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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 has been more difficult to survive than I can discribe here. So when I have a good day I just have to share it. Not that…
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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 wonderfull it was to talk to her. I can tell from those 30 minutes that our warrior has an incredible sense f inspirational…
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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 Success for Liver Tumors Robert J. Flavin Shaped Beam Surgery Center at the Wilmot Cancer Center offers expanded treatment…
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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 day!!!! Again, Thank You!!!! Love Always!!! Sue
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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 are unable to connect with your server. Go figure. Anyway...I had a nice thanksgiving. hope you did too. tolerating chemo…
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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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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 Thanksgiving tomorrow. Regards, Arlene
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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 all has happened so fast that I still can`t believe that the doctor is talking about me when he`s speaking!I`m not scared…
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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 is 3.3 and he is still being told that this is OK and that he should have another one early January to make sure this is…
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Need inspiration
I am newly diagnosed with stage III colon cancer and am 43 with 3 children. I have had a sigmoid colon resection that went well, have had the porta-cath implanted last week which still is very strange, and am scheduled to start the FulFox routine (with oxilaplatin) Nov. 28. I am very scared about the prognosis and need to…
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My Mom
Well if you have been following my mom she had a folfox treatment last week kind of as a last ditch effort since her liver has gotten so bad so fast while on folfiri that didn't work. She has been VERY jaundiced for a week or so and her bilirubin was 16 a few days ago. The onc. told me this past Wed. to watch for my mom to…
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newbie
Thanks to Kerry,Maura,Ross&Jen,Maureen,Margo,Ali and Howard for your encouragement! Just got back this evening from my first chemo. It went quite well ! I am feeling just a few side effects i.e tingling on ends of fingertips and feet but otherwise good.Ross&Jen you asked details of my surgery. I was totally suprised by…
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Buster "NED" Brown...
Greetings all... Three hundred and forty one days, 12 cycles of chemo, 5 wks of radiation, 1 colon resection, about 30 doctors appointments, dozens of rolls of toilet paper, and over 100 needles pokes...expensive. Hearing the words remission from your oncologist...priceless!!! You guys were right, the lung nodule they…
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Thanksgiving
Majority of you know that today is Thanksgiving here in the US of A. Regardless of your location, take a minute to think about the things you appreciate in life. Go ahead, I'll wait............................................................................................... Ok, now here is my definition of Thanksgiving…
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Happy Thanksgiving
Hi Everyone, Just wanted to wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving! I hope that you are all celebrating with loved ones. Jamie
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erbitux or avastin
Can anybody tell me why some people are given avastin and some are givn erbitux. They seem to perform the same function. Both are monoclonal antibodies, whatever they are.! cqn somebody get erbitux if tumour stops responding to Avastin? I can never remember to ask these things when I go for my avastin. I just want to get…
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cute joke
Funny Jokes: Butt Surgery A married couple was in a terrible accident where the woman's face was severely burned. The doctor told the husband that they couldn't graft any skin from her body because she was too skinny. So the husband offered to donate some of his own skin. However, the only skin on his body that the doctor…
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chemo success?
Last year I had surgery for colon cancer. They cut out 14" of my colon and felt that they had caught it early enough. 4 months ago my CEA levels started to rise and a CT PET scan revealed that I now have stage 4 colon cancer, a tumor in my liver and "spots" in my liver and lung. I'm taking 4 sessions of chemo every other…
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Hello
Hi all. Hope everyone is doing well. Today is not a good day for me. It is my 41st birthday and would have been mine and Scott's 10th wedding anniversary. I miss him so much! Every year he would send me flowers. A couple of the girls from the office took my out to lunch and when we got back, there was a basket of flowers…
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hiccups
Ok everyone- you have been fantastic at answering my questions and providing calming reassurance to my posts..so- my husband started folfiri and avastin on Thursday- and has lots of hiccups off and on over the past 2 days? I assume it is caused by the chemo..but any suggestions on how to get rid of them? Bev
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Cancer is back.
Hi all, I was on this website Back in 2004 shortly after having a sigmoid re-section but fell by the wayside as life began to get back to normal. Or so I thought. This past week I found out my cancer is back at the point of resection along with 2 more tumors in the fatty tissue surrounding. I was given rotten odds by my…
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My Mom
Well things have really taken a bad turn here for my mom. Her 4 treatments of folfiri did not affect the cancer and it kept growing. The folfiri also made her very sick and weak. Her liver is now enlarged and she is jaundiced. Are we at the point of no return here?? Please give me any honest opinions good or bad based on…
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Prayer and Meditation
There is a wonderful resource on healing from a spiritual perspective: http://www.brother-aleksei.org/ It is non-sectarian, nondenominational; and it is very easy to read and understand. It has helped me a lot. There is hope. Shannon
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Spiritual help....
Found a lovely poem by Patience Strong...could almost be used as a prayer(?) Lord, this is a special time for me, And more than love & human sympathy, I need the comfort of the conciousness, That Thou art nigh to strengthen & bless. Lord, I've never come this way before, I need Thy word my courage to restore, I need Thy…
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night sweats?
Has anyone here had a symptom of sweating alot at night during sleep? do you know what might cause it and if so- can anything be done about it? My husband is stage 4 with mets to liver and "suspicious" lung involvement. Thank you. Bev
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1st day after CPT-11 + Erbitux
I just started my new treatment yesterday. CPT-11 + Erbutix. It wasn't so bad, but today I feel worse than yesterday. Frequent hiccups, gas, diarrhea (mildly burning sensation), profound lack of appetitie and a slight nauseous feel, lots of fatigue, but no rash that people had warned me about. I have heard that the rash…
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Final dx stage 3 w/ pos. lymph?
What does that mean exactly? I am starting to research now. My pa had surgery 10-27-05. He was dx this past summer with rectal ca. He had chemo and radiation prior to surgery. We now Know he is stage 3 w/pos. lymph. 17/17 posative. what does that mean for prognosis? I know he will undergo more chemo but then what?
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just a hello
Hi everyone. Just wanted to say hi. I haven't been on for a while. Got a job ( after 17 years) and it is taking over my computer time! If I could only get internet access in the store! And what time the job doesn't eat up, bugging my teenager about those college applications is taking up the rest. Wishing everyone here…
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neck pain was abscess on spine
Hi all My husband (dx rectal cancer 2002 - mets to lungs/liver - on Erbitux and Xeloda) had neck pain for four or five days that became increasingly severe. He was completely ambulatory and self-sufficient on Tuesday. He saw his Oncologist on Thursday and his blood work showed a high WBC. The Onc wanted to give him flagyl…
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Information please?
On Apr 28 had subtotal colectomy, stg III with 2/27 lymph nodes involved. Just finished 6 months chemo, currently NED. Onc has set up appt for my 4 month checkup, ordering ultrasound, blood work and colonoscopy. When calling surgeon to book colonoscopy (he did my surgery) he advised only sygmoidoscopy required as he…