Semi-Colon Roll Call

shoppergal said:

Catskills
Great shots, I agree mornings are the best,just before the sun rises. My family goes up near Monticello, but we've gone up to Parksville when I was really young. It's really beautiful but I don't know if I could live in the country, I'm so used to the hustle and bustle of NY. But getting out of the city for vacations are always nice!

NYC
I'm a little less than 50 miles from the city. I go to Sloan for all my work. I love the open space up here and it's really not that open. We do have to watch out for deer all the time though.

Our turn
My husband after some bleeding had first colonoscopy DX rectal/colon cancer 8/24/06
Surgery and permanent colostomy 9/15/06
Mets to both sides of liver
Chemo started 11/1/06 had every known treatment(chemo) until 12/9/08
Stoma repair 7/07
Sent to Vanderbilt for clinical trial...by oncologist ...he had nothing left to try 12/29/08
12/29/09 Appt with Dr at Vandy ...okayed for Phase 1 clinical trial sent home till start up
01/09 Called by Dr said no clinical trial ...surgery of liver possible...
01/13/09 Dr appt with Liver oncologist surgeon...told could have liver resection but had place in right lung that had to be taken care of first
01/15/09 Dr appt with Lung oncologist surgeon...told could do lung resection but had to quit smoking ...had smoked for 45 years...stopped "cold turkey" that night
02/10/09 Cancer nodule removed from right lung and 4% of lung
4/03/09 Embolization to right liver scheduled but cancelled due to rapid growth of liver tumor/leasion....CEA gone up from 1630.0 on 1/13/09 to 16,648.4 on 3/27/09
Surgery for liver resection sch. for 4/29/09 ...giving husband some time to get strength back from lung surgery...Dr said walking a fine line between giving Frank time to get stronger and hope that cancer on liver does not get so big unable to remove it all
Fighting up hill battle...
Married 40 years to my high school sweetheart...met him when I was a freshman in high school and he was a Senior.
I need him so and love him so very much. We live near Maryville TN which is 14 miles from Knoxville Tennessee

Hugs,
Anna

Glv49 said:

Forgot to put where I am
Forgot to put where I am from...lol.. Pittsburgh, PA

Gail

One day at a time
This is my first post- i live in Pittsburgh Pa

44 yo mom of 2 beautiful young ladies(13,12) and a pretty great husband,too. Diagnosed 10/2007 Stage IV with metastasis to the left ovary. The other ovary was not removed at the time because they both looked "normal" at surgery. 6 months of folfox and avastin. Was to do 6 more months of Avastin alone both developed a pulmonary embolis and had to discontine.Convinced oncologist to have gyne onc take out other ovary 11/08. Right ovary also looked normal at surgery however positive at pathology. No additional chemo as I am NED right now. Awaiting PET at end of May.

Keep fighting everyone. There are many survivors out there and we are among them!!


Dawn

Stage IV
My husband was diagnosed 8/07 Stage 4 Colon Cancer with multiple mets to his liver and both lungs. Colon resection surgery, then 6 months aggressive chemo, right now on 3 week break, just had pet scan, awaiting results, starts maintenance chemo next week. - Bayville, NJ

scouty said:

WOW
Amy you sound a thousand times better than the last time we chatted on here (chemo brain prevents me from remembering when that was!!)

How good for you!!! Great to hear from you. This thread has been so much fun hearing from so many Old Timers!!!!

Many hugs and why don't you and boyfriend join us at CP7 in Key West!!!!

Lisa P.

Semi-colons ;
Yes Thank you~ It is an awesome site and I hold everyone deep in my heart, those who have had and those who have to deal with this, and families etc. Keep the Faith-- sincerely Famous Amos aka Slammer

jenalynet said:

Oregon
Hi,
I live in Banks, Oregon (11 years now) but was born and raised in PA. I was diagnosed Oct. 2005 Stage 4 with liver mets. I am currently on Folfri because cancer is back with a frenzy. I am still fighting the fight and will do so unless quality of life goes downhill. I am looking forward to going to the egg hunt with my grandsons this Saturday..life is good, God is good. Hugs, Audrey.

Keep it up Lady-
Greetings Audrey~~Happy Easter and have a great time w/ grand kids...So positive and upbeat you are. Don't know you but somehow we all know each other here huh? God bless! Take Care, Amy in No. Cali~

Minneapolis
Live in Plymouth, Mn, just outside of Mpls. Along with Emily waiting for spring to actually come- there have been a few hints and the snow is gone.

Diagnosed with stage 2 rectal cancer April 2005. Treated with chemo/radiation and then local excision in August. Recurrance in April 2006 (found out the day after the GetYourRearinGear walk). Had APR with permanent colostomy. Had 9 cycles of Folfox. Ned since. Just had CEA drawn last week = 0.6 (yea).

Playing tennis weekly, working yet, and enjoying every day of life.

Cheers to all, ****

jsabol said:

Present and accounted for
Great idea, Scouty..over a hundred posts strong. This site is a lifesaver for so many of us.

Me: diagnosed on BASELINE colonoscopy in Nov '03. 2 small polyps, no symptoms.
Hemicolectomy, sigmoid colon, 1 node, moderately aggressive, stage IIIb.
six months of 5FU and leuco, completed July '04.
NED on follow-up. My onc counts from completion of chemo.
I am approaching 5 year survival!!!
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. Live outside of Boston, MA for 30 plus years.
Life is good.
All the best, Judy

I'm here even though it's been awhile
Just read that article about anal cancer on CNN and it always brings back fear to read the survival rate.

Diagnosed with rectal cancer 5/06, rectal resection, radiation/chemo combo, chemo again. finished 1/07

1 met to lung and 1 met to liver found in July 2007

Chemo again, ablation of met to liver, lung surgery, chemo. finished June 2008.

Now having scans every 3 months. Last scan in January showed nothing!

Next scan is on Monday, April 13th. Will find out results on the 15th. Prayers are always welcome!

Hugs,
Cheryl

NED
Dx 2/08 IIIC with 7 of 11 nodes positive.

Sigmoid resection then 12 biweekly treatments of FOLFOX6.

CT unenhanced/enhanced last month - nothing lit up.

Review colonoscopy two weeks ago - clean, told to come back in three years.

Yaaaahoooo!!!

I hope everyone beats the beast...

Blog of the whole journey is at: http://coloncancerisapain.blogspot.com/
if you want the details.


Owen9