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Cold Sensitivity and Snow storms
Because of my fatigue, I stay inside. I am supposed to travel upstate to Christmas dinner tomorrow. But there is supposed to be a snow storm and high winds. I am wondering if I shoud skip it because of the cold sensitivity. I was already not up for the trip because of my fatigue.
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Radiation Therapy/What to Expect
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Bad news - tumour skull bone
Hi all - I am supposed to be on a chemo break to recoup after about 13 mos of chemo, which I really needed. Had brain scan due to ear plugged and feeling bit dizzy. CT showed a large tumour in the skull bone near my ear. Now I have had a zillion tests, x-rays, MRI's for Oncologist to learn more and to try to determine…
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Bowel problems still after 3 years off chemo
Just wondering if there is anyone who still has bowel problems years after surgery and radiation and chemo. I am 3 years cancer free but still have a lot of bowel problems. I get runny stools at times that I cannot control and have to be careful going out. It comes on some days and other days I am okay. Cannot seem to…
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Illeostomy reversal patients
I had me reversal back in Septmeber and other than some retraining, it seems to be going well. Question though to those who have had one. Now that I am somewhat at my new normal I have noticed something rather odd and wonder if anyone else experiences this, When I go more than a day without having a BM ( and this happens…
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Dad has colorectal cancer; I need moral support
Hello friends, My dad has been diagnosed with adenocarcinoma (colorectal cancer) and he has developed jaundice (liver has metasized) therefore we cannot give chemo. He is in severe pain, coughing and producing mucous. I need some moral support. I have tons of questions, i am meeting doctors but time is short. It all…
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Physical restrictions with a chest port?
What can’t you do with a chest port?
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Happy Birthday Trubrit
Yeah, that's me. 59 today. So excited! I have appreciated the birthday greetings in Carrieh's thread, but don't want to derail the content. So, have at it here, guys. I'll start with wishing myslelf
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Recovery from HIPEC surgery
My husband had HIPEC surgery at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital on July 18, 2011. The surgery lasted 5 hours and they only found one area in the peritoneal with active cancer. Dr. Levine took 10 spots and only 1 was active. The rest had been killed by the 6 months of 5 FU chemo. The worst part about the surgery was that he…
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Surgery question/ HIPEC
Hi Everyone, **** just returned from California where he met with Dr. Lenz and the surgeon at USC, Dr. Genyk. As many of you know, **** was diagnosed with cc stage 3c in January 2009. He had surgery and then 12 rounds of Folfox 6 and still a lymph node lit up. Then, 12 rounds of Folfori + Avastin and the lymph node, though…
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Abdominal Metastasis and had Cytoreductive Surgery with HIPEC? AKA "The Sugarbaker Method"
HI All, I haven't posted in a while and I am doing well. I had Cytoreductive Surgery with HIPEC in December '08. I just had another clean scan. Woohoo! Three more months of living and loving my family. Now I am trying to help a couple of other ladies do the same. If you have had this surgery and you live in Canada please…
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And it's back...
New, related tumor. Found in my scans this week. No treatment at this time - watch and wait, hopefully for a very long time. We now assume lots of new tumors will be sprouting from the way my cancer seeded in my abdomen. *Profanities*
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5th round on the 21st.
so I have my 5th round of chemo on the 21st. I am so fatigued now. What will it be like after the 5th. Does I.t. just get harder? After round 4 I just slept most of the time for 4-5 days. Does the chemo dose go up each time? Brain fog gets really bad when I am fatigued. I am on the normal Folfox treatment plan. Any help is…
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My CEA and LD keep going up.
My CEA and LD keep going up. Have any of you had this happe?
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HIPEC/IntraPeritoneal Chemo/EPIC
I see that BonnieDewey has been asking about HIPEC on some old threads. I thought I'd start a new on. Bonnie - this is for you. While I did not have HIPEC, I had EPIC, another form of Intraperitoneal Chemo that was given post-op, and not heated (at Sloan Kettering in NYC, which is what they prefer to HIPEC. Both treatments…
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Doc Won’t Allow Chiropractic Care/Horrible Pain
Any advice is appreciated...I’m NED, Stage 4. About 15 surgeries total. I have an ostom, a port, and only 1 lung. People with ostomy‘s, ports, and those who have had back surgery are all allowed to be seen by chiropractors. I had a thoracotomy 1.2 years ago and am in constan, unbelievable pain. I’m fairly certain my…
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Peritoneal Mets
How does a Colo-rectal cancer with peritoneal Mets is treated,my sister was diagnosed with this and docs decided for FOLFIRI 6cycles and if everything goes well and no any further Mets Hipec crs would have been done but sadly my lovely sister could not reach that mark she suffered lots of pain and agony every second and…
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Why do you change Ileostomy bags when you do?
There was a discussion on another board about when people change their bags and I was a bit surprised as a few people mentioned that they change them daily or every other day. Some here mentioned three days and I have been going with five days. The reason I change it at five days is that the bag loses its shape and becomes…
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Advice on food ideas for husband please!
I am struggling with what to do for nutrition for my husband. I normally cook pretty regularly as we are a family of 5. My dh just had his second FOLFOX with Avastin added today. Since his last treatment he has lost 4lbs. Might not seem like much, but he is already very skinny. He's down to 159lbs and is 6ft tall. He is…
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82 condolences, so far
My friend of 35 years has just passed away. He too had CRC. The family have just posted the announement of his death on Facebook and he has 82 wonderful replies do far, saying what a wonderful man he was, and that is tremendous. It did make me wonder though, why can't we, as a people, get into the habit of telling our…
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Anxiety around liver resection
Is it normal to worry about what if my lesions on liver don't shrink enough to remove, the surgery itself, the recovery time, the hospital stay (was in the hospital for 19 days for diagnosis, colon resection, and recovery), how my cats will worry, what I can do to get my body ready, etc? My surgeon is confident. My…
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Wife sleeping a lot and not eating
Wife is stage 4 colon with Mets to liver, she just started her 4th chemo and last week or so she is slowly losing her appetite and sleeping a lot then before. Today she barely ate today, seems like her appetite is non existent and she wants to stay awake but can’t. I’m worried about her, is this normal to have a slip…
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Sleeping All day??? Is this normal?
Hi everybody ... my Dad was (officially) diagnosed a week ago wtih Stage 4 - mets to liver, he's been in pain for a month. We;re meeting with the oncologist tomorrow, and he's getting his chemo port put in Friday and supposed to start chemo next week. We are still worried about his liver. But he has started sleeping ALL…
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neuropathy getting worse
My husband finished his last oxaliplatin treatment in September. During treatment his neuropathy would almost be gone by the next treatment but now he feels his neuropathy is worse than even during treatment. I know oxaliplatin has lingering effects but curious if it got worse for others too. Also wondering if it is due to…
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Adoptive Cell Therapy at NCI
This is a variant of the Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes Clinical Trial at NCI that I've been talking about recently. The earlier trials are for those with KRAS G12D (with alleles HLA-A*1101 or HLA-C*0802) or G12V (with allele HLA-A*1101). The Adoptive Cell Trial is for more general mutations. I suspect that they are…
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Scan today
Good morning all, I hope everyone is doing well with this fight. I have my yearly scope this morning. My journey started on May 2004. I was diagnosed with stage ll. Had 6 months chemo. Had a reversal of my bag. Had a recurrance in Jan 2009, just need surgery. Thru the years I have faced many healh issues, but have always…
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Scan Results On It Is Back - Growing and Spreading
Lymph nodes increasing in size and starting to pop up in other places throughout the lung. Guessing no chemo yet (meet with Oncologist next week), thinking I go another scan or two before that happens. Yippee.
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Advice to self of yesteryears!
I was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer in April 2012. If the person I am now could speak to who I was then, what would I say? It is an interesting question to contemplate. What advice could I give to me, to help make coping easier? What wisdom could I share that would guide and comfort me through the tougher days? When…
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Cold Sensitivity
How do you know/test that the cold sensitivity has passed for the cycle?
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port issues
I was never a fan of getting a port and I have one. Lately when I go they have trouble getting to draw blood from it and I don't want chemo done in my viens by iv. Is this something that is common? I am told is does happen, but there really is nothing I can do to prevent it. I just like to know if others have it happen to…