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Relay report
Our team raised over $3500! And the whole event raised over $165,000. Woohoo!!! As expected, the survivors' lap really made me cry, but it was very special to walk that, accompanied by my father, a prostate cancer survivor.
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its been a while
Hi I know...its been a while. For the newbies I am stage IV DX inJan 04.....Been on remission twice.Currently on chemo because tumors of lungs and lymph nodes.....My CEA has been rising , so we are haveing a ct this coming Friday... I believe in prayers, so please keep me in your thoughts.... Limey..just read your…
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Its been a while
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed 4.5 years ago with Stage II/B colon cancer. Only had surgery no chemo. It has been quite a journey since then and I found this site right after my diagnosis. You guys encouraged me, helped educate me, and understood me. As I was reading earlier, I saw where someone said us "old timers" should…
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Clinical trials
Hi, Valerie here. DX 4/2008 with stage III colon cancer with 1 positive lymph node, had surgery and about to undergo chemo with 5 FU, oxaliplatin, and leucovorin. Thought that I would be chosen for the trial drug erbitux, but found out today that I wasn't. Has that happened to anyone else and did you feel a little deprived…
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Something funny to start the day
If you get a chance, please go here:.... http://www.youtube.com/v/kb2fdHbGo7k&hl=en Hopefully, it will bring a smile to your face. Claudia
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Looking at 2 Years :)
2 Years will be July 08: Had my 6 month CT Scan on 13 May 08 and received the GOOD NEWS last night. I am still dancing with NED !!!!!!!! My bloodwork was also good. I have an appt with my Oncologist on 20 May just to say Hi, as I call it.
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Friday Riddle
RIDDLE: I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold. They are the smallest you could imagine. Sooner or later everybody needs my help, yet many people are afraid to let me help them. Who am I?
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Lung nodules
Hi everyone! Well i need your help plz, my lung nodules are growing and multiplying and my doctors are doing nothing. I met with a thoracic surgeon yesterday who in my opinion danced around removing them. So i know i need to look further, i live in california and have been going to stanford. Can any of you again share your…
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I'm new...any first time tips?
Just diagnosed with stage 3, had a colon tumor (plus a foot of my intenstines)removed 4 weeks ago. Starting chemo next week - flofox. Have to say...very emotional. I m just starting to feel better from surgery, and I don't want to be sick again. Also, planning to go back to work early July. Is anyone working while doing…
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Articles
Breast Cancer: http://my.earthlink.net/article/hea?guid=20080515/482d06c0_3ca6_1552620080516-1308891754 Breast Cancer: http://my.earthlink.net/article/hea?guid=20080515/482bb540_3ca6_15526200805151370476866 Heart Risks: http://my.earthlink.net/article/hea?guid=20080515/482bb540_3ca6_15526200805151426687088 Another Study on…
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Cutting in on the Naked Happy Dance
I'm cutting in and taking a dance with NED myself. Had my colonoscopy yesterday, and the doc says my problems are a side effect of the surgery. No cancer!!!! Gail
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Dare to Dream
So...SC club, I had the CT scan today...and IT IS ALL CLEAR!!!!!!!!! NED is such a hunk...We are doing naked dancing with the stars!!! I asked my husband if it was ok to dream and he hugged me and said most definitely... I sometimes am afraid to post good news...It seems like bragging...but then I remember that when I was…
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Contrast or No Contrast
I am allergic to the IV Contrast that give you for CT Scans and had to be pre-medicated with Predinsone. It is called the 13-Hour prep. 45mg 12 hours before appt, 7 hours, 1 hour and then 2 Bendadryl 25mg 1 hour before. I would still break out with 1 hive on my right check of my face each time. So when I went for my 6…
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CT Scan today
Hey Semicolons, In a few hours I am going in for my annual CT scan (I was diagnosed stage III on May 9, 2005)...I just hate scan time...don't you? Last year they found spots on my lungs, but there was a happy ending...They did lung surgery to remove the nodules and discovered they were totally benign Sarcoids(Sounds like…
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having some problems
I HAVE BEEN CANCER FREE SINCE 2002.NOW IVE BEEN HAVING LOTS OF PROBLEMS WITH EXTREMELY LARGE POLYPS THAT ARE PRECANCEROUS ABOUT READY TO TURN CANCEROUS.MY DOCTOR HAS ME GETTING COLONOSCOPYS EVERY THREE MONTHS.IN ADDITION I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH DIVERTICULITIS AND HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED NUMEROUS TIMES FOR IT.DOES…
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Thanks to all
You guys have no idea how much it means to me to have you all out there for support. No, there is no one to help me so while my daughter is at school I am alone here. My sister lives in Florida and she is the only one who understands and yet I dont like to tell her everything as she has enough to worry aout with her life.…
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chemo # 2 problems, suggestions?
well had number 2 last Tuesday and I thought I was sick the 1st time, wrong. Still nauseated but diarrhea seems to have improved after the docs increasing me to 2 lomotil and 2 immodium at a time. Havent been able to eat anything except 1 bowl of oatmeal and a bowl of ramen noodles since Thursday. Everything I try to drink…
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Dairy and Cancer
Just a quick search on the computer and you can find studies that support the fact that milk consumption is linked to reduced incidence of cancer....don't just take one study and assume it is fact. I'm not sure of the answers, but I don't think we should all give up dairy foods based upon one report, when there are others…
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Beast is Back for Mom
Hi everyone...I haven't posted in awhile, but I do read the posts almost daily...Brief hist: 78y/o mom dx'ed in 03 cc cancer...3 recurrences, and a total of 4 surgeries..did two rounds of chemo..had to stop each time..didn't tolerate it very well. Last dx'ed in 06 stage III, 9 out of 17 pos nodes...she's just had a year…
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Difference between stage III A,C etc
Hi, My name is Valerie, age 51. I was recently diagnosed with Stage III colon cancer with 1 lymph node testing positive out of 18. Had my surgery on the 21st of April and will start chemo treatment on May 19th. I was reading several of the post and was wondering a couple of things: 1) why some people can have a positive…
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Mothers
In celebration of Mother's Day I thought it would be nice to read the history of how this became a national holiday in the US. HISOTRY: In the United States, Mother's Day experienced a series of false starts before eventually transitioning into the "Hallmark" holiday that we celebrate today. In 1858, Anna Reeves Jarvis was…
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sweeteners
I know everyone says sugar is bad, they also say artificial sweeteners are bad, is there anything I can use like splenda or stevia or are they artificial sweeteners too? Oh and what about coffee? is that ok?
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Friday Riddle - ANSWER
CONGRATS to KathiM for the correct answers. She is this week's winner :) :) RIDDLE: Two men were playing tennis. They played five sets and each man won three sets. How can this be possible? ANSWER: They were playing as partners
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Five weeks are done!!
Finally....my five weeks of radiation and 5fu are done! That seemed like forever. I hope this did something to shrink the tumor. I go to see my surgeon on Thursday to see what my next step is, whether it's a colonoscopy or CT scan and then I find out when surgery is. How soon can they do a colonoscopy after radiation? I…
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New to the group
Hi, recently diagnosed with stage III colon cancer, had surgery and waiting for chemo treatment because 1 lymph node tested positive. I've heard so many stories about what you can't eat after a cancer diagnosis. I don't know what to believe and half the time what to do. Sugar is one of the things that I have been warned…
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Not Again!!!
I will appologize in advance for bringing this subject up again. I know that you all have told me it will take time and patience but my bowels seem to rule my life. It will be one year this Friday since my surgery, stage 3 rectal, removal of half of my rectum. I have tried many different things in order to be normal but to…
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stage 4
tahnk you all for your encouraging words,my hubby will come with me to the onc the man wont leave my sight,I had 2 surgerys with in 6 weeks 1 st was my hystorectomy when they thought I had ovarian cancer then 6 weeks later was my colon resection and they found out I had colon cancer that went to my ovaries,then a week…
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Procedure?
I asked my brother to tell me this story 4 times already - but it's not making a heck of a lot of sense to me. My brother took our father to an urban hospital today to have those hemorrhoids-from-hell taken care off. (Our father was diagnosed stage 4 last August, started a chemo study drug in Sep, wound up in the ICU with…
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Dairy and Colorectal Cancer
Hi Semi-colons! Just read this little blurb and thought i would send it along..... Does Childhood Dairy Intake Increase Later Cancer Risk? Children who consume a high-dairy dietequivalent to nearly 2 cups of milk per dayhave almost three times the risk of developing colorectal cancer in adulthood compared with children…
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Frustrated...
I need to vent a little. I have been having pain/discomfort for almost 3 months now on my left side. I had a colonoscopy in Feb. which was fine for the most part. They found a couple of polyps, one with high grade dysplasia. Ever since that colonoscopy I have been having at the least discomfort. At one point I was in the…