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    Colorectal Cancer

     

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    • User: "markatger"

      Good Liver Surgery Stories?

      Hello : ) I am due to have surgery to remove the entire left lobe of my liver and my gall bladder sometime around the end of December or beginning of January. This is to remove a 3cm metstasis in the …
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      21 comments
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      Started by markatger
      Most recent by foxy
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "finner"

      Thanks for replies

      Thanks for all the replies to my post. had a lovely b'day and am now proud possessor of beautiful red boots. Am wondering if George Best was well known in other parts of the globe? Scan results on Tue…
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      1 comments
      0 point
      Started by finner
      Most recent by foxy
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "optimist"

      thanks - worrying less

      I want to thank all of you. You gave me some great suggestions and I'm following up on a lot of them. I've made some new appointments with the docs to look into other treatments. I can't believe that …
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      2 comments
      0 point
      Started by optimist
      Most recent by foxy
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "themis01"

      My Mom - 2nd opinions are good!

      Well my mom was given a few weeks to live by her onc. that said her liver was taken over by cancer and going to fail soon. Thank god we got her to Georgetown and it was determined that most likely her…
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      6 comments
      0 point
      Started by themis01
      Most recent by bsrules
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "PhillieG"

      Stomach Cramps and CPT11

      Hi all, I've been on Erbitux and CPT11 for 21 weeks now. I was on CPT11 and FUDR for 6 months before that. I had 60% of my liver removed a year ago in September, things are going well except I have so…
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      5 comments
      0 point
      Started by PhillieG
      Most recent by andreae
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "themis01"

      erbitux and avastin

      My mom's new onc. has suggested ironetecan + erbitux + avastin. Anyone used this combo?
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      4 comments
      0 point
      Started by themis01
      Most recent by themis01
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "themis01"

      BMS-582664

      Anyone know anything about this trial or plan to be involved? Also what are your opinions on doing a phase one trial? Thanks!!!
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      1 comments
      0 point
      Started by themis01
      Most recent by nanuk
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "mrfrze"

      chemotheapy delivery

      Has anyone ever heard of a box that the surgeon inserts under the skin that delivers chemo on a time release system?
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      3 comments
      0 point
      Started by mrfrze
      Most recent by PhillieG
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "xman"

      pain and bloating

      i just came back to China to visit my brother. To fill you in he has stage IV colon cancer with peritoneal carcinomatosis. The biggest mass being in the mesentery 3.6 inch by 3.2 inch, another big one…
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      3 comments
      0 point
      Started by xman
      Most recent by taraHK
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "andreae"

      Needing some prayers

      Hi all, Well, you will really not believe this. At least, I don't really yet. There was this bump on my head. Given the fact that I'm on erbitux and dealing with the rash, I figured (along with my mot…
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      20 comments
      0 point
      Started by andreae
      Most recent by taunya
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "nettie4"

      just asking for encouargement

      well tomarrow will be my 10th treatment of folfiri. still no ct has been ordered. in the meantime my granny is getting worse everyday as she nears the end of her life here on earth. it has been a bles…
      3 views
      3 comments
      0 point
      Started by nettie4
      Most recent by taunya
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "jsabol"

      Giving Thanks for NED

      Hi all, What a day! 2 years ago this time, I was awaiting surgery for removal of my cancerous polyp. Now, I am nearly 2 years out, (stage 3, 1 positive node, 6 months of chemo). My colonoscopy and CT …
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      4 comments
      0 point
      Started by jsabol
      Most recent by taunya
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "tkd3g"

      Stage 4 treatments ?

      Hi everyone. My friend's mom was just diagnosed with stage 4 Colon CA with mets to liver and lungs. She is in her late 70's. Any idea's what treatments may be used? I was stage 3, so am not up on the …
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      6 comments
      0 point
      Started by tkd3g
      Most recent by glimmerofhope
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "alta29"

      good and bad news...please advise

      Hi..if you all remember me, I was dx with colon cancer stage iv in jan. Just had a ct scan which was NED... but today i received the biopsy results from my left breast and it was positive. they still …
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      4 comments
      0 point
      Started by alta29
      Most recent by Kanort
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "alta29"

      naturopathic Dr in dallas ?

      any recomendations ??? Thanks again Ileana
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      1 comments
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      Started by alta29
      Most recent by Limey
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "oneagleswings"

      hubby sick, coughing and sleeping

      do you ever really get a day now and then of not worrying so much that as a caregiver I feel so helpless. My hubby started folfiri with avastin almost 2 wks ago- it went fairly well and we are schedul…
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      6 comments
      0 point
      Started by oneagleswings
      Most recent by tmd
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "optimist"

      worrying about my care

      Hi everyone. I have been doing Erbitux weekly and Cpt11 every other week for the past 8 weeks for mets to my liver and abdominal lymph nodes. I skipped one week because of chest and shoulder pain to g…
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      5 comments
      0 point
      Started by optimist
      Most recent by PhillieG
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "finner"

      Happy birthday to me.

      Hello Today is my birthday. I always feel special on my birthday. i am 46 years young today. On Thursday 1st Dec, I have a scan to check progress of liver growth. Is there anybody out there who had in…
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      12 comments
      0 point
      Started by finner
      Most recent by nixie33
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "crazylady"

      update

      Hi everyone, I finally saw the alternative medicine dr. today. I got answers to my questions and they actually made sense. I will be implementing some of his suggestions, diet, supplements and accupun…
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      6 comments
      0 point
      Started by crazylady
      Most recent by nixie33
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "2bhealed"

      Would You Eat This???

      hey all you Semi-Colons! So my question to you all is would you eat this? 1,6 - dichloro - 1,6 - didoxy - beta-D-fructofuranosyl - 4 - chloro- 4 deoxy-alpha - D - galactopyranoside Wow, can you even s…
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      9 comments
      0 point
      Started by 2bhealed
      Most recent by glimmerofhope
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "themis01"

      My mom... please respond

      Hi all my mom is no longer responding to any chemo related therapy. We are looking for trials that may accept her QUICKLY!! Any ideas out there? I have made some calls regarding vaccine trials. Her on…
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      12 comments
      0 point
      Started by themis01
      Most recent by 2bhealed
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "JMPJCK"

      Oh my!! I'm having a GOOD day!!!!!

      Hi everyone, The past three years of advanced stage colon/uterine cancer combined with the death of my husband and now being alone without an income waiting for the disabled widows benefits to begin h…
      5 views
      5 comments
      0 point
      Started by JMPJCK
      Most recent by Shandle
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "kangatoo"

      Zena Warrior

      Hi dear friends....geeez...I hope tha glitch on here has taken a dive. I could not login for a while. I just wanted to share with you all. I just got off the phone to Wanda and want to tell you how wo…
      27 views
      3 comments
      0 point
      Started by kangatoo
      Most recent by Shandle
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "midnte0708"

      Shaped-beam radiation therapy **NEW

      FYI.....this is the new procedure I told Erika (themis01) about. I don't think it is clinical trial anymore. The article is below: Sounds good. Rochester's Precision Radiation Therapy Yields Rare Succ…
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      0 point
      Started by midnte0708
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "bsrules"

      A Belated Happy Thanksgiving to ALL!!

      Hello Everyone!!! I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!!! I only have one thing to be thankful for this year and that is ALL OF YOU!!!! Thank You for thinking of my Bob on your special …
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      2 comments
      0 point
      Started by bsrules
      Most recent by nanuk
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "goldfinch"

      to moesimo

      I have tried emailing you at your personal address 4 times. A couple of times responding to your emails and once or twice sending you a fresh one. i keep getting messages from my server saying they ar…
      3 views
      1 comments
      0 point
      Started by goldfinch
      Most recent by Moesimo
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "foxy"

      New cancer!

      Hello everyone, just wondering if anyone with primary colorectal cancer out there has had a new primary cancer? thanks Virginia.
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      4 comments
      0 point
      Started by foxy
      Most recent by ron50
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "fandaj"

      question about annual colonoscopy

      My annual colonoscopy is in 2 weeks. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make the stuff you have to drink more palatable. Just thinking about it makes me gag. I wish you all a very nice Thanksg…
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      5 comments
      0 point
      Started by fandaj
      Most recent by fandaj
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "nixie33"

      Newbie

      Hi everyone! I`m recently diagnosed stage 3 and had surgery 9/27 . Got my port and have my 1st apt. for folfox at sloane-kettering on Wed. I`m 55 and just retired from the Post Office after 32 yrs. It…
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      8 comments
      0 point
      Started by nixie33
      Most recent by wendy_21
      Colorectal Cancer
    • User: "alihamilton"

      Rising CEA

      My husband, dx July 2003 stage 111C rectal cancer and doing well has had CEA levels of 3.1, 2.9 and 2.6 and considered acceptable. His oncologist told us that levels can "wobble around " a bit. Now it…
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      6 comments
      0 point
      Started by alihamilton
      Most recent by alihamilton
      Colorectal Cancer
     

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