Any old timers still around?

Hey Brooks!  I am not here very often anymore but I am still very involved locally with Rumpshakers, ACS, TOUCH, and Hope Lodge. So glad I checked in tonight and saw your post.

I am going on 7 yrs. diagnosis. Have lots of permanent side effects ( neuropathy, chemo brain, strictures, etc. ) but I am still kicking. I recently took an early social security as I finally realized that going back to work was really not an option.

I read your other post re: "Neuropathy" and I am sorry to hear that it is causing you such grief. I have learned to adapt somewhat after multiple falls and accidents. Opiates don't even touch the pain that I have but believe it or not Meloxicam ( Mobic ) does. It is awfully harsh on the stomach but sometimes it is worth it to get a little relief from the foot/leg/hand/arm pain Good to see you and Alice both. I miss Y'all. Maybe we should think about coming back more often....

-Pat aka jaylo ....Yikes, My profile picture is gone!

   !8 years and five months post stage 3c crc, Cheers Ron.

Diagnosed Stage 4 in May 2005.  Sigmoid resection.  Xeloda/oxy/avastin.  NED by 12/2005.  Lung resetion due to recurrence in 4/2009.  NED since.  I don't come here much more as treatments may have changed and I don't know so many people.

Good luck all!

Betsy

Dx Feb 2004. Still undergoing treatment for lung mets but doing well overall. I recently bought my third kayak. While I've lost a good chunk of my lung capacity it doesn't really affect my kayaking. 

I'm not on this site often but it was helpful for a time. 
Unfortunately we've lost many of the old timers...

i sometimes wonder how you're doing.  I remember you were the first to reach out to me when I got diagnosed in Sept. 2009.  I was so scared and your friendship and advice were really appreciated.  I've been doing really well except for neuropathy in my feet and a little in my hands but I consider that to be a small price to pay for my life. It's been so depressing for me to see that a lot of the people I "grew up" with are now gone so I rarely post although I read the posts fairly often.  My onc told me that if I have 1 more good CEA reading, he was going to cut me loose. What a happy day that will be! I don't think about cancer so often these days but pray that it never returns. It was nice seeing you again.  Take care and keep in touch.

Laureen

 /Diagnosed in 2007, and in remission 2 years now.  Going strong and hoping to stay clear for many moons now.  Traci

I was diagnosed with stage I colon cancer in March of 2006. I had a resection to remove the tumor in my cecum. No further treatment since then, but I have had six colonoscopies. I don't check in here very often as it breaks my heart to lose members of this board. I have been NED since surgery 10 years ago. I am doing well although I still have colon issues occasionally. Cancer messes with your mind and definitely changed my attitude toward life in general. Last fall my husband and I moved to Florida without knowing a soul, but we felt that God was leading us here. Moving halfway across the country was not anything I would have even considered before cancer but we did it and couldn't be happier.

I'm still here. Will soon be two years since my sweet husband passed. I still check in to see how everyone is doing.

Bill 

I'm more of a newbie 2012 but glad to see you still here from 2009.  I came on when a lot of people from your group were saying goodbye and that was ROUGH!  I miss them, they were fantastic people.  It's good to see all of you who did make it through.  Hope eternal.

Well I guess that counts as an old-timer.  Was stage 3b signet cell.