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Riddle / Teaser Answer
Okay, SpongeBob won again, but I vow he will not get this Friday's riddle!!!! ANSWERS: S(LAT ROP)E = PORTAL S(NAP MAS)K = SAMPAN O)RAL LOD)E = DOLLAR So once again, SpongeBob gets bragging rights, but not for long :) , :) , :)
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CP-5 Video
Hi Everyone, Just wanted to share with you all the official CP- 5 video. It may take a few minutes to load so copy, paste & enjoy ~ I know we all did. http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-8279309369197477695&hl=en-CA At this time I am not sure of the official dates and location for CP- 6 but I am sure it will be…
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scared
that time again....last Wed. was my CT. I ask the guy to tell me what he saw..at first he said " I didn't look " I called him liar...then he said..well as you know you have alwasy had that thing in your kidney..I told him...wrong patient....ooppss...well, I askes the nurse to call me as soon as she knew...She called me…
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PET results.
Yuck! One lesion outside rectal wall and 2 on liver. Going to see surgeon next week. Onc questions if surgery can be done on the lesion close to the "dome", as it may be too close to the diaphram. Plan is to do 4 rounds of 5-FU, Campstar & Avastin, then possible surgery. Any one loss their hair with that treatment....yea,…
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Naked dancing in the park....
So, today being Saturday, I decided to do some dancing. I took stock of all the things I can dance about.... My mom is home, has a 24 hour nurse, and is back to being my mom (for 3 days she didn't know who I was, who she was, where she was...). Of course, the apple not falling far, she is a VERY optomistic lady....sees…
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happy thoughts
sometimes i feel as i post only bad things -- so i wanted to post some happy stuff 1- my neice said my name before anyones elese-- it was a compitition between me and her other aunt--- i won 2- my nephew won all his soccor games 3- my brother, uncle,dad and hubby are going to shave for me when i loose more of my hair 4- my…
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Life is Good!
Last year at about this time I was wondering how we would EVER get through the next year. My husband and I had a hard time even dragging ourself out of bed to face the day. We put on happy faces for our kids so they couldn't see how scared we were. Radiation, chemo and two surgeries later, here we are. A year has past. My…
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TERRIFIC NEWS!
I am so happy and so relieved and so GRATEFUL to God . Surgery went very very well for my husband. What was supposed to take 6-8 hrs, was 2 -1/2! and the surgeon said that he believes he got all the liver mets! 5 spots showed up on mri/ct most of you know.Now after surgery, only 2 he believes were actually really mets. One…
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info about....."bsrules"...Sue
Hullo dear friends. Sadly, my news is not good. Many of you know of or have met Sue(bsrules) and some are aware she lost her hubby to cancer. Some of you may also be aware that Sue now has cancer. Sue has a wonderfull friend called Renee who I have been in contact with and Renee is keeping me updated on Sue's progress. I…
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Anxious again
Hi everyone, just wanted to share my anxiety again,I have been celebrating ned for few month now, my last pet/ct at the end of august showed no cancer and my cea was .05,colonoscopy clear as well,yesterday I went for a follow up mammogram,because 6 month ago I had one and showed something in my right breast that looked…
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limp nodes
hey i was just wondering if i should be more concerned. two weeks ago i received the best news that the tumors are reducing bt 1/3 but the one tumor on my limp node behind my (misspelled) esophagest(thoat)? is the same size and the limp node next to it is alittle larger. so i went with the positive and started my 2nd round…
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Friday Riddler / Teaser
In this teaser your task is twofold. You must first complete two (2) 4-letter workds, sid by side, reading left to right. Secondly, these two words within the brackets must form a 6-letter work when read from right to left. 1. S(L_ _ _ _ P)E 2. S(N_ _ _ _ S)K 3. O(R_ _ _ _ D)E GOOD LUCK AND REMEMBER THE WINNER GETS…
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3 Years NED!!
Just got the results from my latest CT scan, all clear! I haven't posted in awhile, so for those that are new, I was diagnosed Stage 4 Feb. '04. Resection, 7 months of FOLFORI w/Avastin, and then RFA in October '04 for three remaining spots on liver. CT scans every six months since have shown NED. I will defer the naked…
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Mary from WI - just asking WHY?
Hello Online Family, I hope each and every one of you are safe, happy, and doing well today and always! ; ) I guess I am having a "sad day" today. As many of you already know; my mom passed away on 9/17/07. And I almost feel like her death hasn't even "hit me" yet... sound weird? My husband and I are expecting out first…
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Back doing someting I love.....
Yes I know i should have already posted this....especially since it happened the last weekend of September.....doh..... As some know I love riding motorcycles. Since my symptoms, surgery and DX, it was nearly 10 weeks since I got any quality time ripping up the mountains. Needless to say, i was suffering from…
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Alta
Still praying for you and looking for your PET results. You OK?
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Cooking Spices for theropy
I was 37 years old when I was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer, now 5 months after treatment and getting back into cooking, ie eating :) (this is a long read) my husband found by chance, but read for yourself and make up your own mind. Turmeric Powder can be found in any spice isle... Turmeric root extract by Ray…
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Tommorrow is Surgery
Well, the time has finally come and my husband is scheduled for liver resection tomorrow. Not going to lie, I'm a nervous wreck, but we believe this is his best option. Please keep him in your prayers . I know it's going to be a long week and hope to post some good news on the weekend. I'm hoping the hospital will let me…
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Nutrition help
I was so surprised to climb on my scale and see a large weight loss this week. The last time I weighed at the Dr office fully clothed I was 140, and on my scale without clothes I was 134. Scary! I have been trying to get in lots of protein, but the appetite isn't great. Any suggestions? I seem to go from diarrea to…
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nurses
hey there everyone i need to vent so i am on my 2nd night of the 5 fu pack and my port area was bloody-- so since it was after hours i went to the er to have my port needle and bandage replaced. to be fair i am not exactly nice to the pack so anyway-- he nures at the er only changed the dressing and called it good. then at…
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4 years Colon Cancer free
This is my first posting to the CR Cancer Discussion group but I had to share my anniversary with people who get it. I was very lucky with my colon cancer - 4 years ago today I had a subtotal colectomy and have been colon cancer free since then. Tomorrow will be my 1 year anniversay of my Breast Cancer dx.... when do I get…
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About this battle
Dear friends, I was wondering something... Do you ever feel that you will not win this battle? I mean does it hit you sometimes that NED or a cure will not come around? I found myself lately having these thoughts, although I'm upbeat MOST of the time. After my RFA on Sept 6th, it's been hard for me to recover physically…
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Waiting for results
Hi, All Just had a biopsy today, and am now in the never-never land of waiting for results. Does anyone have any tips on how to get through the waiting part without driving yourself crazy? And how to stay reasonably functional in the other parts of your life (work, family, etc) while you're waiting? I'm pretty new at this…
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New here
I have been reading for a week or so and now have the umph to post. I have been diagnosed for about 7 weeks but have lots of questions. I have had 2 colonoscopys and many ct scans. I am diagnosed stage 4 colon with spots on my liver, lymph nodes and perhaps a shadow on my lung. After a second opinion at Mayo, I was told…
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Whew!
Well folks, I got the PET scan results yesterday after a very emotional weekend and it was fine. There is nothing to further to be done at this time but to follow up in 3 months. I guess that means I'm NED. I'm still concerned that the CEA went up but it is not high. It may just be a reprieve rather than a pardon but I…
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Survivors....KEEP On KEEPING On :o)
Hi all! It's Monika and her hubby "no type" Bert here. It's been a while since I've posted but I'm always "lurking" and checking up on how things are going. Just wanted to share that it has now been almost 4 1/2 years since Bert was diagnosed stage 3, 4 nodes, and tremendous feeling of doom and gloom lurked over our heads…
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Colon Recurrence
Hello - Brief history: Dx'ed Stage 4 Late February '06, colon tumor and multiple liver mets. FOLFOX + Erbitux through July '06. Colon resection and RF Ablation to two liver mets in August '06. Continued FOLFOX + Erbitux through mid-January '07. NED through August '07. Dx'ed with recurrent colon tumor 9/07. MY question is…
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progress!!!!!
well hello eveyone i just received mt first c.t.scans since starting chemo.(f.y.i. stg 4 mets in both lungs and liver--receving erbitux , 5 fu pump )(too many tumors to count, mostly small) so the scan showed that alot of the litttle tumors are GONE and the three other large ones have reduced by 1/3 YEAH!!!! lets just say…
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New here...just diagnosed about 1 month ago
Hello everyone I was just diagnosed with stage IV about a month ago after my gastro md found a tumor the size of a tennis ball in my lower colon. Resectioning was done on the 18th-nothing spread to the lymph nodes in the colon-but I have a huge lesion my liver and small lesions on my right lung. Chemo to start within the…
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Chemo and the Flu shot
Has anyone gotten the flu vacine before they started chemo treatment. My husband is going to be starting chemo very soon and we were wondering if there would be any sense of getting a flu shot, siince the chemo wipes out your immune system. He starts radiation this Wednesday for 6 weeks. We will meet with Chemo doctors on…