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Cabbage for Colon Cancer?
I bought a book for my father about curing your cancer with nutrition and for colon cancer it says to eat cabbage every day. Does anyone do this or have you heard this before ?
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Diane, Cheryl, Phil, Buzzard and anyone else not posting but....
Lurking, really hope you all start posting again. Newbies like myself, need all the help and advice we can get, heck we all do. You all have your beliefs, religious or not, but at the end of the day what you're doing for this forum is helping each other, and newbies. Please do not stop posting, this forum really is a good…
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It has been awhile....
Hello everyone: It has been awhile since I last wrote and I thought that I would update you on the latest. You can see my history by clicking on my picture, but the short of it is that I was diagnosed Nov. 05 with cc and mets to the liver. I have had a full colectomy, liver resection, lung surgery and have since had a…
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Hi from the UK! 32 Year Old Liver and Lung Mets
Hi everyone I'm from Scotland in the UK and have been reading this forum for this past week as my brother was diagnosed with bowel cancer which had spread to his liver and scan showed small tumor on lung. We are worried sick as he is only 32 years old and his daughter will soon be turning 2 years old in April. His…
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Pain meds and rash
Angel is getting dalauded in the pump and can give himself extra doses as needed which he has been doing lately stomach pain but any way about a week now he has been complaing of itching back ect. so i used an adhisive remover for the ileostomy glue and stuff that whole area that i used the adhisve he got these bumps itchy…
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I AM EXAUSTED...PLEASE HELP
NEED EMOTIONAL HELP MY HUSBAND HAS META COLN CANCER SPREAD TO NTHE LIVER...WHATN IS THE BEST LAN OF TREATMENT. I CAN'T BEAR THE THOUGHT OF LOOSING HIM TON THIS DISEASE
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Question for Lisa42 or anyone with liver resection?
I noticed in one of your posts you had liver resection done? I am heading to MD Anderson next week for my mets to be removed by Dr Curley. 2/3 of the liver. I am starting to get anxious. What can I expect afterwards pain wise? Where do they actually go in? Front or back? I am still recovering from the colostomy surgery so…
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Advice please
I'll try to make this short and to the point. The doctor tell us nothing really and I hope some of you can provide some guidance. My dad was seen by doc 10 days ago ,routine appt, doc told him 2nd line treatment (FOLFOX) failed per cat scan. The liver tumors that were stable for 3.5 years have all increased in size. (He…
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Mom's having to stop treatment
Where do I begin? My mom never has recovered from her 4th and 5th treatment. She got to the point where she couldn't walk, eat, barely talk. Her potassium got down to 2.2 and was severely dehydrated. I spent a week with her taking care of her and taking her to see her onc for daily ivs and potassium; and they put her on…
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Xeloda - Urgent advice needed
Hi, All you folks out there that are treating your colon cancer by using Xeloda. I saw some messages posted the other day. I am trying to decide which course of treatment to follow. Xeloda or Folfox. I had my right ascending colon removed along with 17 lymph nodes. 3 of these nodes did have cancer. Did any of you Xeloda…
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Kumbaya
I just realized Kumbaya and Key West both start with the letter K!!! Lord knows this board could use a little of both SO............ How bout attending Colon Palooza 7 in Key West Oct 21-25 to experience first hand what this board is really all about. FYI, I can guarantee you we do not talk about religion or politics like…
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Hurry up and wait.....
Hi all, I haven't posted in a while, as we are still waiting for the results of a Pet scan, and CT Biopsy. History - My hubby Bill dx'ed with colon cancer in Jan 06 Surgery, followed by another specialized surgery (Sugarbaker Protocol) in Apr 06. He ended up with a permanent illiostomy, 9 rounds of folfiri. Re occurance in…
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Daffodils for Phillieg
Daffodils a poem by William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched…
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reoccurance
4 1/2 years ago I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer and it was in stage 0. Six months later I had another colonoscopy and no cancer cells but another large polyp was removed. In a week I am scheduled for another colonoscopy. Based on the experience of others how long did it take for the cancer to return after the first…
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nulasta verses nuprogen
which is better neuprogen or nulasta?
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Did you see this? A new test that may help predict recurrence risk of early Colorectal cancer
Test May Help Predict Recurrence Risk in Early Colorectal Cancer CancerConsultants.com - News 2/24/2009 Testing lymph nodes for the presence of a protein known as guanylyl cyclase 2C (GUCY2C) may help predict risk of recurrence among colorectal cancer patients with no apparent lymph node metastases. These results were…
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more scan and CEA jitters
Hi all: another nervous critter here waiting for Monday and the CT scan of the liver. Had the blood drawn for CEA's but I don't think they'll be back yet. History: second liver re-section in Nov. after a lesion was found there. This is my first scan since surgery so it would be nice if I could get a lesion break while I do…
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New at this
Just had my surgery 4 weeks ago to remove my right ascending colon. Cancer was stage 3 and had 17 lymph nodes removed, 3 of those nodes had cancer. Had my first visit with my oncologist yesterday and I must admit I am freakin scared to death. I have a couple options, none of which I like. First one is oral treatment for 6…
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Super-chemo targets cancer spreading to the liver
I don't know if anyone saw this yesterday on internet. Sounds promising. If anyone is interested, I called and they gave me a number for Aaron Kelly 301-451-6940 who is the head of the surgical team where they are doing this in Maryland. Also, looked like there are a dozen or so hospitals trying this out as well all around…
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Buzzard
I read everyone's thoughts and opinions in regards to the Religious....Forum post and have been inspired to provide my "own" thought and/or opinion to this matter, which I will keep very simple: 1) United States was founded/formed on Christian beliefs, so why are certain people requesting these foundations be broken? 2)…
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What do I ask to an oncologist for the first time re colorectal cancer?
Hello, I scheduled my mother to meet an oncologist for the first time and I wanted to ask you all what important questions i need to ask the doctor. After my mom's diagnosis during her colonoscopy as well as her ct scan last week, my mom has been going to the bathroom more frequently now, normally having blood...basically…
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Angelsbaby.......Just a thought.........
We were talking in another post about the way that steroids make you feel a lot better while you did chemo or basically they make you feel better while doing anything but they are not for exceptionally long term use.....Might you ask your Oncologist if steroids would make Angel feel better for a while ? I do know my 80…
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Quick question re: recurrence
Hi All, This question is for those of you who have had recurrence. What made you suspicious (apart from our general paranoia, that is?) Did you have changes in bowel habit again or was it found on the regular checkups? Thanks. Kirsten
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FRIDAY RIDDLE ANSWER
phillieg has the correct answer :) !!!!!!! RIDDLE: How could I place a bookbag on the floor where no one could jump over it? ANSWER: Place in a corner
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Wish me well... surgery Monday
Well Monday I head back to Stanford to get a right lung met removed. I had a left lobectomy in 11/07 and now this showed up in the March CT scan. They may be able to do a VATS procedure but that depends on my blood oxygen level, otherwise it will be an open procedure. I know what the surgery feels like and that is both…
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Important vote on March 31 for national screening
Hi everyone, Everyone deserves to be screened. Please help with this vote. Go to www.CoverYourButt.org and learn about our Congressional call in on March 31 – People are working to pass a national colorectal cancer screening program for the un/under-insured, and every voice counts. You can get an automatic reminder by…
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First "mop up" week done!
Well, I made it. We had quite a week here. It started out in the 70's, ended in a Blizzard. They actually decided to cancel my 5th visit because of the storm, but then it passed quicker than expected and they called me in anyway. The early part of the week was fine - just tired. I had some bowel issues because of the…
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Hope for numerous lung mets
Hello, I´d like to respond to the "colon cancer went to the lungs" posting. I´m stage 4/liver mets that have been resected. There´s a doctor in Germany, Dr. Axel Rolle, who specializes in removing multiple lung mets and/or deep-seated ones with a special laser specifically created for that purpose. I live in France and…
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See the Dr today
Well I had treatment # 3 last Monday (folfox). Had a few side effects, nothing bad. Then Friday I seem to have caught a cold, or maybe its sinus.MY blood counts were down and I experienced fatigue like never before. . There really is no way to describe it to someonme who hasn't lived thru it, is there? . I am starting to…
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Has anyone ever had sypmtoms like this...
Ok I will apologise if this seems a silly question, so sorry, that's out of the way.:-) Since I got my Stage 3 news, and I had that funny turn, where I felt lightheaded I got scared that I was going to pas out then,racing heart, flatulence,going to toilet for n2 (sorry) then I felt sick and was better, even though I was…