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Avistan
Hi everyone, my doctor told me he wants to add this drug to the Folfox treatment I am all ready getting. My concerns are some of the side effects I have read about it. I know everyone is different when it comes to side effects but has anyone experience the servere ones while on this med. Thanks Livin
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SEMI-COLON REUNION
Ahoy, everybody - I wanted to put this out so you can make plans... the first annual Semi-Colon Reunion will be in Biloxi, Mississippi February 4, 5, 6, 7 (or any combination of those dates you want - you can even stay over until the 8th which is Fat Tuesday or as we call it down here "Mardi Gras"!) Biloxi is located…
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after chemo what's next?
I know this is not new but hard to find info. My husband diagnosed in April 2004 with stage III colon cancer with 8 out of 20 nodes positive has been on Leuk/5 FU/Oxaliplatin with many starts and stops, surgery with re-section went well in May. Had one treatment then in July back in hospital for C-Diff infection and…
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HAPPY NEW YEAR, FRIENDS
Here's to 2005 being happy, healthy and prosperous. I toast each of you tonight with a traditional Irish toast: "In the new year, may your right hand always be extended in friendship and never in need." (but if it is extended in need know that we'll all be here for you!) Cheers, my friends - SpongeBob
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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL
I want to thank each and everyone one of you all in your care and support. Hopefully this year will be better then the last year. I finally wrote my personal web page this AM. I am grateful to find this site and realize how many of us are going thru the same thing. I read the board everyday and have become familiar with…
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2005
Being upside down and a little further into the future than most of you guys I am going to wish you all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! By the time you guys are "thinking" about celebrating the coming of midnight this little black duck will already be hugging/kissing and partaking in all manner of celebrations. Unfortunately my…
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Hello!! Lonely!!!
Hello everyone!!!! I want to thank everyone for there kind words and support!!!! Sponge Bob I want to thank you for the beautiful poem I was so touch by it that we had it read at Bob's service yesterday. I went to sleep that night with the poem in my head and then another line came to me which I added: Celeberate my life…
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To Wait or Not to Wait - Advice Needed
Hi All, Back on Dec., 10 during what was supposed to be a "routine" laproscopic procedure to check for scar tissue etc. as my chemo had ended, my surgeon found that I have peritoneal carcinomatosis. This is a very rare condition sometimes called "seeding" where the cancer spreads to the abdomen, liver and other organs. The…
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Birthday Announcement ! ! !
Hi Semi- Colons, First of all I would like to wish Kerry a very Happy Birthday...Kerry will celebrate her special day on New Years Eve... May 2005 bring nothing but happiness. Happy Birthday From Lisa & All Your Semi- Colon Friends
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anyone watch montel williams?
Every Wednesday on Motel Williams the talk show, he has a physic named Sylvia Browne. My mother watched it yesterday and she gave her 2005 predictions. She said there will be a major breakthrough or even a cure in cervical and colon cancer!!! IMAGINE THAT!! I wasn't sure about posting this message because it's a pretty…
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Rare Anal Canal Adenocarcinoma
My husband was diagnosed with a rare adenocarcinoma of the anal canal - tumor was secreting a gelatinous material - that's how it was discovered by his colorectal surgeon - He also has perianal Crohns disease. Surgery was suggested and my husband refused and has just finished 6 weeks of radiation and 6 weeks with a chemo…
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leaking after reconstructive surgery
Hi. I haven't been here for a while since things were going great for my nephew. Here is a recap: my nephew is 25 years old, grew up with colitis, diagnosed with colon cancer in March. Had an iliostomy (sp?) and has since undergone chemo. He was doing great- no effects from the chemo., had rapidly regained his weight lost…
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one year after surgery/chemo/radiation
Hello all, so glad to find you! June 2001 I was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma. The treatments were rough, but made it one step (sometimes wheelchaired) at a time. My fatigue is finally getting better, but I still find days I can't get off the couch. I've finally got the diarrhea under control a little, which…
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Bloody Stools
Sorry that might be a little disgusting to you all but I'm 21 years old, fairly healthy and I have been having bloody stools off and on. I don't know what my problem could be. It could be nothing I don't know. My concern is that it could be a cancer of some form but from the information I've been reading I'm way too young…
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his treatment
thanks to all who have answered me. I feel much better about letting my father know that he shouldn't be alone. He lives on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, and I live on the mainland. It is about a 5 hour trip if you make the ferry and $85 return, so to go back and forth won't work, and I have 4 kids at home. We…
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Had more tests today
Hi all, Had my MRI's today and go to surgeon tomorrow to see if bottom is healed enough to start chemo. It's still open and bleeding, so I'd say no. Sometimes I think that this is happening for a reason. Maybe not meant to have more chemo. This really has me thinking. I'm so sick of doctor appts that I'm at the point of…
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Going for scans now...
Hi all! Managed to book a scan for this afternoon. Chest, abdomen, pelvis CT... If they are all good, it means remission. OOH, crazy, crazy word. So very, very excited. Won't be able to breathe till the results are in. If you guys could all keep your fingers crossed. It has always worked! Andrea, who really, really, REALLY…
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Lucy in the sky with diamonds?
The illegal club drug Ecstasy can trigger euphoria among the dance club set, but can it ease the debilitating anxiety that cancer patients feel as they face their final days. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a pilot study looking at whether the recreational hallucinogen can help terminally ill patients lessen…
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BREAKING NEWS!!
My daughter has been travelling in Thailand. Yes that Thailand! She was on the move and incommunicado for a while. I have been glued to CNN watching the devastation and thinking the worst. Well. I finally got an e-mail today. She is down on the southern beaches alright but on the Gulf coast not the Indian Ocean where the…
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Bob is at peace now!
Hello Everyone!! I hope that everyone had a GREAT holiday!! I was going to post sooner but I didn't want to ruin anyones holiday!!!! Bob passed away Christmas Eve morning. The good lord thankfully allowed me to be with himas he passed on. He gave it a good fight but this monster he wasn't able to tame!!! I am going through…
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Made my decision.....
Hi all~ Thanks so much for all of your input. There is nothing like getting advice and words of encouragement from those who have walked the walk. My pain and nausea were so bad last night that I finally decided that I am going to stop chemo treatments. I am going to get all my tests done to see if there is anything…
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goin to mayo
hello all. please send up some prayers for me and my family as we will be leaving for mayo on wed for my appt on thurs. i will be getting a surg eval he is ready to go in. i have been on erb and cpt 11 since oct so curious to see if it took care of any of the small ones. i hope so. i have to large ones in my left lung one…
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what to expect?
My father has colon cancer with liver mets. He was diagnosed in August when the tumour was removed from the colon. The oncologist is now ready to start chemo as the number of lesions has more than doubled though his liver function tests are normal, and the tumour marker has only gone up to 9. He is 65, lives alone has…
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HUMOR BREAK
OK... I was saving this for New Year's Eve, but I think we could all use a little humor break now. A friend of mine sent me this the other day and I can think of no group I would rather share it with than you - ENJOY! A physician claimed that the following are actual comments made by his patients (predominately male) while…
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hi all !!!!!!!!!!!
hi guys, well i had a colonscope today and everything was clear. i was able to drink entire gallon of nulytely only thru a straw. dr says i can go 1-1/2 years till the next one. great post xmas present. cheers to a ned new year to all the semi-colons bruce
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Happy Boxing Day!
Hi all, and a special hello to all my fellow Canadians! Just wanted to say Happy Boxing Day to all and hope that each and every one of you had a nice holiday. I look forward to all of us getting the news we deserve (we are all cancer free!!) this coming year. I also pray that we will get that much closer to finding a cure…
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What are the symptoms of adhesions that cause bowel constriction?
Hello, all. I wonder if anyone has been diagnosed and treated for problems resulting from adhesions? I was operated on in May, 2004, did pretty well, but now have occasional stabbing pains in the right side of my abdomen. I had radiation and chemo before surgery, and chemo after. The tumor was in my sigmoid arch. The pains…
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Lst week of "freedom"
Next week starts round 3 of chemo. I quite simply do not want to do it anymore. I am tired of all the side effects the drs said I wouldn't have. I am just tired of everything. Tired of being tired, nauseated, sore everywhere, mouth sores, food tastes like crap, rashes, hair falling out, etc. Just tired. The stomach pains…
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after effects of coming off folfox.
Hi, I've had 2 operations, 2 series of chemo,2 radiations in the last 5 years,but, I have just had the folfox treatment of 12 cycles and came off it for now. We're going to decide in January what the next step is. I have been fatigued and have general achiness,especially in my abdomena. ( I had Stage 3 Rectal cancer with 2…
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A Hello and Happy Holidays to everyone
I am so sorry that I haven't been on the board lately. My computer had a total melt down with a Trojan Horse destroying the thing. I have to reconfigure the entire hard drive, but I haven't had a minute to do it. So, I still a minute or two, when I have the chance , on my daughter's computer. Holidays went well. Into week…