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by AlexMichelle
Tue Sep 04, 2018 11:25 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Hello from a new member
Replies: 18
Views: 6988

Re: Hello from a new member

Could you please explain why you needed chemo when doctor thought they removed everything and so many lymph nodes were clear? I had same cancer as you, some in upper rectum and muscle and yet was staged at 1b with no chemo recommended and concerned that maybe I should have had it. I had about 16 lym...
by AlexMichelle
Thu Mar 08, 2018 3:01 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Possible for long term remission with only chemo?
Replies: 31
Views: 9346

Re: Possible for long term remission with only chemo?

Your story made me want to cry. How disheartening. My family member, who is a doctor, said that it is always a concern when they are removing cancer, that some of it could leak out during the surgery. I'm so sorry. That is why when my surgeon said he was doing open surgery, my family member (doctor)...
by AlexMichelle
Thu Mar 08, 2018 2:48 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Severe bone pain in lower leg
Replies: 6
Views: 2175

Re: Severe bone pain in lower leg

CaGirl, thank you for your thoughtful post. It meant a lot. I agree with everything you said. Tomorrow, I meet with Oncologist and am going to bring it up again. I'm going to make sure that he 100% understands that I don't feel well, that my fatigue is nothing ever experienced before, that I'm conce...
by AlexMichelle
Thu Mar 08, 2018 4:19 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Dietary issues after colon resection
Replies: 3
Views: 1250

Re: Dietary issues after colon resection

You had a lot of colon removed. My surgeon said it can take a long time for body to adjust, especially if part of rectum was removed. Because of my shortened colon and rectum, I have to have a bowel movement at least 8 times during the day and usually I wake up during the night and have to go. I fee...
by AlexMichelle
Thu Mar 08, 2018 4:13 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Stage 1 colon Cancer, CEA levels, CT scans
Replies: 13
Views: 3246

Re: Stage 1 colon Cancer, CEA levels, CT scans

My cancer situation is the same as yours. I am a Stage 1b because tumor had grown into the muscle. All 15 nodes clear. Spot on liver biopsied during colon resection and was benign, so your lung nodule could also be benign. No chemo recommended. CT scan to be done at one year mark. I had full upper b...
by AlexMichelle
Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:58 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: 3 Month Post Treatment Update
Replies: 8
Views: 2056

Re: 3 Month Post Treatment Update

Benben, thank you so much for your explanations. So extremely helpful. I did not have chemo, which I guess I should be happy about, but I just have a horrible suspicion that I should have had chemo because I just don't feel good and I'm concerned the cancer was already in other cells. I had 6 inches...
by AlexMichelle
Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:35 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Possible for long term remission with only chemo?
Replies: 31
Views: 9346

Re: Possible for long term remission with only chemo?

So you had a colon resection and everything looked good and there were no lymph nodes involved and then later it had spread to other places? Could you please go through your journey for me? After your colon resection, how long did doctors wait before they had you do CT scans or colonoscopies? How di...
by AlexMichelle
Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:25 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Rectal cancer (Stage 3A) diagnosed late June 2017
Replies: 1760
Views: 496951

Re: Rectal cancer (Stage 3A) diagnosed late June 2017

I would also think it depends on if it is a happy marriage. Unhappy marriages cause loads of stress.
by AlexMichelle
Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:22 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Severe bone pain in lower leg
Replies: 6
Views: 2175

Severe bone pain in lower leg

Since last September, when I first noticed blood in toilet and that something was wrong, I also started having a dual aching pain in the bone of my lower right leg. At my first appointment after colon resection, I mentioned it to the oncologist and he said it was nothing to worry about and not relat...
by AlexMichelle
Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:12 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: 3 Month Post Treatment Update
Replies: 8
Views: 2056

Re: 3 Month Post Treatment Update

Benben, when you say scope are you referring to colonoscopy? You had surgery? How often are you scheduled for colonoscopies and ct scans. My colonrectal resection was November 9, 2017 and my Oncologist wants to wait one year for both CT scan and colonoscopy which I think is too long to wait and let ...
by AlexMichelle
Wed Mar 07, 2018 8:29 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Rectal cancer (Stage 3A) diagnosed late June 2017
Replies: 1760
Views: 496951

Re: Rectal cancer (Stage 3A) diagnosed late June 2017

NHMike, I'm so sorry you are having to go through this. You and I had surgery around the same time and I'm still fatigued and not feeling great and didn't have to go through chemo like you. I can't imagine what you are going through. I worry a lot that I had cancer cells floating around in blood or ...
by AlexMichelle
Wed Mar 07, 2018 5:41 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Platelet count 424
Replies: 3
Views: 3382

Re: Platelet count 424

Thank you for all of that information, Amy. I will let you know what Oncologist says about it after I meet with him this Friday. Amy, how often do you get CT scans? Do you do colonoscopies once per year?
by AlexMichelle
Wed Mar 07, 2018 5:25 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Open surgery wound 4 months later
Replies: 5
Views: 1692

Re: Open surgery wound 4 months later

Thank you. Just finished oral antibiotics last night. Fingers crossed the holes all start healing quickly. Have to go back to doctor again Friday so he can determine what to do next. Glad your husband's wounds healed. Each day when I take off the gauze, I'm afraid to see what has taken place underne...
by AlexMichelle
Fri Mar 02, 2018 5:09 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: CEA rising after break
Replies: 8
Views: 2377

Re: CEA rising after break

My CEA was 1. while I still had a malignant colorectal tumor, so my CEA marker is not a good indicator. Since surgery, the last two blood tests have been 0.8, so not much different. I won't be using that blood marker as an indicator for me.
by AlexMichelle
Fri Mar 02, 2018 5:02 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Platelet count 424
Replies: 3
Views: 3382

Platelet count 424

I had Colorectal cancer resection four months ago. In December my blood work up was normal. Yesterday, I had another blood work up and my platelet level was 424. In the past it has always been in the low 200s. My document in regard to platelet count, says the normal range is 150 to 400. In addition ...

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