Semi-Colon Roll Call

2bhealed said:

Here!
Dx'ed 8/01 Stage III sigmoid colon cancer with 2/19 positive lymph nodes zero mets.

Chose to forgo chemo for alternative, Traditional Chinese Medicine, CHEMIA (juice of the plant) protocol.

Have remained NED for 7.8 years!

Two Harbors, MN up in the hinterlands of Lake Superior in the Northwoods with the moose, bear, wolves and mountain lions. Currently. Will be moving to Racine, WI in the near future.

peace, emily the juice chick

traditional chinese medicine
where can I get the chemia protocal to buy.
Please explain what you did, it is amazing you cured yourself without chemo

Saco Maine
This is a great site! I've only been a member since September.

My Journey:
Had a colonoscopy in 2005 at age 50, not even a single polop. Joke with friends about being a perfect A--- H---, vs friends who had polops who were not perfect.
Fast forward to April 2009. Feeling extremely tired, no longer able to walk my 4 miles a day. Daughter gets upset and says you better call the doctor, saw him the next day. 4 days later get the call, "I need to see you and your husband right away". Cried a bit and off to the docs, tells me: You have a mass in your transverse colon, mass in your liver (half of my liver is cancerous) and multiple nodes that are affected, some near my aorta that can not be removed. Admitted next day for a colonoscopy, surgery the day after, on the Saturday before Easter. So in 6 days I went from what I thought was being healthy to Stage 4 Cancer and had surgery to remove colon tumor and multiple lymph nodes. They say I have had cancer for at least 3 yrs. What a trip!!

4/09 Surgery to remove tumor
5/09 Started on Folfox
6/09 Hospitalized for small perforation of bowel
10/09 Going to be 55 on October 29th, 10 days after last Folfox

11/09 ?????????????? What will CT scan show!

Better Late Than Never
Hi you guys! It's Mommy here - checking in. I have been lurking , not ashamed to admit it. I seem to tlurk when I have a PET scan due - don't need to be a shrink to figure THAT one out - As I was reading this great big ol' long thread - I was reminded if the first time I "found" this site - after my first round of chemo - post surgury when all this was new and scary to me. I spent hours reading the posts - getting hope by each line and story - I was a sponge soaking up the information, and understanding I was not alone. It was a moment in time I will never forget. So, yes I was on-line a lot during those days - and have gone back to my wonderful life - with cancer taking more of a back seat, and this works for me. But I do checkin here and read and try to help others with ideas or support like some gave to me - I owe so much to this site. I met an amazing friend here, Heather, and she was my angel during my dark hours, when Lord knows she had so many of her own, she help me navigate mine.
So I am in San Diego.
Diagnosed Stage 3 in Feb 07
12 rounds of chemo -
One year later December 08- solitary lung mass - RFA treatment zapped it out -
PET scans every 3 months - all have been clean so far - another one this week -
I am excited and wanting to celebrate my first official year NED - so we'll see - It is in God's hands and He hasn't let me down yet!
Keep the faith my colon cancer friends -
Hugs from Mommy -

roll call
Hi! It's Lynne from New Orleans. I was diagnosed in June of this year - no family background. Went to doc because of severe tiredness. Went in hospital with severe anemia. Did testing. Had resection and total hysterectomy on June 10. Turned 49 years old when I left the hospital on June 15. Great birthday present!! (Ha Ha). Tumor was attached to uterus - that's why I had to have a hysterectomy. Stage III with 2 out of 19 lymph nodes positive. No mets. 4 inches of colon removed. Currently on round 5 of 8 with xeloda pills and oxaliplatin infusion. Should have last treatment 2 days before Christmas - barring unforeseens. Positively HATE oxaliplatin. Onc. wanted me to do clinical trial with urbitux - found out I have KRAS mutation - so I wasn't eligible. Loved finding this board. Have since had 2 distant "friends" dx'd with stage IV and stage II colon cancer. Stage II'er has to have rectum removed and rebuilt - but may not need chemo. Later - Lynne

jams67 said:

What a coincidence!
My sister is dating a guy named Jimbob. I didn't know there was another one. LOL

Not the only one
I have a cousin named Jim Bob. You'd think with that name he was born in the South. Wrong! He's from a small town outside of Kansas City.
Joy

mykidsmommy said:

Better Late Than Never
Hi you guys! It's Mommy here - checking in. I have been lurking , not ashamed to admit it. I seem to tlurk when I have a PET scan due - don't need to be a shrink to figure THAT one out - As I was reading this great big ol' long thread - I was reminded if the first time I "found" this site - after my first round of chemo - post surgury when all this was new and scary to me. I spent hours reading the posts - getting hope by each line and story - I was a sponge soaking up the information, and understanding I was not alone. It was a moment in time I will never forget. So, yes I was on-line a lot during those days - and have gone back to my wonderful life - with cancer taking more of a back seat, and this works for me. But I do checkin here and read and try to help others with ideas or support like some gave to me - I owe so much to this site. I met an amazing friend here, Heather, and she was my angel during my dark hours, when Lord knows she had so many of her own, she help me navigate mine.
So I am in San Diego.
Diagnosed Stage 3 in Feb 07
12 rounds of chemo -
One year later December 08- solitary lung mass - RFA treatment zapped it out -
PET scans every 3 months - all have been clean so far - another one this week -
I am excited and wanting to celebrate my first official year NED - so we'll see - It is in God's hands and He hasn't let me down yet!
Keep the faith my colon cancer friends -
Hugs from Mommy -

to mykidsmommy
Hi
I am also from San Diego...north county.There are several of us stage 3 and 4 gals here. What cancer center and doctor do you have? I have the exact history and timeline as you, just had a lung met removed and my onc is making noises about 'maintenance" chemo. Yuk. My post op scans are clear. Any word about not doing maintenance chemo???????
Serrana

scouty said:

Bump
For others to see and add to.............

I really enjoy seeing all the familiar names on this thread!!!

Lisa P.

Great post
This has made me feel so much better.
Hubby was dx 12-14-09 stage IV colon cancer with liver mets
He starts folfox 1-25-10.


So good to hear everyones stories

Tina

My turn
Thought I had done this already, but must have been a dufferent thread. Because, I don't remember it being this long. Anyway...

40yo. routine physical, primary suggest colonoscopy due to family history.

Aug 09' - He finds 2 polyps(1 cancer.) Got the news same day as my 1yr. weddding anniversary(easy to remember now, huh?)

Sept 09' - Had resection surgery, post pathology 1 of 13 nodes positive. Stage IIIa, Chemo time (oh joy!)

Oct 09' - Pre-Tx CAT scan shows NED, still have to do chemo, $#*%!

Today - Just finished Tx #6 FOLFOX, at the halfway point!

Married to a beautiful wife and wonderful care giver. Live in Sugar Hill, GA(Metro Atlanta) near Mall of GA and Lake Lanier.

-DJ

dianetavegia said:

Bumping for new members
Bumped!

Diane
Stage III, dx Jan. 2009, NED since Jan. 7th 2009 so 1 year

Roll CAll
Hi from Tulsa Oklahoma 62 yr old female suffered for 3 yrs with pain had a colonostpy (sp) july 2009 removed 3 precancerous polops ,still had very bad pain they did a c-scan and 2 hrs later in hospital surgery to remove a soft ball size tumor on my colon and the entire colon was removed along with 34 nodes 19 cancerous been on Xeloda 3000 my 2x aday for 4 months 4 more to go. Last c-scan showed NED. Stage3 with no other organs involved no bag of any kind. pooper shooter works fine.