Scan

joyce6611
joyce6611 Member Posts: 51 Member
in Uterine/Endometrial Cancer #1

I am scheduled for a CT scan on Monday.  I have been on Metformin for 2 months now.  I am still getting chemo.  I have #9 coming up next week.  The nodules in my lung started shrinking siqnificantly with the addition of Metformin.  Please pray for good news on my upcoming scan.  

I am also worried that Moli has not posted.  I am praying that she is okay and just resting from the surgery.

Thank you ladies for all your advice and help as I battle stage 4 cancer.  I will be praying for all of you!

Joyce

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  • Unknown
    Unknown
    #2
    Prayers to you

    I hope the scan shows the tumors are going, going, gone.  I'll be thinking about you on Monday.  Hugs Nancy

  • EZLiving66
    EZLiving66 Member Posts: 1,482 Member
    #3
    (((Joyce))) I'm hoping for

    (((Joyce))) I'm hoping for wonderful results on your scan.  Hopefully the Metformin will continue to work.  Please let us know how things go!!!

    I'm worried about Moli too.  

    Love,

    Eldri

  • Editgrl
    Editgrl Member Posts: 903 Member
    #4
    Wishing for good results

    for your scan.  Metformin is working well for others, and I hope it continues to work for you.  You'll be in my thoughts Monday.

    Peace and strength,

    Chris

  • CindylovesMike
    CindylovesMike Member Posts: 50
    #5
    Hoping for a good scan Joyce

    Hoping for a good scan Joyce :)

  • Kvdyson
    Kvdyson Member Posts: 789
    #6
    Good luck to you!

    Good luck to you, Joyce! Praying that the treatments continue working and your scan results are clear. Kim

  • TeddyandBears_Mom
    TeddyandBears_Mom Member Posts: 1,811 Member
    #7
    I hope and pray that the scan

    I hope and pray that the scan can't find a darn thing on Monday!

    Here's to continued success Joyce.

    Love and Hugs,

    Cindi

  • Sandy3185
    Sandy3185 Member Posts: 229 Member
    #8
    Keeping my fingers crossed!

    Joyce I'm so happy that the Metfirmin is working for you! Hoping your Brett scan shows continued improvement- maybe even gone. Good Luck

  • Abbycat2
    Abbycat2 Member Posts: 644 Member
    #9
    That's wonderful news about the effects of the Metformin.

    I hope all continues to improve for you, Joyce, and that the Cat scan will reflect improvement. I don't know much about uterine cancer being treated with Metformin. Can you share more about it? Do you have to have Diabetes to be able to receive this drug? 

    Warm Wishes,

    Cathy

     

  • takingcontrol58
    takingcontrol58 Member Posts: 272 Member
    #10
    Wishing you Scan Success with Metformin

    Joyce,
    Here's hoping metformin will be a miracle for you like it was for me.

     

    Cathy,
    You don't have to be a diabetic to receive this drug. I was insulin resistant.  It has more anti-cancer properties than
    anti-diabetes properties. It has been proven to be a "potent inhibitor of endometrial cancer cell proliferation."
    It is like a targeted drug for cancer- stops angiogenesis (formation of blood vessels that feed tumors), kills cancer
    stem cells (what causes cancer to return), restores expression of tumor suppressor gene p53( usually missing or mutated
    in most cancers), lowers insulin growth factor levels (key growth factor for cancer.) plus many more things. They are
    trying to develop drugs that do what metformin already does.  It is now being tested as an anti-aging
    drug because they believe it may delay you from getting cancer, heart disease and alzheimers until later in life. It is like a
    miracle drug from nature- made from the French lilac.

    Takingcontrol58

  • Sandy3185
    Sandy3185 Member Posts: 229 Member
    #11
    great article about metformin!

    I read this article the other day and found it very informative:  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/magazine/warburg-effect-an-old-idea-revived-starve-cancer-to-death.html?_r=0  It is about a German scientist, Otto Warburg, who first theorized that "starving" cancer cells would ultimately kill them. Great article!

  • ConnieSW
    ConnieSW Member Posts: 1,678 Member
    edited May 2016 #12
    Company for the scan

    when you are in the machine, the grasp you feel in your hand will be mine.  Good luck.

  • joyce6611
    joyce6611 Member Posts: 51 Member
    #13
    Abbycat2 said:

    That's wonderful news about the effects of the Metformin.

    I hope all continues to improve for you, Joyce, and that the Cat scan will reflect improvement. I don't know much about uterine cancer being treated with Metformin. Can you share more about it? Do you have to have Diabetes to be able to receive this drug? 

    Warm Wishes,

    Cathy

     

    Metformin

    Yes, I was considered prediabetic and was on a low dose of Metformin prior to the recurrence.  I was taken off Metformin when I started my chemo because I had so much diarrhea caused from the Metformin.  I wish I had talked them into increasing my Metformin back in November.  Well, it appears to be working now and I am tolerating 1500 mgs. a day.  Clinical studies at MD Anderson and Sloan Kettering are both using Metformin with chemo for uterine and ovarian cancer. 

     

  • joyce6611
    joyce6611 Member Posts: 51 Member
    #14
    Sandy3185 said:

    great article about metformin!

    I read this article the other day and found it very informative:  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/magazine/warburg-effect-an-old-idea-revived-starve-cancer-to-death.html?_r=0  It is about a German scientist, Otto Warburg, who first theorized that "starving" cancer cells would ultimately kill them. Great article!

    Article on Otto Warburg

    This article was very interesting.  Thank you for posting this.

    Joyce

  • joyce6611
    joyce6611 Member Posts: 51 Member
    #15
    Thanks for all the support.

    Thanks for all the support.  I appreciate you ladies so much and pray for all of you.  This is such a journey.

    Love you all!

    Joyce

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