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not good news
once again,i come to everyone for support.i've just found out that my chemo treatments are not working.i've had 3 so far so at least i didn't have to wait too long to find out.i was getting oxy/5fu/and leucovorin,but my lymph node involvement has increased in size so my oncologist wants to start me on cpt-11.he's hoping…
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Test Results
Hey everyone. We saw my husband's doctor today and got all his test, ct scan..ultrasound..blood work..colonoscopy, results and he shows no signs of cancer anywhere. He will have the ultrasound again every four months for the next year. Thank God.... But after giving us the test results the doctor kept talking about how the…
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epithelial growth factor receptor (EGFR)
anybody have any idea what this is??
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Update on Bob
Hello everyone!!! I haven't posted in a while as been busy closing up the place for winter and at the end of the day I am tired and all I do is take a hot bath and crash. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone that has posted!!!! You guys are such special people and like no one else I have ever spoken to. Bob is hanging…
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hectic few weeks
Hi Everybody, I have not logged on for almost two weeks but yesterday i tried to catch up a little on how everyone has been. Well I have good news and not so good news, I will start with the good news...I have been away on a weeks break on the sunshine coast of Queensland down here in oz and I have some wonderful news my…
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update on Ben again
Hi guys... slowly healing here.. Well Ben has been put on what is called a wound vac to help with healing his incisions wounds..We have slowly been able to close the one at the rectum... but back in Aug he began leaking threw the front on and they had to reopen it from belly button to grion to drain it. The vac is being…
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Groin Pain
Hi all, hope this message finds everyone in good spirits. Well, as you may or may not know, Scott is done with chemo. He had been hospitalized for one night last week with an infection, but they will be removing his port next week, so we're hoping the infection does not come back. Now, he is experiencing pain in his groin…
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Weight gain problems
I wonder if anyone can advise. My husband, dx July 2003 stage 111 rectal cancer, 11 out of 18 lymph nodes involved. Resection, chemo/radiotherapy, NED late July of this year. He lost a total of 40 lbs during surgery and treatment but regained 20 quite quickly and is eating very well now. However, he cannot seem to put on…
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Updated web page
Check it out, if you want. Picture of me now, 45 lbs lighter, thanks to cancer. Not a very good way to lose weight, huh????? Love you guys. Just wanted to put a picture with my posts, so you know the goof ball you're talking to. LOL Love and prayers, Judy(grandma047)
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need some support today
Hi. I rarely post, but read and reply often. I had a great week last week, on vacation in New England with my hubbie. I got back Sat. evening. I came here and saw Nettie's post, which tugged at my heart. Sunday morning I went in for my chemo and there was a woman there alone crying in the waiting area because of severe…
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i am hangin but barely
hello all. i went to mayo and my surgeon sd that surgery may not be an option for me. he is going to take a good look at my last scan in sept and tell me what he thinks. for now i have been sick with migrains and just am getting over the flu right now. i have been off chemo for almost 4 weeks but need to get back on. the…
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SpongeBob - ACS Newsletter
Saw your contribution. Very nice. Gee, was that me you quoted? I've never been "published" before. I'll e-mail you with an address you can send the royalty checks to. :) Barb
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Update
Well, I went to the urologist about the bleeding in my cath on Wednesday. He used a scope and looked. Said he seen no tumors(which of course I was worried about). He said there is still a lot of irritation from the radiation that I took. He said that was causing the bleeding. He also said that since I'm on Coumadin for the…
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Funny? I think so.
Only we, semi-colon's, could think this funny. I've been having some muscle soreness for 3 weeks now. I do martial arts ( taekwondo) and have been going to a class a week here and there. Had my surgery in June, so I am taking really, really slow. Any-hoo, I went about 3 weeks ago. Did more than usual and got sore. Mostly…
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Secondary?
Please help! My friend was recently treated for throat cancer stage 4. He finished tx on July 16. After having the scope down his throat, the doc said he sees no evidence of cancer. Will have his feeding tube removed on Monday and pet scan in one month. The problem is ever since he started eating solid foods again, he has…
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P.S. on my previous note
I forgot to mention in the note I just posted that my parents actually came up from the Jersey Shore to the Boston area (where I live) to stay with me for a few days and drove me to the court hearing. I also had a few friends who had volunteered as well. I did go into the courthouse alone though (with my lawyer). Oh, this…
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breast cancer bracelets
Does anyone know where I can get one of these? They look like the yellow LIVESTRONG bracelets. They are pink and I believe they say something like COURAGE, LIVE, FAITH. Something like that. I saw them on ebay, but was wondering where they originated. My friend is looking for them. Thanks for any info. Barb
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Endoscopic Ultrasound
My husband had his ultrasound today. The doc that did the ultrasound told us that the reason his rectal surgeon had requested this test following his colonoscopy Monday was because he felt a lump or thickening of the skin around the surgical location (removal of rectal tumor feb. 04). It seems our surgeon and this…
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To: Edina77
Hello Edina. My name is Monika and I am, like you, a care giver to my husband Bert, a current no evidence of disease stage III colon cancer survivor and also to my wonderful, wonderful mother, advanced non-operable lung cancer or "beast of beasts" as I call it. I know your pain, your fear, your sorrow all to well as I…
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mouth sores
My dad just got done his second round of chemo with 10 more to go, and besides a bit of diarrhea, nausea and now mouth sores, so far so good. Does anyone out there know of anything he could use to make the mouth sores go away or at least a bit more bearable. Thanks again guys, susana
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Stage 4 with mets to the liver...
i am sending this as i am awaiting a phone call from my sister about my moms test results. I am so scared i can't even describe. I read all these great surivor stories and you have no idea how much that helps me. I find my hope in every single one of your stories. My mom was diagnosed just 3 weeks ago after being rushed to…
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Celebrex
I'm wondering how many other semi-colons are on celebrex, and if they are getting flu-like side effects and/or chest/throat conjestion. ? Also what does your doc/Onc say about the possibilities of this Cox-2 inhibitor killing your cancer? bud
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Pushing me to have a colonoscopy.
I have metastatic breast cancer-bone+ lung, but am quite functional. I am 60 yrs. old and my doctors are pushing me to have a colonoscopy. I do not have symptoms and am deathly afraid of what they may find. I have had no good reports from tests in a long time and hate to risk another let-down. I have had surgery, radiation…
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Thanks SpongeBob, Kay, Judy,et al
Just read the postings from over a week ago and wanted to say thanks to everyone who wished me well during my court hearing. It went better than I had expected, but it took so much out of me and it's not over yet and we have to go back in a month. Fortunately, the judge seems sympathetic to my circumstances. I'm feeling…
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little julie where are you??
Hi there. I've just been wondering how've you and your mom been doing lately. I read your posts often and maybe even answered some of them b/c I feel that you and I are both more or less in the same shoes. My dad is also stage 3 colon ca, with 5 positive nodes, currently undergoing chemo. I haven't seen you around lately…
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CT Scan
I forgot to ask you guys a guestion the last time I posted. The first time my husband had a ct scan (nov. 03) all we did was go to the hospital and they did the scan and then we came home. Monday when they did a ct scan he had to drink two bottles of scan prep (white chalky stuff) and they also ran some kind of dye thru…
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the wound just won't heal
my dad had surgery on July 30 to remove a tumor from the right colon. Well 2 months + later, the wound is still not healing properly. FOr the past 2 weeks he has had a nurse come out and pack the wound but still it looks pretty bad. It's been infected 2x already! He is seeing the surgeon today and I'm praying they won't…
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Liver Advice
Thank you one and all for your exellent liver advice. Thanks to this, I'm gonna feed the liver to the dogs and take a supplement. Bud
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Colonoscopy after surgery
Hey everyone. I don't know what I would do if I didn't have this site to come too. You guys are heaven sent. Just wish it was for another reason. My husband had his first colonoscopy today after surgery and chemo. (Rectal cancer, rad/chemo, surgery (removal of tumor only), post op chemo.) The doc came in after the…
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Wishing everyone a happy Monday
I'll be heading off for my first "new" treatment this afternoon. Not too concerned about it. I've taken these drugs before ( 5FU and Leuk ). Just wish I didn't have to travel an hour each way for treatment. I'm seriously considering finding a doc at my local hospital which is literally 5 minutes from my house. I go to the…