At the starting line Again.

braelee2
braelee2 Member Posts: 130
in Colorectal Cancer #1

Got my 3rd port in yesterday , And I start Chemo on Tuesday. So not ready for this again. Yell

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  • traci43
    traci43 Member Posts: 773 Member
    #2
    I know how you feel

    I've been lucky in that my port has been great, but I too will be starting chemo soon.  So not looking forward to that!Frown  I hope things go well with this port and you have a good response.  Take care, Traci

  • lp1964
    lp1964 Member Posts: 1,239 Member
    #3
    Dear Friend,

    Life-force is of the strongest forces in the Universe. Everything and everybody wants to live. We all have to find a reason to keep going whether healthy or sick. It is a greater and more difficult challenge than the treatment itself. 

    I wish you the strength to get started and keep going and to find wonderful meaning in every single day no matter how hard it is. I'm telling this to myself just as much, because I will have a major surgery coming up too. We can do this and see you on the better side of life.

    Laz

  • janderson1964
    janderson1964 Member Posts: 2,215 Member
    #4
    I totally understand how you

    I totally understand how you feel. I cried and I mean balled like a baby the last time I had a port put in. I hate them. I knoe some are ok with them but I would rather have a picc line. I fough with my oncologist to take it out after I finished treatment last time. He wouldn't listed so I went straight to my liver surgeon and he took it out. 

  • herdizziness
    herdizziness Member Posts: 3,624 Member
    #5
    Starting again

    it sucks, I agree, oh well, I start again I think this coming Friday, Irinotican and Vetimux (or something like that, I forgot how to spell it, last time was Erbitux, now it's the one that starts with a "v". Same port, third year.

    Wishing you the least amount of side affects!!

    Winter Marie

  • Kathleen808
    Kathleen808 Member Posts: 2,342 Member
    #6
    Oh braelee2

    Oh Friends,

    So many of you have been through so much already and here you go again.  I am so very sorry.  **** is also still fighting and after 5 years it does not get easier.  I hope and pray you all get some releif from the cancer.  I pray things go well.

     

    Aloha,

    Kathleen

  • Sundanceh
    Sundanceh Member Posts: 4,392 Member
    #7
    herdizziness said:

    Starting again

    it sucks, I agree, oh well, I start again I think this coming Friday, Irinotican and Vetimux (or something like that, I forgot how to spell it, last time was Erbitux, now it's the one that starts with a "v". Same port, third year.

    Wishing you the least amount of side affects!!

    Winter Marie

    Give me a "V"

    for VECTIBIX.....

  • herdizziness
    herdizziness Member Posts: 3,624 Member
    #8
    Sundanceh said:

    Give me a "V"

    for VECTIBIX.....

    Thanks Craig

    now I know what it is :)

  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
    #9
    Thinking of You

    I'm sorry that you are struggling with another battle of this terrible disease.  I'm hoping that this new round will bring you to a disease free state.  Just wishing you the best through this.

    Kim

  • UncleBuddy
    UncleBuddy Member Posts: 1,019 Member
    #10
    I'm sorry

    that you're dealing with this horrible disease again. My brother just had his port put in again and started chemo. He's taking the folloowing drugs:  5 -FU every 14 days, irinotecan every 14 days, leucovorin every 14 days, 5-FU over 2 days (infusion pump) and erbitux will begin next visit. He is also on diphenhydramine and famotidine, zofran, and dexamethasone. Also atropine for irinotecan. 

    It's a tough life to live. I give you all so much credit for fighting the fight. My brother is my hero. I wish there was more I could do for him. It sucks that he keeps having to deal with this. I am hoping that eventually they can do surgery, but right now he is not a candidate because it's in both lungs and the liver. Right now they are doing chemo and will re-evaluate in 6 months?

  • karguy
    karguy Member Posts: 1,020 Member
    #11
    I don't

    I don't think anyone is ever ready,but good luck,and I hope this is the last time.

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