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by Cyn
Fri Dec 01, 2017 12:32 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Mom diagnosed last week - so scared
Replies: 9
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Re: Mom diagnosed last week - so scared

Thank you! I will check out that video and pass this information along to my mother.
by Cyn
Fri Dec 01, 2017 9:33 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Mom diagnosed last week - so scared
Replies: 9
Views: 1705

Re: Mom diagnosed last week - so scared

I understand chemo is a cycle thing, on and off? During which time is the immune system at its worst? Only during a cycle? We've decided that when/if she goes through chemo we'll all wear masks and gloves around her to avoid any possibility of spreading germs to her. How have you been able to handle...
by Cyn
Fri Dec 01, 2017 12:52 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Mom diagnosed last week - so scared
Replies: 9
Views: 1705

Re: Mom diagnosed last week - so scared

Thank you so much for all the responses; I really appreciate your taking the time to respond to my panic. I looked over mom's lab report today and she is indeed listed as N1 (because 1-3 nodes were affected - in her case, it was 2 out of 13). But like the doctor told us initially, they hadn't gone i...
by Cyn
Thu Nov 30, 2017 12:32 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Mom diagnosed last week - so scared
Replies: 9
Views: 1705

Mom diagnosed last week - so scared

On the weekend of November 3, my mother started experiencing pain in her lower left side. She thought it was a muscle pull or a hernia. A week later (on the 11th), she developed a fever and my dad was able to convince her to go to the hospital. They diagnosed her with diverticulitis with a perforati...

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