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Rising CEA
I wonder if any of you had rising CEA (not while on chemo) and yet CT scan shows nothing? My husband's last CEA was 3.3 and is now 3.5. The CT scan shows no change in two lesions on the liver which were seen on CT scan nearly two years ago. Pet scan showed they were not malignant. I have read that a slowly rising CEA…
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palooza 3---all please read!
Howszitgoin guys n dolls???? The ozzies from down under have booked flights to Austin....that means...BRACE YERSELVES!! Jen and I have been on the phone to Kerry and after her first week doing chemo and radiation she tells us that she is doing fine. (and she could be tellin lies too just to make me feel better!) However,…
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Prayers Please!
Hi all, just wanted to drop a quick note for some prayers my brother-in-laws way. Steve is Scott's identical twin. He has a colonoscopy scheduled for Thurs. because they found blood in his stool. When Scott was first diagnosed in Feb. 2004, his brothers and sister had colonoscopy's at the request of Scott's oncologist.…
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My Treatment for Bev ~
Hi Bev, my treatment was Oxaliplatin, 5 FU and Leuvicorin sp? .... I had 4 or 5 treatments of chemo then 28 straight days of Chemo and radiation combined with continuous infusion of Leuvicorin. After 8 rounds of chemo I had surgery for my liver resection in January of 2005 recovered for about 6 weeks then 4 more rounds of…
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good thoughts needed
Well- it is nail biting time- my husband goes for his CT tommorrow after his initial 6 treatment schedule of folfiri and avastin- as this is a trial we need to see at least "stable" for him to continue to get the chemo so hope- prayers- good thoughts and angel whispers needed- no results until next week. Also- thank you to…
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Liver cancer cont. - chemo before liver surgery??
Sorry to start a new thread but I couldn't figure out how to reply to the posts in the last thread I put up ("friend tested positive for liver cancer"). Since the post I've learned he has stage 4 rectal cancer that has spread to the liver - he does not have liver cancer like I thought before. I've also spoken to his…
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NED
I had my 3 week post treatment visit today. ct scan was clean. it's a start. Tim
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Phew normal CEA again
HI everyone I just had more bloodwork done on Friday and I always anxiously await the results. CEA was still NORMAL yeah.... 1.2 Clean PET in January. I pray NED continues. For those of you still going through treatment I was Stage 4 rectal with liver mets. Be strong and FIGHT...
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Kerry and Jana!!
I just wanted to drop and line to see how you guys were doing!!!!! I wanted to email but my computor crashed and I lost everyones email addresses. I have been trying to figure how to retrieve them but with no luck so I figured you guys would be checking in on the site. I so hope that you guys are doing ok!!! I know that…
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hello semi colon's need your advise
hi all, hope all is well with everyone fighting this dragon. i have a question to throw out to you all. i am thinking of changing jobs and that would mean new health insurane. being that i had colon cancer that would be a pre health condition. how would this effect the new health insurance coverage. i appreciate all the…
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Gall bladder problems anyone?
OK, here's my story. When I had my re-section done in 2003 my surgeon told me that he was going to take my gall bladder out at the same time because it was in his experience that the gall bladder goes bad with the colon cancer or maybe just because of the surgery. I really don't remember I was pretty out of it back then.…
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CoFactor - check this out....
I just thought you guys would like to know about this.... CoFactor Plus 5-FU Provides Large Response in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer According to results recently presented at the 2006 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, the addition of CoFactor (ANX 510) appears to significantly enhance the activity of the chemotherapy…
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hello semi colon's need your advise
hi all, hope all is well with everyone fighting this dragon. i have a question to throw out to you all. i am thinking of changing jobs and that would mean new health insurane. being that i had colon cancer that would be a pre health condition. how would this effect the new health insurance coverage. i appreciate all the…
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Friend tested positive for liver cancer
Yesterday I had some great news. My friend's rectal surgery was a smashing success. NO cancer found in the margins. All of the tumor gone! He was in such a great positive mood. Today is quite the opposite. The worst nightmare has come true. The spot on his liver is cancer. It took everything I had to find the rectal cancer…
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Cancer Treatment Centers of America
Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone has any information about the Cancer Treatment Centers of America? I am a caregiver for my husband who is Stage IV colon cancer and I am always trying to keep up with all the best options out there---actually many of you helped us a while ago on this site when we had some questions.…
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pet scans and ct scans
My husband has been taken off Oxplatin(?) and put on Irinotecan his ct scans show no change in liver lung mets but his cea's have gone sharply up to 435 he has been on the other chemo for 29? treatments and today the doctor's changed his drugs could not explain why cea is up so I ask why couldn't they do a PET scan they…
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Has Anyone Heard From Themis 01
Has anyone heard from Erika (themis01)? I haven't seen her post in quite awhile and I have sent her a couple of e-mails that she has not responded to. I was hoping that no news was good news but I'm a little worried about her. I hope her Mom is doing ok. Best Wishes, Deneen
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NED TODAY
I'm excited I just came back from the doctors and my blood work showed NED. My CEA level was at a 1. I have a colonoscopy scheduled for Feb 15. I've never had one but they are going thru my colostomy. In 4 months I go for a ct scan and then blood work. I feel so good right now! I checked into going to Austin but the dates…
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0-side effects treatments
Hi All: Here are some 0-side-effect treatments for all of us. No office visits are required, just floss afterwards,that's all :) See today's news on soy and brocolli's amazing cancer fighting properties at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4688854.stm. After you're all inspired about Brocolli, see…
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Tumor Size
Hi I have a question, does anyone know if the size of the tumor has anything to do with how fast it might spread to other organs. Does bigger tumors cause it to spread faster than a little tumor would? Sending prayers to all of you going through this out there... Mindy
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your thoughts on Doctors Comment
hello to all i have not posted for quite a while..... but i do check in at least 3-4 times a week. Husband (Hayes) originally diagnosed 09/03 Pre-surgury chemo radiation nov/dec 03 surgery 02/04 - permanent colostomy post op chemo 03/04-09/04 them WHAM 05/05 reoccurrance, multiple pulmnoary nodules in lungs (inoperable) I…
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Please respond :)
Hi guys, How often have you heard of Colon Cancer spreading to the pancreas? My dad was stage 3 (11 out of 19 lympnodes were positive) it spread to his liver in April of last year and now we are worried about cancer in the pancreas as he has been experiencing a lot of cramps and stomach pain (he had an endoscopy and…
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Finishing chemo need nutrition advice
Hello everyone, I haven't posted on this website in a long time. I was diagnosed in June 2004 for colon cancer that spread to liver and lungs. I had one round of FOLFOX 4 , responded well and then the cancer came back. I was so angry at my body that I shut myself off from all cancer related websites and self research. Well…
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IFL chemo question
Hi All, I just went to the onc today and found out what treatment he wants to give me. I would like to hear from others that have taken it. A little background. I was dx 12/19/05 with Stage 3 colon cancer. I had a tumor removed 12/20/05 with 1 node out of 11 found with cancer. They said they got all the tumor and bowel…
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Liver Met found AFTER Xeloda
My friend who is in the hospital right now recovering from TME rectal surgery was just told by the doctor there was a spot found on the liver. The spot was NOT there in September's Cat scan. That scan was done before 5 weeks of radiation and Xeloda. They thought it odd that the Met would appear AFTER the Xeloda, and so do…
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pain in kidney area
Good morning Just a quick question to determine if anybody has experienced spasms/pain in kidney area as a reaction to oxiplatilin. I have had kidnety x-ray and probing to determine cause, but nothing appears to be wrong with kidney. The pain is mostly gone now, but now I am scheduled for a renogram, involving radioactive…
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re: Need your help for friend recovering from surgery
My friend is in the hospital trying to recover from a very invasive rectal surgery. He's weak and in pain as can be expected. They've just informed him he has a spot on his liver. Tests will confirm that on Wednesday. He's beyond depressed. I've told him of the many people's letters I've read on this newsgroup - how…
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awol again
Hya all...I am 1 1/2 hours from home and missing Jen already...whaaaa! Anyway I have begged, borrowed, stolen?...well, not really but am on a friends puta. Not a lot of time but just wanted to wish you all the best in treatment this week. Especially Kerry as I know she is a long way from home doing chemo and rads....our…
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stage 4 question
My chemo was finished Thanksgiving week. I had surgery 6 weeks before my chemo started. I had a hysterectomy when they found the cancer and I was in surgery for about 7 hours. I've seen some on this site that are still taking something is that normal? Should I be taking something? I've been juicing, eating veggies, and…
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Great news..Tumors haven't grown
Hi everyone, I finished my 6weeks of 5FU and radiation last Thursday for Stg.4 rectal cancer..I had a cat scan on Monday and the oncologist went over the results with me today and the 7 tumors in my liver have remained the same which is great news for me. I had my first scan on Oct.12th and 2nd scan on Dec.8th which…