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Help Needed For Hand-Foot Syndrome
Good morning, I have read posts about people wearing white cloth gloves for the hands when they get sore from the h-f syndrome. Where does one purchase them? Are they a specific kind of glove? How about something for the feet? Any recommendations?
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to monicaemilia
Monica, i have a question for you.. My name is Cristina and i'm from Romania. You are from Romania too?
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need prayers - upcoming ct
quick recap - dad diagnosed July 7, 2004, stage 3 colon cancer, 5 positive nodes, surgery, chemo, and thankfully NED since. Next Tuesday is his 6 month follow-up and once again EXTREME anxiety has set in. I hate these follow ups with a passion. Anyway please keep him in your prayers everyone. As always I will continue to…
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A friend In need of Help
I know this is not colorectal cancer related, but I know there are many smart people here with resources. My friends three-year-old son has been diagnosed with cancer and is having issues with his insurance company, which will ultimately play out in his son's possible recovery. I understand that it is long, but please read…
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pet scans
My father oncologist decided he had to test my fathers bones for bone cancer this week. After having come out of the coma and learning to walk he had a nasty fall a couple of weeks ago and broke his arm. A pet scan was done and the area of the brake light-up. I had already investigated pet scans a little a couple of weeks…
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Wait & See = No Chemo
First visit back at onc today for my hubby and we've all decided to take a wait & see attitude for a while since it's believed Bob is currently NED. No chemo , a ct in March or April, maybe followed by another PET , and no more lovenox..(yey! give the needles a break too after 6 mos) One year ago today, my hubby came home…
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Blood work - liver question
Had chemo today and my blood work shows that my liver marker is getting higher each time they check it. I'm sure that's not technically what they call it, but you get the picture. After my next chemo treatment (which will be my 4th) and before they start radiation, the doctor wants me to have a CT Scan to check it out and…
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Back from Holland...a GREAT time!!!
We returned home Monday late from 3 weeks in Holland. What a Great trip we had! Mom was in good spirits, and health-wise was at her peak! She made dinner for us almost every night (mmmmmm, all my favorites!!!). The weather was cold, but beautiful. No snow (sigh), but plenty of wind!!! No naked dancing, unless you counted…
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Cancer Center Treatments of America Tulsa
I was accepted...and know I am scared.....I love my onco but I always wanted to go to Tulsa because they do work with the whole "BODY MIND SPIRIT" believe and of course diets....and even though they are out of network, they are going to charge as if I am in network. They are also paying for traveling expenses (milage or…
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Get you rear in gear - Austin
I plan to do this walk and was wondering if anyone else was interested. My daughter lives in Austin and I am only 3 hours away in Mansfield so its close for me. I think it would be a great way for us to support the cause. If you can't do it just now, we will be walking for you. Jo Ann Register at this site:…
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Recurrent Obstructions
I have had 3 small bowel obstructions in the last 2 weeks. I also had one last March but nothing in between. All of the obstructions have cleared in less than a day. My surgeon would like to go in and have a look around but is leaving the decision up to me (for now). Has any one else had to deal with this type of problem?…
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Friday Riddle / Teaser - ANSWER
I will have to give it to PGLGreg he was close. You seem to have a lot of the answers. Give me your occupation. RIDDLE:Sitting on the school bus are seven boys and seven girls, with three vacant seats as shown. Another boy, Pablo, gets on the bus and sits in the first vacant sit, next to the window. He notices that there…
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Question About IV Chemo (5-FU) vs. Xeloda
Hi all, I am now approaching the end of my 2nd two-week cycle of Xeloda. I seem to be getting the hand-foot syndrome pretty bad (though not to the extremes that I have read others get... at least not yet). My concern is how much worse it will become over the upcoming cycles and how bearable it will be. I am wondering…
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Off the Oxaliplatin!
Saw my onco last week. Apparently I did have some sort of reaction to the Oxy drug. He said it is rare to suffer from the kind of symptoms I had but not unheard of. He thinks it was either an allergic reaction ,or the dose could have been too high. Either way he's not taking any chances. So he pulled me off the drug, and…
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gendicine in china????
anybody have any info about this stuff? or gendicine therapy in general? chrisdee
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Gross and embarrassing, but help
Diagnosed Feb of 2007 Stage III, colon resection in June 2007, 5fu and radiation pre-op, folfox post op (1 lymph node positive out of 24). So now I'm waiting for the end of all this fun. I have four more chemo treatments left. Anyway, now to the yuck. My butthole hurts! I go to the bathroom between 6-20 times a day and…
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Friday Riddle
Sitting on the school bus are seven boys and seven girls, with three vacant seats as shown. Another boy, Pablo, gets on the bus and sits in the first vacant sit, next to the window. He notices that there are the same number of girls in front of and behind him. If Pablo had sat in the next vacant seat he would have had the…
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Yippee
It's been a good day. Saw my onc this morning for my 3 month check and my CEA is still very low and no problems noted. I am still NED but will defer the Naked Dance as it is getting down to zero around here. When I got home I received a letter from my primary doctor that my PSA is normal as well. I hope and pray that all…
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Lung Mets
Hi guys: It has been three months since I have come back home and it has been wonderful as I have felt the first sense of normalcy since I was dx in November 2005. The chemo does cause fatigue, but for the most part is manageable. The good news is that the liver is in great shape with no sign of recurrence, but the nodules…
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New here
Hello everyone, I've been lurking and reading, have posted a couple of times but this is really just now "soaking in" with me.I was diagnosed with kidney cancer and had my right kidney removed july 12th of 2007, after my surgery I just felt so bad, was getting weaker and weaker and felt horrible. I kept telling my docs…
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goldfinch---Mary
I had sent several emails to Mary that have gone unanswered. I last received an email from her on 11/24. I found out from Mary's husband that Mary passed away on 12/07. I am crying as I write this. Mary and I had similar cancer stories and backgrounds. Although I never met her we had bonded via the internet. We were…
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End of Life symptoms
Can anyone tell me what are some of the "end of life" symptoms? Not sure what I should be looking out for in my husband, who's been battling this for 2.5 years, and seems to be deteriorating.
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Question
Hello everyone, I have a question for you all. Did anyone have any problems with their bladder from the radiation for rectal ca? My rad doc seemed to get a little upset with me today cuz I asked him did I need to see a urologist because I am having a terrible time with my bladder, burning and frequent small amts. But after…
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I'm Jen..but you can call me NED!!!
Hi All, I'm coming off of official "lurking" status to join the group. I'm 39 and at the end of August this year my husband and I took my oldest daughter to college 8 hours away and while there ended up in the ER wtih an emergency colectomy of my sigmoid colon because it was completely blocked. I had little symptoms just a…
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Colorectal Update
Thanks so much to all of you wonderful people out there!!! I have no idea how to answer each one of you that wrote to me this last week. I am most definately seeking a new Dr. I am located in Sacramento, California. I am looking into a referral from my Dr to Stanford University here in California and also MD Anderson in…
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diet changes
I was diagnosed with stage 1 in nov 07 after an excision of a polyp that was too big to be removed during a colonoscopy I had in oct 07. the surgeon said my best chance for a cure would be the removal of my rectum and anus. well I chose to modify my diet and exercise more instead, with regular checkups to monitor for a…
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I'm new; have questions
What does NED stand for? I read a post where someone was concerned about a CEA of 23. I'd rejoice if mine was that. I've been as high as 670 and as low as 10 and all kinds of numbers in between. Is there something I'm not being told? Lastly, I was diagnosed (is that what dx means) Oct 12, 2006. Have stage 4 colon cancer…
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Prayer request for Young Survivor
I am requesting your prayers for an acquaintence from church. She is 38 years old and was diagnosed the end of August with stage 4 CC with liver mets when her baby was 3 months old. She began exhibiting symptoms while pregnant, but they wouldn't do anything until after the birth. Of course, because of her age they weren't…
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Youtube.com
you can go and check out some of my moms documentary on Youtube.com , in the search section type in cancer stricken a courageous battle. or try copy and pasting this http://youtube.com/watch?v=fAOYy2Ipirs Hope you all enjoy, Vision TV may pick up the whole documentary.
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colorectal cancer metastasized in liver
I am a 43 y.o. female. On October 23, 2007, age 42, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Colorectal Cancer. The only symptoms I had was very tired for about 2 months and rectal bleeding for about 4 days before contacting my general practice Dr. He scheduled me for a flex. sigmoidoscopy the very next day. They discovered the tumor…