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need your prayers
hello all. i have not posted in a long time but i do read and keep up. at this point i am still on chemo. i have a treatment on fri and they make me sooooo sick. anyway my onc sd he would do a few more treatments and then scan me. i have not been scaned since july to hope there is some improvement. in the meantime i have…
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usefull site
I have probably posted this before but as we have lots of new friends here it may be of use. The site deals with lots of info but the sections in alphabetical order of commonly used drugs/medications are very informative. cheers, Ross
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Xango Juice - Emily please read
I havent posted in a while, but I read about all of you often yet dont seem to take the time to post. I am doing well and have just passed the 2 year mark. I go back to the doctor in February for all my tests. Of course I am hoping and praying for NED! Okay, to what I am posting about... what do you know about Xango Juice?…
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for Babs211.and others
Hiya Babs.....I have been off air for 2 days and I am beginning to suspect that the question you asked me on my NED post is true. You asked how did I handle the "fluid" they give me to drink and the injection of contrast. Now that is a funny thing Babs!You must have ESP. The day after my CT(first CT I have ever had btw) I…
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Chemo options for colon cancer
Hello! I am a newbie here. I'm a female and 39 years old. I Was diagnosed with stage 2 colon cancer last week, the day after Christmas. I've had surgery and the most amazing recovery since then. After I've gone through the crying fits I am beginning to count my blessings - I have the most supportive husband and family,…
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Need a healty soup recipe
OK gang I need some help here today. I love Chicken soup bursting with spices and nummy flavors but..I can not find one that tastes good unless it is filled with bullion and all of it cruddy chemicals, and salt; or full of sugar. So ..calling on health food cooks. Can ya help a semi-colon out with a recipe that I can…
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Home from the hospital
Hi Everyone, Got home Sunday, very sore but thrilled to be home. My surgery last Tuesday was quite successful. The surgeon was able to reverse my colostomy bag, remove a foot of my colon, all 15 lymph nodes and the only speck of anything he saw on my liver. The speck on my liver was a fatty cyst (no big deal) and all 15…
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liver enzymes are elevated
I have been cancer free 3 yrs in Feb had 6 inches colon removed 21 lymph nodes and 2 had cancer had to have chemo,now I have my first bad blood test in 3 yrs can someone tell me what to expect or what this might mean I go for c.t. scan Fri thanks--Dana
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THANK YOU EVERYONE!
Thanks (Many) to all of you who responded to my recent musings about my career and surviving cancer. There may not be a perfect answer, but it feels so good to know that many of you are going through, or went through, the same emotions. That is why these sites are so very important for us survivors. When i first returned…
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WHAT SHOULD I BE EATING
Hello it's me again. What kind of diet should I be following? Does anyone have any information. When I ask my doctor he tells me I can eat anything I want. I don't believe it and I don't want to put anything in my body that cancer will strive on. Any ideas or suggestions or sites that I can go to will be appreciated.
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LONG-TERM SURVIVOR STRUGGLES
I am a seven year survivor of stage 3 rectal cancer, diagnosed at the age of 36. I went through the whole deal...chemoradiation, surgery and chemotherapy follow-up. I am thrilled to be here with my wife and 3 kids seven years later. But there are some things going on that I want to vent about. I am a prosecutor, a…
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thank you guys for all your input
I will know more when I get my c.t. scan thanks to all for listening--Dana
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liver enzymes
so 128 would be about normal??
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missed you all over christmas hols
I wasn't at work,so did't get to this site until today. I really notice how busy this site is since I haven't had access to it since c20th Dec. Have used up a lot of empoyers time getting through it all.I hope to be online at home very shortly. At my hospital appt just before christmas, i received ct scan results, 3 weeks…
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Weight loss
My pa has rectal cancer and has yet to start chemo. He is post surgery 10-27-05(see previose thread).In the summer July 2005 My pa wt. was 220. now he is 159 any ideas on what to give him to increase wt?
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need those good vibes this week
Hi again. I have my next scan scheduled for this Wed. I am a tad bit scared for this one, but hopeful just the same. My last scan after taking CPT-11 and Erbitux for 3 session showed some tumor shrinkage. We then added Avastin to the mix. I hope the tumor has faded out!! The scary part is the best case scenerio will lead…
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2bhealed and scouty
I need to get in contact with the both of you about nutrition. I started the CPT-11 pump along with 5-FU, Avastin and something else today. Have to keep the pump on for 46 hours and go back in 2 weeks to have it redone. The doctor said maybe 8 treatments. Then a follow-up cat scan. Next week I have to go to the lab to see…
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Abscess anaostomies/pro-biotics
My pa was dx with rectal cancer, July 2005. He had 5 weeks chemo and radiation before surgery 10-27-05. A few days after surgery he developed an ileus/abscess at the tumor removal site. An ER surgery was done to irrigate and drain the abscess. My pa was doing o:k after that. He went home and since then he has had chronic…
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5 FU -- supply run out??
I just received a call from my oncologist telling me that the hospital's supply of 5FU has run out! He says the only factory producing the drug no longer manufactures it because the patent is running out, etc. I only had 2 additional tratments scheduled (6 weekly treatments followed by 2 weeks off X 4=32 weeks) and he felt…
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chemo's done pain in arms
My last chemo was Thanksgiving. I can't lift my arms up the left is worse then the right. Dose anyone know what this is from? Could it have been the Nupegen (not spelled right) shots, or is this something that happens when you are done with chemo?
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NONI JUICE
anyone ever heard of or tried NONI juice?
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Advice for sister of cancer patient
Hello, my brother was diagnosed with colorectal cancer last week. He starts his chemo next week. My question for you guys is this. My brother is dealing with his cancer by joking about it. That is fine with us if that is how he needs to deal with it. But, he doesn't want to find any support groups, doesn't want to talk to…
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need help!!
Hello everybody!! Haven't been on this site in a while but needed to come back today. Had a CAT scan 12/21 and didn't find out the results until today. The doctor said there were a few more nodules detected in my lungs and this was after I did 6 treatments of Xeloda, Avastin, Eloxatin, 5FU and the other drug that starts…
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Fatigue
Hi, I had my colon cancer surgery in October, 2002. I received the chemo and radiation treatments. Had surgery to remove the stoma bag. (I was very lucky) Had physical therapy to build up my strength, instead one of the exercises created severe swelling in my toes, ankles and legs, developed high blood pressure. Anyway, I…
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Medicare or The Cost of Cancer
My friend who just spent Christmas in the hospital with an infection brought on by his 5 weeks of radiation had another unwanted Christmas gift in addition to missing the holiday - a bill for $18,000. Apparently his limited insurance only covers in-patient care. This was just for 4 days of hospital stay and a lot of…
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Thanks from lost control
Thank you so much for your responses. I am better, maybe it helped to complain out loud to you guys. Hey, whatever works, right? Really appreciate all your input. Have not been on this sight for a long while but am going to monitor what's going on. Still a lot to be learned.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
I never expected to hear from so many of you regarding the recent passing of my younger brother, David. Then again....that is what makes this website and group of people so very special. I have absolutely the BEST memories of Dave, and each day I hear his voice and can see his grin-- he was always smiling and never lost…
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back from vacation
Hi Everyone, I haven't been around during the last week. I had a wonderful vacation over New YEAR's with really good friends. I got back Tuesday night and of course went back on chemo yesterday. I had a pet scan before I left which showed that the largest tumor in my lung has decreased slightly. The other tumors never…
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Thanks
Ross & Jen, Kerry, Kay, Rodney, Sue, Mary, Howard..thanks so much for your input & support. This site is the only place in the world that a semi colon can go for some really empathatic responses to what anyone else just wouldn't understand. Kay: Can u e-mail the type of Probiotics you used? At least I have some questions…
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Folfox and Avastin
Hi, my husband just completed round 2 with 10 more rounds of Folfox and Avastin and then he is scheduled for 12 rounds of just Avastin. He is stage 3, T3,N2 (six nodes involved). He had his appendix, part of his colon and part of his small intestine removed. He went in originally for a routine colonoscopy and our lives…