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Interesting article for any control freaks
Just read this on Twitter today and it hit home as my husband may be starting more chemo. Some how it relieved some stress for me. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-purpose/201806/finding-purpose-in-the-randomness-cancer?
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Worried
My father has colon cancer stage IV. He was diagnosed in October 2016 after a complete bowel obstruction. He had an irreversible colostomy, then 2 months of radiation, mon-fri, then biweekly folfox February - July. This past April he was told the cancer had spread to his left lung, a 4cm mass. He started avastin folfox…
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Anger as a side effect of chemo?
hello again everyone. My aunt had her first chemo session on Thursday the 8th of June. I'm just wondering if anger is a side effect. She's so mad all the time but has sudden outbursts of really bad temper. :( I don't know how to deal with those or what to think. After a temper outburst she'll apologize and say she's not…
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Ugur
I wonder has anyone heard from Ugur, 28 years old. He is not writing in the forum for a long time. I hope he is doing fine with his treatment.
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Smoking
Hi everyone, As you may know I have colon cancer mets to liver and lungs and currently continuing treatment at MD Anderson, so far so good. Unfortunately, I have bad habit of smoking one cigar a day although I have MD background from overseas(not practicing in the State) I wonder has anyone have input to this title. I am…
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Alberta, Canada—coverage for Capecitabine (Xeloda)?
Hi all, We are in Alberta and found out today that my husband will have to take Capecitabine for 5.5 weeks. Anyone in Alberta know if Alberta Blue Cross covers this drug?
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Dealing with the Family
Been reading for a long time but first time poster. 57 years old 2 years ago stage3 crc surgery with 1 year Chemo. Let's just say local oncologist is a quack but only option at that time and Me to stupid to know better (trust Me I'm a Doctor). declared cured(never want to here that lie again). Two follow ups Two blood…
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Calcium and Cancer?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/02/bill-sardi/how-to-produce-an-intracellular-calcium-deluge-to-induce-cancer-cell-death/ apologies if this has been posted before--It caught my eye because I am having Avastin induced hypertension and the doc wants to put me on a calcium channel blocker (Procardia)--which may actually help…
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graviola helps MDR tumors
that stands for multi drug resistant. It blocks chemo resistance by tumors. Something to consider
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Bitter food
Researches tell that bitter food help to fight cancer. While more research is needed to test their effect on the human body, he says: “In the test tube you can stop cells dying or stop cancer cells growing by adding many of these bitter compounds.”…
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Scans After Initial Chemo/Radiation
I was wondering if anyone could give me an idea of when scans and what scans are done after inital chemo/radiation treatment. My husband has Stage 4 rectal cancer and has gone through 5 and a half weeks of combination chemo pills and radiation. Next is surgery but I wanted to know when/if any scans are done from now to the…
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new mother recently diagnosed ....where to begin?
I'm the husband of a lovely 43 year old brand new mother who thought her symptoms were the lingering effects of a c-section. The primary care doctor thought it might be IBD or Crohns but the pain got worse over a recent weekend and we ended up in the ER. That quickly turned south and it is in her liver with a number of not…
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Infected infusaport
Hello has anyone experienced an infected infusaport? I had my port placed May 7, first chemo was May 15, all went wel till this past weekend hte site became very red and inflamed with some drainage from the top of the port. I went for my pre-chemo blood work and was promptly whisked to Interventional Radiology for…
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Having a child while having colon cancer, IV
Hi all, This is my first post in this forum, and, honestly, not happy to be here, but hey, here we are... Devastating news, my husband, strong & handsome man, only 42, is officialy diangosed with colon cancer, stage IV, N/A for surgery... we suppose to start the chemo next week (hopefully). We just bought a house and we…
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Cinnamon
I was googling to see the nutrition of cinnamon since I was craving it. Do y'all think their is any truth to the tests with colon cancer? I saw lots of articles, but not from "reputable" sources.
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Treatment side effects
Hello all. I just finished my first week of chemo (xeloda pills) and radiation. I am already starting to expereince some side effects; fatigue, neausa, and rectal pain. Yesterday i began to have bad pain deep in my glutes on both sides where i am getting radiation. I stated taking pain meds to help with this, but it has…
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Wouldn't it be lovely (Chrysin)
This is a test-tube study from Taiwan of a botanical chrysin (available for sale now in specialtly stores) that they theorize could be as effective as oxaliplatin/5FU. Of course, this is preliminary information, but wouldn't it be lovely if it panned out? http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/19/6/1763/htm Chrysin Attenuates Cell…
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Father’s followup
again here with same stress my Papa has his followup on 6th july with all blood tests and CT scan whole body this time its his third followup and its same level of stress like first need prayers from everyone i pray and wish health to everyone does anyone know hows Bellen ? worried daughter
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Forbidden posts
For the past two days, I have been trying to edit my "more articles" post to add a new academic article about walnuts helping prevent colon tumors. The post included a link to the article and the quotation, "these data demonstrate that walnuts confer significant protection against intestinal tumorigenesis and growth and…
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Tumor deposits
we just received a call from the MD Anderson docs. When we left the plan was 5.5 weeks of radiation and Xeloda gfor the cancer in the fatty tissue area they thought was from seeding. Apparently the docs had a review to look over hubbys scans etc and now they are saying they actually think it’s a 1.9 cm tumor deposit and…
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Canadians—Husband diagnosed: Question re WORK AND PAY
My husband was diagnosed a few weeks ago with colorectal cancer. Treatment should start soon...we are meeting with the oncologist next week. My husbands work only gives him 5 sick days and 4 personal days. In Canada, does that mean after he uses those 9 days, he only gets 4 months of medical EI? Please help if you know or…
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Colon Cancer and Exercise
I've read and heard about how being active is supposed to help with recovery from cancer many times. And certainly it's better to be active than not. But at the same time when I was first diagnosed I was told that colon cancer is the most common cancer for people who are very active and take care of their bodies. This…
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How long to get strength back?
I am on my second to last round. I said to my oncologist that I was so excited that I will soon be having energy again, because I was so tired even before the diagnosis and figured that was the cancer since I had tumors in bowel and liver. He basically said, don't want to burst your bubble, but it doesn't work like that.…
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adenomas polyps in latest Colonoscopy
They found two adenomas polyps in the colonoscopy Wednesday. These are the precancerous veriety. I don't know what to make of this. I guess I really need to change my lifestyle and get rid of every bad habit, stress, and what ever else might be contributing to cancer trying to get me again. I went through some hell this…
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Unable to taste anything !
Can anyone give me any information on not being able to taste ? Longevity, causes, things to try to correct the condition ! Boy, it is not very enjoyable eating if you can't taste anything !!! Thanks
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CT scan results tomorrow, stressed out
I get my results for the ct scan and the blood test from this week. The ct will tell me if the mets are growing again and by how much. The blood test will tell me if my CEA has gone up, if my calcium has gone up which would require another 4 hour IV, and if my kidneys are doing okay or I'll have to have another painful…
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Still clean after 6 months
Hi All, Been a while since have piped in, although I do check in occasionally. Just had my second check up since my treatment ended last November. The news was good, clean for NOW, which I'll take. Now on to my fist colonoscopy since my surgery done in June of 2017. I remember reading about others that went before me, that…
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Bone cancer
So my wife has been on chemo for a little of a year now. She just had an MRI this past week to check her pain she has been having in her rip hip area. They always suspected that she had bone cancer. The MRI did show that she has cancer in her right hip area, but the chemo seems to be working as it has shrunk. The MRI also…
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Getting on that roller coaster again, ugh - Update
Hi all - It's been a while since I've posted and I hate coming back with bad news, but here goes. I now have a suspicious nodule in my lung that is likely colon metastsis. I meet with a surgeon Wednesday to discuss possible surgical removal. No biopsy yet, but that will likely be discussed as the person that read the PET…
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3 trips to MD Anderson, and still not on clinical trial
I've traveled to MD Anderson in Houston, Texas from North Dakota 3 times since December 2017 trying to get on an immunotherapy trial that would hopefully lead to remission or possibly cure my stage 4 colon cancer. I have KRAS mutant, and MSS (stable). In April 2018 I was placed on the waitlist for a trial using MEK…