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ssdi
Just wanted to give you all the update, 51yr husband dx nov 07 colon cancer stage 3c cancer removed, chemo for 6 mo, 2 spots showed up on scan, kidney and liver biopsy done pet scan done now is stage 4 with cancer in the stomach liver kidney and new tumor in sigmoid area, he's on chemo again he on camptosar and erbitux…
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2nd opinion no good options
Hi Everyone, I went for a 2nd opinion yesterday. I have 2 small spots in my left lung which shrunk with chemo, but the chemo made me so sick I ended up in the hospital. The oncologist basically said that he thinks I should take a break from chemo to regain strength. He doesn't have any idea how long that will take and said…
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oral chemo
Recently diagnosed stage 3 really would like to do oral chemo.Boffalo doc say need to do IV. I don't want a port. What is the general opinion about oral chemo for colon cancer? What do you all think?
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colonoscopy
G'day all, have just had my second scope in a month. The first one the prep got wrecked by meds I am on. I am currently on 75mg daily of prednisone for Minimal change kidney disease. It wreccked my prep so I had to do it all again. Last time I had a scope they removed two polyps and said see you in two years. This time it…
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Meeting with Oncologist Today (Monday)
Well, I met up with my oncologist today, Sharlene Gill. She is wonderful and today was no exception. There was some miscommunication because she thought I would have already have heard from the interventional radiologist at the other hospital, but so far I haven't heard from him (his office is suppose to set up a consult…
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Lung Biopsy - Beth (Dorookie)
Hey Beth... I'm not sure what timezone you are in but I'm figuring that you are probably home from your lung biopsy procedure and resting now. I just wanted to give a shout-out to say I'm thinking about you and I hope it went smoothly and with very little discomfort. Huggggggs, Cheryl
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A Really Stupid Embarrasing Thing
Hi Everyone, I have to come clean. I don't know if anyone else is in this silly, stupid situation, but I took a pretty fatalistic attitude about my cancer. Since it is genetic, I sort of thought to myself, "Oh well. Whatever I do or don't do, the outcome will be the same." So I never quit smoking. I know that makes me a…
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Stress and Recovery
I have been worried about the impact of stress on my health and with the discussion on another thread about this....well, I hope to continue that here. The last year has been rough on my family. My emergency surgery and subsequent colon cancer diagnosis (complete with colostomy) was the week of my mother-in-laws funeral…
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Here I go again
As much as I love this place, I was hoping I wouldnt have to return. A bit about me, I was 38 when I was DX May 2007, Stage 3 colon cancer, had surgery to remove the beast, 3 months of chemo, 2 months of radiation, another 3 months of chemo, was NEDS in june of 2008. Went for my 3 month check up and they found something in…
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My father is still going strong.
I haven't been on much lately. Not as much as last year when my father was diagnosed with stage 4 and ended up at the ICU a couple of months later. It's almost exactly a year ago that we brought him to emergency and things went down hill from there. He's returned home 3 months later, learned to walk again, and regained…
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Lung Biopsy Scheduled
Well, I have my biopsy scheduled for Friday the 7th, then I see my ONC on the 12th for the results. Please keep me in your prayers. My boss at work has been really great, I was asking our HR people about a medical retirement, well he got word of that and called me at home tonight and told me not to quit on him, that I was…
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Cold Weather
The weather in Cincy has finally gotten a little colder and I am really feeling it even in the 40s........the oxaliplatin has kicked in. This is a bigger battle than just opening the frig or trying to drink something cold. My onc. has suggested wearing a mask to keep the cold from my lungs.....anyone else out there…
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treatable but colostomy bag for life
Hi, Thanks once again for all your kind words. After what felt like a lifetime of waiting my mum finally saw the Oncologist today and got her results from the CT and MRI Scan etc. The cancer is advanced. There is a LOT in her bowel and her rectum and the muscles of her rectum. My mum will need a couple of months of…
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Riddle
RIDDLE: Brad stared through the dirty soot-smeared window on the 22nd floor of the office tower. Overcome with depression he slid the window open and jumped through it. It was a sheer drop outside the building to the ground. Miraculously after he landed he was completely unhurt. Since there was nothing to cushion his fall…
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2nd opinion tomorrow
Hi Everyone, Tomorrow afternoon I am going for a 2nd opinion. Hopefully this oncologist will be able to come up with some options for me to get rid of the 2 spots in my left lung. Part of me is curious to see what options I have, the other part of me is dreading it. After 41/2 years I am physically and emotionally tired of…
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neutropenic
Hi, As blessed as I have been in the fact that over the past year and three months of taking chemo, today has been the first time that my bloodwork came back as "neutropenic", with my white blood cell count down to 2.5 It kind of always amazed me, actually, as I'd hear people all around me getting supplemental injections…
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A question
Hi, as most of you know I am the caregiver to my husband who has stage 4 colon cancer. So many of you have told me that in order to take good care of my husband, I need to take care of myself. As I sit here at work right now, struggling to actually work, I start wondering - how do I take care of myself? I'm tired all of…
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finished for now
Well, I posted earlier that I finished my 12 rounds of folfox chemo. Went to the doctor yesterday, got my return to work release so I am back to my job and my friends there on Monday the 3rd. My port comes out on the 12th, I have scans sometime in December and I don't see my oncologist until January 2009! Keep pinching…
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new to the group/cancer
Hello all, I'm Robert, 47 years old and was diagnosed with stage 3 rectal cancer on May 16th, 08. I have had 7 weeks of radiation and chemo (Xeloda). Had terrible pain from burning at the anus (felt like trying to pass shards of glass), But the pain has since subsided (thank GOD). I am scheduled for surgery on the 13th of…
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Diet information
I finished my chemo last June. Now, it's up to me to decide if I will undergo on surgical operation in my colon.Any advice?
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Riddle Answer
I think krystiesq was being clever and included the answer within the message. CONGRATS on quessing correctly. RIDDLE: I run too fast .....What Am I? ANSWER: Time
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Please Help
My mum has just told me and my sisters she has colon cancer.. she started experiencing problems last April but the doctors told her she probably had an infection. She gave a stool sample at that time and they told her she did not have an infection but she has been experiencing problems since april and recently she started…
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New diagnosis - kind of scared
During what I thought was a routine colonoscopy on Wednesday (10/22) I was diagnosed with a malignant mass in my rectum. I have a CT scan tomorrow morning, and an EUS imaging later this week. My gastroenterologist is a wonderful doctor, and I trust him to find me the best team, but what should I expect? I am not sure I…
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Had surgery on Monday
Hi my name is Karyn I am 38 years old, stage 4 colon cancer. I was diagnosed in January, and I had 12 rounds of 5fu and I just had my tumor removed with a colon resection on Monday! I feel great! I came home from the hospital on Thurs. I had it done laproscopically, my tumor was the size of an orange! I pray for all of us…
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Should I change to another Oncologist
Is it normal to hate your doctor? Perhaps I am just stressed and the doc just happened to be the one that I vented on. Long story short: I just completed 3 weeks of chemo via an infusion pump going 24hrs a day for seven days a week. When I first started the chemo the Onc said i would have the pump for 5 weeks. Since I was…
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CP6-Stay well, have FUN!!!
WOW! Only a bit over a week till CP6, S.F.!!!! I will miss you all...and, well, the rumor about me not going to any city that doesn't have a Coyote Ugly bar is just NOT TRUE!!!! (I think Istanbul has one...) Please, all of you that are going, get together for one group hug for me. And stay away from the 'tenderloin' after…
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Author Rick Warren-Purpose Driven Life
Rick Warren (REMEMBER HE WROTE "PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE") You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now having cancer and him having "wealth" from the book sales. This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren, "Purpose Driven Life " author and pastor of Saddleback Church in…
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Upcoming PET scan & Xeloda question
OK, so I have a PET scan very soon and also a flex sigmoid. All of this is to check for recurrence, after last year's 5FU + Avastin & Oxaliplatin caused my liver mets to go into remission. I was on 5FU for eight treatments, but the diarrhea was too much. Then we tried CPT-11 once, and the diarrhea was worse than that…
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SBRT treatment
First I want to say thanks to everyone that replied to my September 22nd post. I finally have some news about a treatment, I will go to OHSU on Monday at 9AM to start Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy ( pinpoint radiation ).. It has been a very nerve racking wait since my scan results. I met on last Friday with Dr.…
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Getting MAJOR anxiety
I am getting anxiety over having chemo. I had a large mass and many lymph nodes removed from my colon on 9/15. I have an appoionment on 10/06 with ongologist to find out my treatment..I'll need Folfox 4 thats all I know for now.. Who's to say that waiting that long to start treatment means the cancer has not spread to…