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Beth (BRHMichigan)
I hope you are ok, you have not said much in a while. I know you were about to start chemo so just making sure you are ok!
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Question on polyp growth
Hi guys, I'm from the kidney cancer board. I have question. My daughter had colonoscopy last year and found 2 sessel serrated polyps scary to say the least. She is 33 years old. Fast forward this years follow-up colonoscopy she had a small polyp not sessle. Is it possible to have been missed bc it was found only one year…
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Hunkered Down
I have been amiss in posting. I indicated that I would let others know how my chemo was progressing, but to be honest it is kicking my butt - at least for the 3-4 days after my infusion stops, which is were I am this morning. This is my second cycle. I have been maintaining a daily log of temp, weight and general feelings.…
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I'm good for another three months - EDIT
Went to the big city to see my Oncologist yesterday. CEA 0.5 and all other bloods looking normal. I was really tempted to just call him and skip the office visit. (NOT 600 miles) 330 miles (nit!) is a long way to go for a five minute visit; but I do like to see him and hear it from 'the horses mouth'. So, happy holidays…
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So tired after first infusion
Is it normal to be so tired. I am still recovering from my bowel surgery too. The first few days during the infusion at hospital and take home infusion, I seemed to have energy. I attributed this to the iron drip I got before treatment. But after, and continuing through the second week, I have about 3 hours a day that I…
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Cancer centers
Hi Everyone, My wife was recently diagnosed with adenocarcinoma with unknown primary. The doctors suspected the primary was in her small intestine. She is about to receive her third chemo. There are still a lot of open questions.We are looking for a cancer center where there are more specialists for treating cancer with…
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worried
found out in September that I have colon cancer surgeon was able to remove tumor and appendix without needing a colostomy bag was sent home only to have to return a week later for a second surgery to put in a drain tube been home now since middle of October. Having trouble now staying out of the bathroom and sleeping…
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My oncologist jump started my morning
I didn't sleep well so I was still snoozing when he called promptly at 8am. He never calls in the morning, let alone first thing. I've been seeing him for almost nine years and he still doesn't know my voice, so he asks "is David there, I need to discuss his test results with him?" This is my first CT scan at a one year…
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9 Years Ago
9 years ago today my colonoscopy revealed there was a mass in my rectum. They wouldn't tell me it looked bad, they just said there was a biopsy and that further testing was needed. The next day (Thanksgiving) was the worst day of my life. We had all 8 kids and all our grandchildren over for dinner and no one knew of my…
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Finally surgery after 2 years on chemo
My mom has Stage 4 colon cancer mets liver. She had a colon bypass done and was on chemo for 2 years with different chemo combinations. She has been off chemo for 2 months because we switched oncologist and also getting consult from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to ask about clinical trials. 2 weeks ago she had…
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Scared but not hopeless (introduction)
Hello all, first of all sorry for my bad english, its not my native language. I found this beautiful forum today. I read a lot of threads and there is a lot of positive people. I am a 28yo male from Europe. Dont know where to start. I dont have confirmed that I have cancer but I am very scared because I have a few signs.…
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Husband lost it for the first time...wife with cancer
I was just diagnosed with T2N1M0 colorectal cancer. I turned 40 a month ago, and have two young children and a few older step children. This topic isn't focused on me - I think I'm an emotional step or two past my husband. He lost it for the first time the other day, and I don't know how to deal with that. We are each…
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The fun never ends...
Just got out of the hospital the other day after being in for two weeks. I had septic shock. They figure it was from my colon being so irritated from not being used since the illeosomy that it turned mocroscopcally porous and allowed bacteria into my bloodstream. I had four different bacterias that are all related to the…
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SIRT Y90 for Liver Tumors - Any opinions/experience?
Hi, Came back from the hospital with a 2nd opinion from another oncologist. Mom has stage 4 colon cancer met liver. Been on a few chemo combinations for 2 years. Now this new oncologist says that mom is a good candidate for SIRT Y90 for her liver tumors. Anyone got experience with SIRT Y90? Any bad side effects? I did some…
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Joan M had Gallbladder surgery today
Would just like to wish Joan all the best, and hopefully the CT scan came out good on Monday showed good progress. Take good care and heal up so they can get you back on the juice (chemo). Tru
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Port Removal
Had port removed finally this Wednesday Nov. 22/17 @ 3:30pm. Thank God it's over for now. Well, it should only takes 20-30 minutes for removal but it took him (surgeon) almost 45minutes, and gave me more injection for numbness because I could still feel the pain while he was working on it. Now I am sore. My chest, right…
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Who's on Deck?
Tomorrow is DARCHER's surgery date. Let's all remain mindful of and prayerful for him. Jim
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Nausea getting worse with chemo....
My husband's nausea is getting worse with chemo. He takes Ondansetron 8mg 3 x a day. It starts the day of treatment and gets worse disconnect day and continues at least 2 days later. He has this aluminum taste. I am concerned because he has been loosing weight for months now. Does anyone know if there is another medication…
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Having anxiety about.... everything
so I made my first trip to MD Anderson this past Monday and I’m going this Monday for blood a ct and mri cuz they wanna make Sure my doctors here didn’t miss anything. I know I’ll be having surgery to remove the mass from my coLon. But I’m having tons of anxiety that they will find more stuff than they did at home. And…
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Vectibix rash
Hello my husband started Vectibix this week. His oncologist started him on antibiotics 1 week before. He will be on them the whole time while on Vectibix. So far i just see so dry skin. Just wondering when might the rash start or would it have already. He has so many other side effects and is so weak I'm hoping this will…
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Stage 3c in Jan. now mets to peritoneum - much discomfort
I am a 49 year old female diagnosed with stage 3c colon cancer in January of this year. Emergency surgery for colon resection and removal of tumor. 6 months Folfox. MRI in October and subsequent laparoscopy show mets to peritoneum. Scheduled to start new chemo (Folfiri and maybe others) this coming Monday. Here is my…
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Happy Thanksgiving All
Wishing a very Happy Thanksgiving to all of the members on this board. Some might not be of this country, but we can all be thankful that we are still posting and helping others with our experiences and encouragement. This board has a way of bringing people together to share a story, give a kind word or calm the fears of a…
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Adjuvant Chemo Therapy
Everyone: I decided to extract this topic from another large thread (118+ comments) to make it easier to access. There is nothing special about my adjuvant chemo therapy. The main reason I am semi documenting it is because there are a few others on the list who will begin theirs in the near future and my comments may help…
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Perhaps a quicker method to determine if chemo is actually working:
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Observation
I have been on this forum for a short time (6 months), but I have been on another, similar forum (chronic, spinal pain) for several years. My time on such forums has been absolutely beneficial and I thank those who make this possible. But what I really want to do is share an observation I have experienced on this forum.…
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metastatic rectal cancer to sacro
Hi. I'm new here and looking from people who underwent or undergo with metastatic rectal cancer to sacro. Mine has 8cm of size. My dr said I shoud start witho chemo. My cea is 295ng. Do you think it's gonna work? Ill start folfox soon. God bless you.
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Reaction to capecitabine
Hi all, Firstly, i wish you all the very best with yr journey. I was diagnosed with stage 3 sigmoid cancer a few months ago. Surgery-the Dr's say, they are sure they got it all. Had 11 lymph nodes removed-1 showed positive for cancer. Have been on oxaliplatin & capecitabine, but didnt even make it through the 1st cycle.…
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just spent $4350 on ctc test, anyone else done this
if they don't find any ctc's its only $1200 and my odds of survival go through the roof. google genotics and ctc and cancer if your interested in these tests. if they find and culture ctc's they will test against all chemos and biologicals. i get the results just before christmas. here is hoping!!!!!!!!!! anyone else do…
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I'm back everyone
I'm still alive! Since my last visit here back in July, I had my partial colectomy surgery in August. Staged at 3b. Syncopsis: A tumor was found in my sigmoid colon during colonoscopy in July. Currently I'm half way into my adjuvant chemo. Just had my 4th treatment on this past Friday out of 8 that my oncologist…
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My high CEA journey.
Here's a post I made earlier in the year summarizing events I've gone through up till that point: CEA has been a constant bane to me since my initial diagnosis in 2012. Preoperative CEA was 13.9. The lowest it dropped to was 3.11 when the clinic I went to used a lab that did the Siemans/Bayer assay test that had 0-3 as…