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Blockage?
Hello again everyone - I wanted to thank everyone who answered to the question I had about my mom's vomiting. She seems to be okay now and she has not had any more problems. I noticed that in some of your responses you mentioned "blockages" and "abdominal adhesions" -- I can't help but get very scared when I hear those…
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CMP Again
Hi everyone. I went to the dr again last Friday for them to do yet another CMP to check my liver enzymes. After three tests of elevated results, I was getting a little scared. This one came back NORMAL! I was so relieved. Evidently it was the synthroid that caused to elevated results. Now I go back in July to get the CEA…
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i met a 8 yr survivor
hi all, i thought i'd share good news. i met a 8 yr survivor of stage 3 - 6 nodes involved! im trying to convince her to make a personal web page - i hope she will soon. i met her through an old posting on this netwok. julie 5 weeks and one day till my moms surgery! i can't wait!
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Grandma047 - anyone heard anything?
Hi all... been really busy here lately and hubby not feeling too good with his chemo. really sick to his tummy and headaches, etc. Trying to have a yard sale this week. Never knew we had so much stuff! Don't know how it all fit in my house :) Anyway I haven't been able to keep updated much here and have been wondering…
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dr says
Thanks to you for your input on my question about the rash hubby has. Dr. did work him in yesterday and said that this was all caused by the sun. Ok, so I did not receive a degree in chemo side effects but I am in trainning! Thanks SB for the honey treatment. I am looking for a large hive but those durn bees don't seem to…
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My New Friend!
Hi Everyone, Please welcome my new friend Tracy ( Tracelia) whom I have now added to my friends list... She is a 38 year old single Mom with two beautiful little girls age 2 & 5. Tracy had surgery on May 20 and was diagnosed stage 4 with mets to liver & lungs. She is in the process of moving back to New Brunswick to start…
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another question..
Hubby is calling the onc dr. about this today but getting an appointment with him is difficult. Hubby is taking Xeloda and some blood pressure meds that he has taken for a long time. He is also taking some diuretics given for congestive heart failure. The problem is all of a sudden he has this awful itchy rash on his arms.…
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SO SADD...
My beautiful friend and church member, female, age 52, was healthy and laughing in March. She lived a full life and had NO symptoms until she developed a fever one night on March 9. Her husband could not get the fever down so he took her to the hospital. The doc gave her antibiotics. However, two days later, the same…
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Similar experience?
Hello everyone - I was hoping that someone could share their thoughts on the following - My mom had surgery resulting in a permanent colostomy six weeks ago - she looks and feels fantastic. She had been doing all of her normal activities. Last night she started complaining about abdominal cramps and then during the evening…
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Fitlisa
Hullo from OZ--I also had a large portion of my descending colon removed and 6 months of chemo. Welcome to the board--yu have come to the place where all are as "one" There is a wealth of info here as yu have seen by the 20 replies yu recieved--WOW!! The chemo--although somewhat unwanted--is tolerable and definately…
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I need your prayers&encouragement
I will give you a brief update on my history.I am grade IV metastized colon cancer to liver. I had colectomy, liver resection (60% removed) I was on two types of chemo for one year.I tested cancer free, and I have been checked every three months for 9 months.I had one of my routine DR visits, he does lab at that time also.…
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Anyone with a similar experience?
Hello everyone -- My mom (who is in her first month of having a colostomy) got very sick last night (cramping, vomiting, etc.) She has been feeling fantastic lately - she has been out and about, gardening & doing everything normally. This just happened last night, and she is attributing it to the fact that she ate a lot of…
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Anybody else have cracked corners of the mouth?
Hi all, I've been on 5FU and leucovorin for 5 months now, and since February the corners of my mouth have been split and inflamed. I've treid every type of chapstick and lip balm, but no success. This week, I had lunch with a dermatologist friend, and she was concerned about my mouth; said that often there is a little…
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Diet and Nutrition
I was diagnosed a month ago with stage IV and have been through the first 4 week regime of chemo. So far, despite one bought of diarhea and some fatigue the day after treatments, I've held up pretty well, but I know I need to improve my nutrition and get my body weight up (I'm slender and don't have much to spare), which…
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Alternative Therapy
Has anyone ever heard of CAAT therapy for cancer? It is a kind of diet with amino acids and vitamin supplements. I ask because I went in search of research for a close family friend, and found this website and concated these people about doing this type of therapy for him. I don't know if it is a rip off because the amino…
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Is it okay to skip one treatment??
Hi All! I haven't posted in a while, but I do try to read your messages daily, and you are all in my thoughts and prayers. My Dad is taking FOLFOX, and he is half way through his treatment. He has totally lost his appetite, and is feeling very, very tired. I told him he should see if he could take a break, delay treatment…
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darker hands from chemo/rad?
hi all, my mother finished her 5 weeks of pre-operative chemo and raditation last week. oddly enough - her hands became noticably darker in colour. is this normal? julie
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A VIRTUAL POST CARD FROM SPONGE BOB
Ahoy all ye Semicolons!! Greetings from San Andres Island, Colombia (on a map look off the east coast of Nicaragua). I´m in this little cyber cafe here trying to use a keyboard that is not set up for US symbology - so pardon the weird characters if you see ém. So anyway, been very busy chasing dopers and getting the snot…
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freaked out - update
Well, I had my appt with the ob/gyn today and the dr. says the bleeding seems to be coming from fissure(s) from straining to go. He did a rectal exam and felt nothing and saw nothing. I do go to the GI dr. tomorrow, but I am really relieved. Dr. recommended KY jelly to ease BM if I feel constipated. He also swants me to…
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surgery
Hi everyone. I just wanted to let you guys know that I will be having surgery on Friday to remove the biggest spot on my lung and to look at the other three smaller ones and see what is going on,so after Thursday I will be on hiatis for a while. Thanks to all of the advice,prayers and 'get well wishes' that I have received…
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Pls read!
This group has shown such knowledge & compassion, that I felt the need to post an unusual request. There is a pitiful post on the flip side to this web, the "ACS" discussions, "Coping with Diagnosis, Family & Friends" by "Boo4cancer", entitled, "HELP!!!!". If it's for real, it breaks my heart.....I don't know how to…
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Is it okay to skip one treatment??
Hi All! I haven't posted in a while, but I do try to read your messages daily, and you are all in my thoughts and prayers. My Dad is taking FOLFOX, and he is half way through his treatment. He has totally lost his appetite, and is feeling very, very tired. I told him he should see if he could take a break, delay treatment…
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Need Hope
Hello Everyone, My husband Jonathan has rectal cancer and recently underwent surgery to remove the tumor. He went through neoadjuvent therapy prior to the surgery and we were informed that all his CT scans were clear of any disease. However, when we went to the oncologists office yesterday to hear the results of the…
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Last chemo!!!!
Hi, I've not posted for a while but I've been reading every day - but I'm trying to forgot that I've ever had cancer... Today is my 30th AND LAST chemo!!!! Rejoice!!!! 30 weeks of 5FU and nausea - soon to be over! Only thing is, without chemo to concentrate on I'm beginning to think more about what might happen next and my…
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for Grandma=Judy
I am going away for another week so will be out of touch. Before I leave let it be known our love/prayers and hope are being sent across the pacific to Judy. You are in our hearts and minds---get well sweetie!!! We are with you Stacy!!!!!!!! "semi-colons" and carers; PLEASE send a prayer on this thread! kanga and Jen
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For Grandma047 (Judy)
We are all here for you. I haven't heard any more about her surgery. I know she had difficulty and was needing to go in for additional surgery. If anyone knows how she is, please share this information. She is in our prayers. Kerry
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Chemo and dental problems??
This is a new one on me but Chris's dentist told him that chemo can have adverse effects on patients teeth. Sure enough Chris is going through a terrible time with his teeth right now; he's had a root canal and a very painful abscess in the last month. Has anyone heard of a connection before? He had…
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Clot
Well, after 4 days of ER visit, MD appts, ultrasound and CT scan, they finally found a clot in my neck (which I could feel by the time it was finally diagnosed!!). So now I'm on Coumadin and feel like I've been shot in the neck. Onc says it will take weeks to resolve, but the pain and swelling should be subsiding sooner.…
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freaked out - can i have it too?
Hi all... I came to vent some fears of mine... So far, I have been only a caregiver to my hubby wh has stage 4 colon cancer. Befoer his diagnosis, I had sudden onset of panic attacks brought on initially from strange heart beats ... They did an ekg and other test and concluded it was esopagitis with anxiety. I have GERD…
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extreme diarrhea
Hello all, need some help again. Mom was doing well with the 5FU and Leuko, but last week started having trouble with diarrhea. Immodium every two hours didn't do anything. Lomox, 2 tablets every four hours did nothing. Finally doctor put her on opium drops; slowed it down a little but really drugged her out…