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Too much Chemo?? Advice / experiences.
Hello and best wishes to all of you on this board. My father in law with esophageal adenoCa stage 4 is trying to decide how much chemo to continue to take and for how long. I know this is typically a highly personal decision, but I'm sure he needs to have a better sense of what chemo side effects COULD be around the…
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How many rounds?
Doc says I will be having chemo until it stops working. On round 35. Stage 4. Stopped oxoliaplaten on round 15. Now on 5fu, herceptin and keytruda
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Kaiser Walnut Creek - Dr. Rosenbaum
Hello! Has anyone had experience with Dr. Raymond S. Rosenbaum at Kaiser in Walnut Creek? He is the most experienced with the robotic surgery at that facility. He went to Harvard for undergrad and Albert Einstein School of Medicine for his MD. He must be a pretty smart guy! That's reassuring but it would be good to know if…
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Jelmyto
Hello, my father has been battling bladder & kidney cancer for a few years now and at his last follow up they spotted a suspicious spot on his remaining kidney. He’s already had his bladder, prostate, & one kidney removed. The biopsy is being scheduled but in the mean time his surgeon has asked him to think about his…
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Jelmyto
Hello, my father has been battling bladder & kidney cancer for a few years now and at his last follow up they spotted a suspicious spot on his remaining kidney. He’s already had his bladder, prostate, & one kidney removed. The biopsy is being scheduled but in the mean time his surgeon has asked him to think about his…
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Radical Nephrectomy
I am facing a radical nephrectomy, and I want very much to hear from people who have had either laporoscopic or open surgery. (Laporoscopic surgery might not be feasible in my case, but it will only be when the anesthetic has worn off that I’ll actually know which method was used.) Can anyone help me by sharing your…
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ESOPHAGEAL CANCER Treatments in India
Hello All, I wanted to know if someone of your family or friends have a successful Stomach Cancer treatments in India. Let me know how the treatment was and where. Please help. Thanks, Vijay
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RCC with renal vein invasion
I am 53 yr old male and I had a partial nephrectomy a month ago. It was a 2.5 cm tumor and confirmed to be clear renal cell carcinoma. The pathology report indicated grade2 but stage3. (PT3a). This was because of vein invasion (renal vein). The resection had negative margins which is comforting, but I am worried about the…
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Writing a Cancer Memoir
I plan to write a cancer memoir. I’m currently in a class called write your life story. Apparently my professor is a cancer survivor too. Anyhow, has anyone written a breast cancer memoir? Do you have any tips?
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Worried about metastasis
Hi, currently stage 1 IDC and just completed neo-adjuvant chemo and bi-lateral mastectomy. I just had a CT and MRI that found a lesion on my liver. It appears that the chemo was effective in my breast (no signs of it on MRI, still waiting on surgery pathology) but I’m terrified. I have to get a biopsy. Has anyone gone…
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6 Months After Treatment/Tonsil and Lymph Node
Hi Friends, I had my 6 month checkup yesterday. Doctor looked at everything with the camera. She said that things are looking good. Still a little redness and mucus but she said that I a recovering nicely and no visible signs of recurrence. I wanted to share this news in hopes of offering a little encouragement to those…
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Good News-I want to let every one know we can fight cancer!
I want to thank each and everyone of you for your support. I had my lumpectomy April 27, 2022. After a mix up with changing hospitals, I had my first follow up 3-D mammogram today, 9 months after my surgery. I am still cancer free.
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Seeking caregiving advice
I am at the moment taking care of my 85 y.o mother diagnosed with Metastatic stage 4 Cancer (primary being Uterine cancer). It has been 6 months since she has started her chemotherapy. The oncologist started her on 7th cycle yesterday. After she was diagnosed, I got a room built downstairs and also a shower was added to…
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Mucosal Melanoma
My husband was diagnosed with Mucosal in May. Has had 2 treatments and now is going to try another that is only 17 percent affective. We are in our early 50s and have been married for almost 29 years. Chemo won’t work on this illness. I try to have hope but the doctor implied this is mostly a sad ending.
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Feet nerve pain 2 months after radical nephrectomy
Hello everyone, I'm new here. I had a radical nephrectomy 3 months ago after a large tumor was found in one of my kidneys. I had had some nerve pain in my feet before the surgery but it disappeared in a few days on it's own. Now it's back and getting way worse, to the point I barely can walk. I have a scan in a few days…
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Artificial Urinary Sphincter Implant (AMS 800) -- help!!!
Seeking Others to Discuss Their Experience w/ AUS Implant (AMS 800): I am inquiring for my father-in-law (fil) who has limited internet access. He is 63, prostate removed 13 months ago, now suffering from incontinence. Received 2nd opinion yesterday from Mayo and was told he had 2 options: 1) status-quo -- it won't get…
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Lonsurf for liver metastasis
I was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer four years ago. I was operated on in April 2020 and the tumor was successfully removed. I had been on Folfoxiri and Avastin but was taken off it due to an abscess caused by anastomotic leakage. Doctors took me off the Folfoxiri/ Avastin cocktail as it didn’t seem to be so…
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Uterine cancer
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New Benign Tumor while on letrozole?
Has anyone developed benign tumors while actively taking letrozole? I have been on letrozole since January 2019 after having a lumpectomy and radiation for left breast DCIS in October 2018. At my yearly breast MRI the result was suspicious for my right breast. I just had a biopsy which discovered a new benign tumor in my…
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Recovery time after each treatment?
After each treatment, how long did it take for most to feel somewhat normal again? Meaning a little more energy, no nausea.
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Collapsed Ascending Colon/Tumor on pancreas tail and spleen
Hi, My 81 year old mother has stage 4 colon cancer. She finished 12 rounds of treatment and most things shrunk and some went away. The nodules in her lungs grew a tiny bit so they won’t give her radiation. She has a 4 cm tumor on her pancreas tail and spleen which might even go onto her stomach a little bit. We met with…
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newly diagnosed with invasive lobular carcinoma
i'm a 50 year female, newly diagnosed. looking for information or others who were diagnosed with the same or similar cancer.
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survivor story
In 2010, I was diagnosed with Stage 3B colon cancer (sigmoid colon) at age 50. I had surgery first followed by 12 rounds of FOLFOX chemo. I have been NED since then. (I'm a woman, BTW.) I followed the advice of my original doctor to get surgery first... A second doctor advised the opposite -- chemo first and then surgery…
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Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for a small fistula located in the RND scar
Has anyone had experience with NPWT? I have a very small fistula that developed after an abscess formed and eventually erupted at the upper end of my Radical Neck Dissection scar. Augmentin took care of the infection but the fistula continues to leak now almost 7 weeks after eruption. I am hoping for a non-surgical…
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Has anyone had eye pressure issues, post-tx?
Strangest thing, but over the course of the past 8 months the pressure behind my left eye, only, has been high. Now knowing that Rads damage blood vessels and takes years to manifest symptoms, and my getting 56Gys above the chin, I cannot help but wonder-especially since I got photon Rads from an older machine back in…
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Finally an explanation of WHY the long term Rad damage
Went to the U of Iowa ENT Dr. on the 21st. He explained that the reason my larynx folds are coming together, blocking my air passage, is due to Rad damage on the the little blood vessels in otherwise okay soft tissue- eventually leading said tissue to die/turn into scar tissue over time. I said, "The same principle as…
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2023 Roll Call??
I may have missed it but are we still doing an annual Roll Call?
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PSA and testosterone increase
My PSA test 1/23/2023 showed .253 vs past quarterly's of <.064, <.01, <.064, <.064,.064. Testosterone was 45 vs past quarterly's of 24, <5,<10,22, 39 , 50.Blood was drawn while I had a bacterial infection as evidenced by Immature granlocytes at 1.2 vs 0.5% limit. I have been on ADT for 16 months. Any comments are…
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My Hormone Vacation Begins
After 2 years on Lupron/Zytiga/Prednisone, there are currently no visible signs of PCa, so my Oncologist has granted me a hormone vacation. I recognize that it will probably be 6 to 9 months before I feel 'normal' again, but I am very much looking forward to it. Time to celebrate! My Related History and Data: Post-Robotic…
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Cramping and Kinks
I am 4 plus post and now I get these awful cramps in back of head, arms, thighs, feet, legs and back.My oncologist said this is another side affect. I talk to primary care and she said take magnesium but this didn't help much. She suggested vitamin B which I havent tried yet. Was wondering who else has these symptoms and…