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Vanita O Twisted Sister
Our mom had a chemo treatment on Monday, and her Onc. said she was looking good and gave her the thumbs up! That made her feel really good. The pet scan is tomorrow, thursday, and then we review the resultss the following monday...please pray for us. My sister, Val has had bad news in her family, but I will let her post.…
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What are " levels" on TX plan
Hi, does anyone know what the different "levels" on the treatment sheet indicate? The order sheet will read Folfox ( I think that's it) and level 6. Just curious.
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Sign me up!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15316594/wid/11915773/
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Happy Birthday Barb (tkd3g)
Happy Birthday SIS!!! Hope you have a wonderful day and Many, Many, Many more!! Love ya, Moop
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Vanita O-twisted sister
We're Baaaack
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AN EARLY HAPPY HALLOWEEN
I'm taking off to Canada early tomorrow morning and will be gone - and probably AWOL - until November 1st, so I wanted to share a Halloween Greeting with everyone now. It's juvenile, sophomorish bathroom humor (would you expect anything else from me?), but it's also very apropos to this group. Click on the link,or…
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Thank you for Advise
Thanks to all of you who responded to our thread "New & Need Advise", thanks for your prayers, time, and responses (don't know how to write on a current thread yet:( We can't wait to use our new vocabulary words "NED"! My husband is scheduled to have a CT/ Biopsy next week on the 1st as surgeon says it's "the best option".…
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rising CEA - bone mets
Hi everyone. I went MIA again. I sort of went through a dark spot, but it was a tunnel and I finally reached the other side. I am feeling a little better. My CEA kept rising for the first time ever since diagnosis in '02. I just had radition to my lung met... and I was taking xeloda and avastin as maintenence chemo. We did…
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Patient/Caregiver Seminars
Conversations about Colorectal Cancer: Finding HOPE (Healing. Options. Peer Support. Education.) in your Community presented by the Colon Cancer Alliance are one day seminars intended for colorectal cancer survivors and caregivers. These seminars will offer information about the latest treatment advances and give attendees…
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To Afraidamidy
Hi, I saw this poem today and it brought me comfort when I thought of my dad. I know your having a hard time with losing your husband and I hope this poem brings comfort to you and all others out there that have lost a loved one. Mindy I stood by your bed last night,I came to have a peep. I could see that you were crying.…
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KathiM Readers Digest
Just wanted to let you know that I read your letter to the editor. I just got a kick out of knowing it was you. I started to laugh and told my husband I know this girl she is from the site. I did tear it out of the book sorry noone else is going to be able to read your letter in that office. I just got a kick out of it.
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Checking in
Finished Folfox 6 treatment number 4 over the weekend. Yippee! One third of the way through! I was barely able to be infused because my neutrophils were down again, right on the border, but we went ahead and got a flu shot, too. Because I had gone to my nephew's wedding the weekend before (great time, by the way, even the…
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Stage 1 Local Rec. update and thanks
Thanks so much to Patrusha, SpongeBob, Babs211, Kanort and Vinny3 for the support when we found out about Mom's recurrence. You guys helped so much. It has been a wild month, but all the news is good. Mom had a PET scan to look for spread and luckily it just showed one small nodule in the pelvic area; however, it could not…
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METS AFTER 1 YEAR?
The husband of a friend of mine had some unexpected results from his PET scan - mass between spleen and kidney, something in the stomach and something in the throat near the voice box. The doctor apparently is not too concerned with the spleen/kidney situation. But he is sending him for a scope to check out the stomach and…
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My mom was recently diagnosed with stage 4 cancer
Hi everyone, I am new to this so bare with me. In May 06, my mom(63 yrs old) was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. She had surgery and started folfox. She completed 4 chemo treatments and was having very difficult time. No reaction to the chemo but ws very depressed. He oncologist stopped the treatments and ordered a…
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Believe it or not...I have my life back!!!!
Ok, you all have listened to my whinning and complaining about all the changes in my bathroom habits (you know, I NEVER passed gas except in the bathroom before....). With MUCH trepidation, I tried that new yogurt that has 'digestive aid' properties. I gotta share....it REALLY works for me! And, considering I am lactose…
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Hello all you wonderful people
I hope your all doing and feeling good As for duey he did much better with his Chemo this time around, He worked right through it. They lowered his dose since he is starting radiation on Monday. They say he can not do full dose of Chemo with Rad. Anyway I just wanted to say hi and let everyone know how things are going in…
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Thank You
I just wanted to thank everyone for your awesome replies . Kerry thanks for the phone call. I just love our talks . Sue I would just love a Texas get together . My birthday is in Jan . can't think of a better way to celebrate with you Kerry , Kay and the other Texas gals and anyone else that would like to come . Sponge Bob…
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Protein and water
Hi Everyone, I was surfing the web today and I just wanted to post this. It confirms what we have been saying about keeping up your nutrition while on chemo. Get plenty of protein. Protein rebuilds and repairs damaged (and normally aging) body tissue. The estimated protein needs are 0.5-0.6 grams of protein per pound of…
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Interesting Grape Seed Study
Here is the link for an article I read this morning about colorectal cancer and grape seed. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5076909,00.html
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Twisted sister of Valerie C
Hi everyone, I am the older and more beautiful sister of Valerie C. My name is Vanita O. There is another sister, Vanessa W.who will be joining us shortly. Valerie has told us about all you wonderful people, and it feels like home already. Reading your messages gives me so much HOPE for my mother. Thank you
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Leaving town for a few days...Mom's doing another treatment.
Hi Everyone, Just wanted to let you all know how much I appreciate your support, and yes, I finally figured out how to navigate this network..Still working on getting pictures on my personal web page. I also realized that SpongeBob is one cool dude and has great sense of humor. Anyhow, I told my older sister about this…
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Stage 4 Success Story to share
hey you awesome semi-colons! I was talking to my old neighbor tonight and he told me of his friend's wife who was dx'ed with Stage 4 cancer (the female kind he said). They didn't do any surgery cuz she was too far advanced. Her cancer marker was in the 1000's! She was started on something but fell and broker her hip so…
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Right side abdomen pain
Hey all, I noticed that nudgie is having right side abdomen pain under the rib cage. Me too. It gets really bad during the few days after chemo and I plan to bring it up to my oncs tomorrow when I go for chemo number 4. I had two "spots" on my liver that an MRI said were cysts, but I always questioned that. I want a…
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A FAVOR?
Hey, everybody - A good friend from the Colondar isn't doing well, see the e-mail from a friend of hers below. Michele was the June 2006 model (http://www.colonclub.com/Michelle_Cervone.html) and, as you can see is in need to some divine intervention. Can you send a prayer her way or, if you are not inclined to pray, send…
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Debralla, are you out there
I know you are and we are missing hearing from you sweetie. I look forward to hearing from you. Hugs and kisses, Lisa P.
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Party, CP-5, Oct 2007
I know many of you have already seen this and responded, but I want to keep it on the "front burner" not the back one. Thanks!! Hmmmm....WHAT IS CP-5? Is it a new chemo? A strategic move in the game "Battleship"? A vegetable drink? No, it's none of those.... It's a full-blown celebration of life! The technical term is…
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Had Scare...NED (I think)
In August I had my 1yr, 8mo follow-up with the oncologist and everything was fine. Then in September I experienced a variety of symptoms and went back to the oncologist. He checked me out and ordered a CT/PET. While the symptoms had already resolved it was a very nervous time waiting for the tests to be scheduled and…
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kangatoo??
Have I missed something? Haven't noticed anything from you in a while. Hope all is well. Mary
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A Special Thanks to Baby Lisa and Andy
I am finally getting back to "normal" (for me anyway) after my first trip to Canada. You 2 were awesome as the host and hostess of CP4. I could never thank you enough for all you did for me and the others. The itinary was fun filled. lively, educational and a blast. It has been a long time since I laughed so much and that…