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Colorectal Cancer

Update:good news
Hi dear all,we got the pathology report today,everything sounds good:there are no lymph nodes,blood vessels,nerves got involved and the tumor invasion was down from T3 to T2,the margin was benign.What a big relief to us!Lots of thanks to all of you.
vitamin water ah-ha
I take an assortment of vitamins, including calcium, D and B6, everyday. I do not take a multivitamin- wish I could, but have never found one that didn't make me sick to my stomach. I started drinking Vitamin Water- about one a day, usually C. Good idea or not? I drink a lot of water, but it isn't my most favorite thing to…
NED
Thanks for all the prayers and support. I had my oncology appt today and CT scan and labs came back clear CEA 3.4. Yea I'm NED since Oct. 2007 just shy of 2 years. Stage IIIC Thanks again and blessings to you all, Debbie (gramma)
Avastin side effects - 2+ protein in urine, severe flank pain
To all avastin users. I went in for my 8th cycle of Folfiri and Avastin and almost didn't get the avastin. The cut off point is 2+ for protein in your urine which I had. We called my onc and he said to give it to me anyway as my urine protein had been negative up until now. Last night I developed severe flank pain on both…
Avastin / Folox question
From your experience, do the treatments gradually get worse from the build up of chemo or typically stay about the same. My hubby goes for #2 on Tuesday and is doing great after first treatment. Thanks you all so much, you have great advice and it makes our journey a little easier. Always look forward to reading the posts…
my mom just had surgery
My mom was diagnosed with colon cancer with liver metastasis in June 2009. She had a colon resection and today she had a surgery on her liver to remove the tumors. I was wondering how painful, and how long is the recovery from this type of surgery. I am extremely scared for her because she had gone through chemo also and…
1 node positive - ah!
Hi Everyone, **** finished his Folfox 6 about 4 weeks ago. Unfortunately it looks as if 1 lymph node is positive for cancer. That is what the PET showed today. All else looked clear. We are waiting on the results of the echocardiogram for the pericardial effusion (liquid around the heart) We are very disappointed but ****…
Port insertion
I just had my post-op with the surgeon, and we scheduled the port insertion. He said most of his colleagues prefer to go under the collarbone and into a big vein in the chest. He prefers to go up over the collarbone and into a vein in the neck. The reason is less problems - including dropping the risk of puncturing the…
Chemotherapy treatements and pregnancy
Hi all, diagnosed stage 3, in April 08, surgery and chemo. Curently NED. 5 months after my diagnosis, my 32 year old son was diagnosed same cancer. He is currently doing treatment, has been for about 1 year. His doctor told he and his wife to not concieve becasue he was concerned that it would cause the baby to be born…
Not cancer related, this is a social problem
I just read an article concerning an uproar in Florida over an 83-0 HS football score. All the parents and school administrators are in a tizzy over the beating. This is discouraging. Why should anyone or team diminish their performance to a lower level. I shutter to think what is going on in people's minds when they…
Krista
I bought the probiotics products that you said were helping you. Haven't started using the superfood one yet. Want to see if this stops some of the frequency without having to take the lomotil everyday. Anyone else having good results from probiotics? Anyone else use enemas? Where do you get the supplies?
Just checking in. Please check in too!!!
I thought I'd check in and let everyone know how it's been sense my first Oxy treatment and 48 hours with 5FU (pump) on Aug 9th. Well everyone was right. The Oxy is a BI%%H. It made me so sick and weak that when I went in to get to pump removed they had to give me fluids, Nausea stuff, and steroids. It even took me a few…
RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION
hi, aLL I need to know if anyone with mets to the liver has had this proceedure. I went to my surg. to discuss the up coming surgery and , i asked him about alternatives because i really donot feel good about the surgery, my liver spot is only 2.4 cm and I have been reading they can treat this with this proceedure but they…
Will you have whine with that cheese, madam?????
So, we're back in sunny southern california. After having our seats changed 3 times (not to our knowledge, and not to our benefit), I ended up sitting next to a mother with a baby. Now, the flight is almost 11 hours...you do the math...ROFL! I've got a BUNCH of stuff to do here, a BIG limb off our eucalyptus tree crashed…
MIC......KEY................B-R-O-K-E........................
M_I_C....K_E_Y.........B_R_O_K_EEEEEEEE Well that's the song I sang coming home last night. We rolled in about 11:30 and all were wore out. It was a great trip and all of us had a blast. Good to get back home though. I never thought it would actually feel good to have to get up and feed cats , dogs, and chickens, and then…
hello all new to board
Hello all I spent the last 3 hours reading the board and was moved with all the support. I'm a stage 4 survivor of colon cancer. I had surgery last year November and started chemo in jan. and finished in july. I have a question that i'm hoping someone has an answer too. I have been struggling with neuropathy from the 11th…
Anyone heard from or about Mary mscolon?
I was just thinking about someone on the board I haven't seen post in a long time- Mary. I think her name on the board was mscolon or mscolon2, or something like that. I tried a member search using those two names and it came up with nothing. I don't know if I'm getting the name wrong or if her discussion board membership…
Just a little update, and where is Donna?
Just wanted to let you know, Nick and I had our His and Hers colonoscopies this week. He was fine - 2 small polyps, no diverticulitis, nothing at all really. Which still doesn't explain the bleeding, the doc said it was probably a hemmoriod that burst. The anesthesia didn't work well on him, he got to watch the discovery…
Father Just got Diagnosed
My father was diagnosed with colon cancer last Thursday. I keep thinking the worst... Everytime I think about anything related I cry. Does anyone have any answers as to how I can stay strong for my dad. I also want to start an awareness group in my area and help other who are going through the same thing and help raise…
New Diagnosis
My husband started having pain in his abdomen the end of July and was diagnosed with almost total obstruction of the right hepatic flexure area of his colon with a "napkin ring" tumor on 9/9. He had surgery 9/15 and they found the tumor was also outside the colon as well and had caused the small intestine to "kink" even…
Facing a permanent Colostomy
I am 51, I was dignosed with rectal cancer 2 years ago. I opted for a non-invasive procedure that I thought would get rid of the cancer. I did radiation and chemo, and 2 years later, its back, same place. I am faced with total rectal removal and permanent colostomy next week. What is it like? Are there alternatives? Can I…
The Reading Room:New Assay Detects 100 Percent of Stage I, II and III Colon Cancers in Pre-Clinical
One hundred percent always sounds good to me! This sounds like a very good development if the clinical trials support research thus far. Link:New Assay Detects 100 Percent of Stage I, II and III Colon Cancers in Pre-Clinical Trials Hatshepsut
Shayenne
Worried about the little lady...anyone hear from her, this is sooo not like her...
Summer Reflections
Hello fellow Semi-Colons, I thought I would share what a joyous summer I had. A bit of background first: was diagnosed in 2007 with colon cancer stage 3, had surgery and chemo. This was the second battle with cancer, the first being with Hodgkins 20 years ago. Currently NED. I just wanted to stress to others going through…
Squirrel Pooh and Pecan Trees,
You gotta love the south in the fall, Ga football, college students, cool weather and yes the squirrels in pecan trees> You see we live in a tin roof house next to pecan trees infested with flying squirrels. All day and night they are gathering pecans for winter and eating the ripe ones, They jump from the roof to the…
Trying to be realistic - FOLFOX
In the medical community everyone wants to keep your spirits up and hopes up. I don't feel they always tell you what you will probably go through. I know everyone reacts differently to treatment. I'd love to hear from those that have been on FOLFOX or are on it now, about your side effects, and how severe or not severe…
Queen Mother
Hello fellow semicolons ... I don't know whether this story has already been in the American press but, if not, I thought it might give hope ... A new authorised biography of the Queen Mother has revealed that she survived for 35 years after surgery to remove a tumor on her colon. I am pasting the story from the BBC…
Thanks for all the great feedback and this wonderful site
Thank you to everyone that participates here. I've been able to get a better feel for the answers to a lot of my questions having multiple answers, instead of just those in one doctor's office. Tomorrow morning I have a PET scan. I had been worried that everyone kept blowing off the small spot (1/4") on my liver that was…
Unusual colon cancer, and possible treatment
Hello All, I have a friend who's 78 yo grandfather has been recently diagnosed with colon cancer. Recent meaning less than two months. The doctors do not seem to have knowledge of anyone else with the symptoms that he presents with. THose being that the tumors fall from his rectum. THe first two times he was hospitalized…
update on his and hers colonoscopies....
Just wanted to let ya'll know - Nick had his last week, they cut out 2 polyps but all was clear (but that means there still is no reason so far for his bleeding). I had mine 2 days after. They found 5 polyps. 4 were fine. 1 was "of the not-so-good kind." He wasn't sure if he got all of it, so they tattooed the spot (damn -…

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