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What chemo does not address
Hello all you wonderful semi-colons! There seems to be a bit of disease going on around here lately. Chemos not working, tumors coming back, spreading.....etc. My heart sinks everytime I pop on a thread and read the news. I pray for you all daily. I really truly do. And I believe in the power of prayer. I really do.…
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So get this...
Hi all. I had my first follow up visit with oncologist yesterday (3.5 months after surgery). Back in December during my pre surgery CT they found a small 5 mm "thing" in my liver they could not characterize, partly because I have a large hemangioma in the same area. So after surgery they planned for me to have a repeat CT…
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firefighter with rectal cancer
Re: Firefighter just found out t-3 rectal Message: I just wanted to update everyone on john's recovery. I am his wife cheryl and I found this site for him when he was first told of his cancer. he had surgery on april 13th. they did a resection through a incision from his breast bone to pelvis bone. It was cancer and he…
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Grandma 047
wondering if anyone has heard from her and how her new chemo regimen is working?
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????? after effects of radiation
Hi to all: Could this be an after effect of radiation? I now get up several times a night to urinate.(at least 2). I have trouble sometimes falling back asleep. I can no longer sleep on my belly due to my colostomy. That's my favorite positon. I have tried it's just not comfortable anymore. OR., could it be from instant…
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goin' awol again
Evening all. I will be offline for a while. Hope to be back next tuesday(your time). Will tell you then why I am awol. I just had my liver scans so am a bit jumpy at the moment. Hoping to have the results when I return. Any chance of a word or two to the man on high??? Luv to you all dear friends...stay safe n be well,…
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Cat Scan results:-(
Had my cat scan on tuesday after 2 rounds of the folfiri. Lesions (I have about 5 of them) look "a little bigger". Oncologist wants to review the scan with his favorite radiologist to determine if they have actually grown, but I'm likely to be changing chemo protocols to oxaliplatin. I'm a bit bummed to say the least.…
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Meet w/ my surgeon today...
And we decided that I will officially become a member of the semi colon club on May 24th. I was dx w/ stage IV crc w/liver mets on Dec 17th, 04. Since then I have had 8 rounds of the folfox regimen and I'm happy to report that I am responding very well to these drugs. The liver mets can no longer be seen on CT or PETCT…
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Firefighter just found out t-3 rectal
Hi my name is john i am 44 years old and just found out i have a polyp that is 2 cm and is t-3 cancer i had a cancer polyp removed when i was 37 years old. but it has come back in the same place.I am going to see the surgeon on monday and i am scared. can you still be a firefighter or has any firemen gone through this have…
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where are they now?
Hi semi-colons, I was reviewing the posts from the begining (wanting to know the date I first posted...12/12/01!!!) and I saw som many names that no longer post here. I am so curious what has happened to them. Do you think they slowly lost interest and their lives go on and cancer fades into the background? Or are they…
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Dad was Stage III now Stage IV
Since the chemo has spread he will probably have to do chemo again, will it be the same chemo as he had for the colon or will it be different, will he loose his hair? He forgot to ask the doctor the question at his appointment. I hope not but if that's what it takes then no biggy. God, I really do hope he comes out of this…
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cancer is so depressing
Hi guys, I haven't really posted much lately, but I do read these posts every single day and keep us all in my prayers each and every day. I just wanted to vent a bit b/c I'm just so damn down lately. My dad is doing wonderfully, thank our good God, he was diagnosed last July, stage 3, but I'm stillhaving a super hard time…
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what's a little lung met!
Shandle & taraHK, and any other lung met semi-colons, I am so sorry you have to deal with this... such bad timing, although it is never good. I simply want to wish you both all the best of luck with treatment/surgery. I had my lung met resected last May; and I am doing great. My surgeon did a muscle sparing thoractomy and…
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Lung Mets Metastectomy
Hi All, I got unhappy news yesterday that the nodes in my lungs are tumors that have spread from my original site fo rectal cancer. The news was confimrmed via a CT guided biopsy (no fun!) The Interventional Radiologist recommended I look into metastectomy as the nodes (though numerous - 10) are all located on the…
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It was supposed to say Erbitux and Camptosar - have you had this?
See previous message.
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anal cancer
Hello: I just registed with Cancer Survivor's group today. To my surprise, I find no messages re: anal cancner? Anybody else out there? I was diagnosed with cloacogenic cancer March of 2000. Went through chemo and radiation in July and Aug.of 2000. Then spent 19 days in hospital with radiation burns. Have been doing well…
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baring it all??or bearing it all?
Awwwww---totally without words here! Sorry guys n gals..bin awol again--yu know the routine, liver tests, stress, worry ad-nauseum--blah!,blagh!!! Also had a meeting with Jen's boss yday about her work. Most of you know the distress we face at this time. Jen has been in tears the last coupla days so "bare" with us. As for…
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Not good news - My dad's scan results
With tears in my eyes, I am writing to tell you that my dad's scan results came back with two spots on his liver (I still can't seem to believe this is true) He was stage 3 with 11 out of 10 lymph nodes involded. I had so much hope that he would be OK and that everything would come back clear like the last scan. My dad…
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VIVA LAS VEGAS!
Ah yes, it's that time again... Time to think HAPPY thoughts... Time to think about MEETING each other... Time to think about a vacation... TIME TO HEAD TO VEGAS!!!!!!!! Unless you've just landed on this planet yesterday, you should be WELL aware of the following: WHAT: SEMI-ANNUAL SEMI-COLON REUNION (affectionately…
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to Shandle and TaraHK
Sorry I am not always around gals...and the timeline don't help!!! For you both; "Close your eyes a moment and visualise Kanga's rainbow. Follow the wonderfull colours to the end where you will find the love that we all share...not gold...LOVE!!!" We are here for you both, huggs, kanga n Jen
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taraHK
I just read your recent post babe. Sorry I bin awol again but just a note to wish you all tha best. Jen n I both hoping that the lung tumour can be successfully treated. After 2 years of good reports we are sad to hear that this ct has given you bad news.....but...hang in there sweetie. Keeping you in our thoughts and…
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To do or not to do ?
Hi ! Why can't Dr.'s make up their mind ? After reading Beating cancer with nutrition I asked my Dr. how much ( if any ) sugar i should have, how many mg of vitamin C should I have, how much meat should i eat etc...she told me to eat everything I can. The reason why is because I'm not in a preventable stage. I'm about to…
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Well here we go again
I need to vent so where do I always go... Here. Hubby has been going thru chemo since Oct 21, 2003 and here we keep right on. I am frustrated and he is devistated. He is on the 5FU cocktail (what ever you call it) with avastin and oxli... and the cancer only dropped from 3.3 to a 3.1cm in the liver and we now find that…
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Well.. time to get out the boxing gloves
Hi All, What a morning.. first a CT scan and chest x-ray, then off to the pulmonologist for the result of the Bronchoscopy. The news wasn't good. Tumor is malignant..Sigh... My Onc is out of town so he is unaware. The pulmonologist suggested maybe a procedure called brackytherapy. This is sort of the same procedure as a…
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Stomach gurgles
Hi all. My mom has Colon cancer mets in the liver and abdomen. She has had 2 sessions of chemo and so far her stomach has returned to normal size so they feel it must be working to dry up the fluid. She started having a lot of gurgling noises before chemo started when she ate and still has them when eating now. They are…
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Anti-Emetics?!
Hello guys and gals! I hope everyone is enjoying the more favorable temperatures and the week-end! I received my Avastin infusion and oxaliplatin this week. While I'm ecstatic to be on the new regime, I am sick as a dog. For the past 2 1/2 years, the nausea and vomiting has been minimal to nonexistant. Since Wednesday…
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CT - bad news
Hello dear friends, Well, I got the results of my CT scan, and the news ain't good. Brief history: dx with rectal cancer Dec 03. Stage III (one lymph node affectedd). Had chemoradiation followed by surgery followed by chemo. I've had great follow-up, all clear, and feeling great. This was my 2-year post-surgery CT. Learnt…
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Queasy Pops
I've seen a couple posts about nausea and remembered hearing about Preggie Pops - made with ginger- when a friend was pregnant with twins and very nauseated. At the time, there were a lot of testimonials on the site about how they helped with nausea from cancer treatment. I tucked it in the back of my head in case I was…
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Brain Mets?
Hi all, got a question. Brief history, hubby dx Feb 2004 Stage IV, mets to greater omentum & 13/21 lymph nodes. Completed 6 mos. chemo (5FU, Avastin, Oxiliaplatin & Leukovorin). In Dec 2004, found out had mets to abdominal cavity. Is taking alternative route instead of chemo this time. Lately, he has been very forgetful,…
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KANGA !! KANGA !! KANGA !!
Let's all show a bit of support here. Due to perhaps a slip of the tongue or a momentary brain fog, ( or perhaps he secretly REALLY wants to do it), Kanga has agreed to take off his shirt for us. For those of you that haven't had the privilege of seeing the picture we have been refering to, it is of Kanga with a shirt on.…