to my right lung. Dxed in March and went on folfox 6 w/ avastin since end of March. Since then I have read tons and done lots of research on alternative plans to compliment my chemo. Until the chemo side effects really started…
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MY DAD IS VERY SAD
HI EVERYONE, I JUST GOT BACK ON BOARD ( MY DAD)... I TALKED WITH HIM THIS MORNING AND HE IS SO SAD. I FEAL TERRIBLE FOR HIM. I CANT STOP CRYING. HE IS VERY ACTIVE 84 YEAR OLD AND HE IS AFRAID OF LOSING THAT AFTER SURGEREY. ALSO HE IS CONCERN ABOUT THE COLORECTAL BAG HE MOST LIKELY WILL NEED, WILL HE HAVE A QUALITY OF LIKE…
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Chemo memories
Oh memories! One year ago today. I was 4 days into my chemo cycle. And I was struggling. My bowels were moving, which was fine accept my colostomy bag needed to be changed 5 times. And I was sooooo dizzy, that blackout feeling that comes right before fainting- tried to change my colostomy bag, but wasn’t quite getting it…
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Good news and bad from CT Scan and PET Scan
I had a CT Scan and PET Scan last week and the results are in. Some good news, some bad. Six of the seven tumors have shrunk by 1/2 or 1/4 of a centimeter. One tumor has grown about 1/4 of a centimeter. My CEA was down to 2.6. I won't have to have radiation now, but the doctor wants to keep that as an option if the tumors…
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Third opinion tom. say a prayer:)
Hello everyone, I will be seeing an Interventional Radiologist tomorrow at 2:30. This comes after my appt. with the GI Onc. at Emory that sais chemo forever! My Dr. actually set this appt. up with the IR tom. I am hoping that he has ideas for my liver, and soon. I know I have been at this since June with chemo and…
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For All Mothers
Before I was a Mom, I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby. I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous. I never thought about immunizations. Before I was a Mom, I had never been puked on. Pooped on, Chewed on.Peed on. I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts. I slept all night. Before I…
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Stage 1 recurrence?
Has anyone every had or known someone who had Stage 1, and have the cancer come back? Did it come back in colon or somewhere else?
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Limey - Our Dear Friend Mark
It pains me to write this and through tears - tears of love, respect, friendship, and an aching heart for Mark and his family - Mark has transcended to the next part of his journey. Mark left us yesterday morning to make his way to where angles are no doubt laughing it up with him. Mark touched so many people during his…
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Promising Treatment for those with aggressive colon cancers or for those who are out of options
i haven't been on here in awhile so i apologize if this has already been posted, but some of the medical community that i am friends with thought it exciting, so I though i would post for you all to check out: Nashville, Tenn. (Vocus/PRWEB ) October 8, 2009 -- A patient who had inoperable, stage 4, colon cancer is free of…
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Update
Our Buddy Craig is having lots of pain. He was doing good when I went to see him but after that I guess everything caught up with him and the next day he started having breathing problems. Now, he is home but having lots of pain and discomfort. So I am sending out another prayer call to all of you are prayer warriors. Eric…
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Heavy heart, newfound conviction!
I was a little bummed out today knowing that I was starting my FOLFOX Tx tomorrow. I got a call this evening from my mom that one of my favorite aunts(stage IV breast cancer w/mets) lost her fight today. She got pneumonia and was taken to the hospital today. She got fluid on the lungs and didn't have the strength to fight…
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Balancing CEA results vs. CT Scan results
Just curious what you all think about my mom's situation and what it could mean... When she was first diagnosed with Stage IV CC (with approx. 3 mets to liver), her CEA was at 86. After surgery, it went down to 7.8 and continues to drop downwards, to 3.26 and now to 1.53. HOWEVER, in her 3-month CT scan followup, it showed…
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MRI's and CT's today
I do my MRI and CT's today. Let's hope and pray for clear scans. Peace and Blessings, Amy
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Frustrated with this board
A note to the people that run this site. Please post - and make it a sticky at the top of each forum - when you have fixed the problems for posting to these boards. I'm fed up with typing out replies only to have them disappear over and over. This is very sad when I want to give a little encouragement to someone, or add to…