Colorectal Cancer

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Colorectal Cancer

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  • User: "impactzone"
    'Trojan Horse' Therapy Kills Cancer Cells Posted on: Monday, 29 June 2009, 06:36 CDT A new "trojan horse" therapy designed to kill off cancer has been developed by a team of Australian scientists, Reu…
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  • User: "idlehunters"
    Can someone please explain this CEA that ya'll talk about. I am assuming it has something to do with the immune system??? I wonder why my doc (or any doc I have been to thus far) has never mentioned i…
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  • User: "cowman"
    I am on my 2nd week with my chemo pump so I have a question. It's Sunday night and my chemo pump is beeping empty. That is fine since I am going in Monday morning. I can take the batteries out and shu…
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  • User: "colon2"
    Saw the onc today and since the oxy side effects are getting worse, he decided to cut the dosage by 25% on next chemo treatment. He says if that doesn't help, we will probably stop the oxy. I have had…
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  • User: "shmurciakova"
    Hello everyone, I just wanted to give you an update for those of you who remember my CEA glitch a couple of months ago. I am happy to report that I just got my blood tests again. It took me 2 months t…
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  • User: "snommintj"
    Some of you might remember the discussion we had some time back about the amount of health insurance I had. Well, I told you guys about a choice I had to decide on 1 or 2 million dollars worth of life…
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  • User: "donnare"
    Hi all, We met with my husband's oncologist for the first time yesterday. The PET scan showed no more than we already know about - just multiple (approx 11) mets to the liver - no other organs involve…
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  • User: "marc24"
    hello, ive been posting here and there about my moms health..after 5 chemo, she is gonna meet with her onco july 7th and im hopnig for the best, but now i can see my mom is having more and more sympto…
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  • User: "nudgie"
    PGLGREG is this weeks WINNER. CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIDDLE: 75% can be written as 3/4. How would 58 1/3% be written as a fraction (when reduced to the lowest denominator)? ANSWER: 7/12. The easies…
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  • User: "hippiecwgrl"
    Hi My dad has colon cancer and starts his 1st round of chemo on 7/7. He has to do 12 rounds. What questions should I ask when I go with him on the 1st day? I understand the basic idea of how he does o…
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  • User: "colon2"
    I am just curious, as to how many of you, if any, have had a recurrence after completeing chemo, if you were stage 3 and only had 1 or maybe 2 lymph nodes involved. Trying to figure my odds. , I guess…
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  • User: "Annabelle41415"
    I'm probably more scared to start this than having the actual surgery itself. I have already been through radiation/chemo (pill form) and tolerated that very well and then major surgery am told that t…
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  • User: "JR"
    Have others out there had allergic type reactions to Oxy ?? My 6th treatment I experienced a severe reaction. When I went in for #7 my onc said he was taking me off of it. I talked with him about trea…
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  • User: "kitten0385"
    Hi!! I post on the esophageal cancer board, but read your board as well as you always have tons of posts and everyone is so upbeat! I love it!! I just thought I'd send a quick note wishing everyone a …
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  • User: "dorookie"
    It is a very sad day to loose to great people. I actually cried and didnt really know why when I heard that FF had passed away. I was asleep on the couch with the news on and the news of MJ passing ac…
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  • User: "Lostnaz99"
    Hello everyone, I am new here...I don't know what took so long but today I decided to search the web for some guidence and maybe a peace of mind. My girlfriend was diagnosed on Jan 24 with colon cance…
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  • User: "JR"
    Does anyone out there experience changes in skin color ? I have had 5 infusions of Folfox with Avastin and have noticed my skin changing colors quite often. It's kind of funny watching it happen. One …
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  • User: "snommintj"
    Yeah, just got my pump off. It was 100 degrees today. I had a bunch of stuff to do. Now I feel like crap. I think I might be a bit dehydrated. Either way folfox sucks. I'll be glad when no one has to …
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  • User: "idlehunters"
    I can barely see through the tears to type this... my hands are shaking uncontrollably. I had to come here for some answers. I have never felt such despair in all my life. This is the first pet scan i…
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  • User: "Fight for my love"
    Hi everybody.My hubby is on his first round of chemo and radiation before sugery,the first couple days of this week,he was ok,but since the night before last night,he couldn't sleep well,he got pain i…
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  • User: "impactzone"
    I just talked to my onc at Stanford - he was gone this week - and he said the scan looks good, NED.... If I could, I would rename my firstborn Ned... It feels very good and I am grateful to all. I hav…
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  • User: "Paula G."
    Hi everyone, Jennie brought up the blood test question. I have one for you guys also. Is there a web site that tells you what everything on the CBC print out means? In terms regular people understand.…
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  • User: "donnare"
    Hi, Has anyone suffered with persistent nausea after colon resection? The doctor said my husband's surgery went well (removed approx 8" of sigmoid colon). He was very well after surgery for a few days…
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  • User: "idlehunters"
    I have to get a blood test before my next chemo session. I am assuming this is protocol before every session??? Also, if counts are not up to par do they still let you have chemo or what happens then?…
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  • User: "2bhealed"
    Hey you awesome Semi-Colons! I posted this info on the Constipation thread, and I thought this might be of interest to a wider variety of semi-colons. So I pasted it here as well. I mean really, how m…
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  • User: "tiny one"
    My news channel just announced Michael Jackson has died.
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  • User: "polarprincess"
    hi i always think that everyone who si stage IV would know about every trial out there but working in healthcare i have found many that do not.. a new promising drug has been making the news for the t…
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  • User: "nudgie"
    RIDDLE: 75% can be written as 3/4. How would 58 1/3% be written as a fraction (when reduced to the lowest denominator)?
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  • User: "cowman"
    I am currently taking 5FU and radiation before surgery and then will be doing chemo with the Oxaliplatin after surgery. My dr told me I couldn't pick up or touch anything cold. I also read that you ar…
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  • User: "idlehunters"
    I am so mad..... I just think there is no way this new port should STILL be hurting like this. It was installed 9 days ago. I am having sharp shooting pains there. They said to keep the steri-strips o…
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