This past couple of weeks, DH has been having horrendous pain in his right leg. He can barely walk, sleep. Could be because his damaged vertebrae has collapsed - or because the tumor is active again (although it’s not his back that’s hurting but his leg, so I’m leaning towards nerve impingement). He...

Triage?! Things are not good (and could get worse?!)

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That's great news!! I hope the downward trend continues

I was hoping for "another clear scan" post... I understand how upsetting this must be (what a roller coaster of emotions..) But on the plus side - the mets (if that's what they are) are still small and in the liver, things have not spread elsewhere, and hopefully this is just a small "...

Woo-ooo! Something positive to start the day

Nothing for stage IV I take it...

We cancelled our trip to California. Things are just too uncertain, and even though DH’s onc said that his immune system has rebounded, we did not want to be spreading the virus around should we catch it. Daughter has found an apartment to sublet, she’ll stay there for now. The only one happy about ...

I'm sorry this is happening Suniva... My husband did Folfiri + Avastin and that seemed to take care of his lung nodules. Like you he's refractory to Oxaliplatin. Folfiri is a good choice for second-line chemo!

Yep I know that but Ben Moon is known for his climbing photography.

Claudine, can you tell me how long of a break he would take or how long the oncologist said was ok? What I would like to do is skip over one infusion so there would be 4 weeks instead of two when/if I get my next infusion. He had 4 weeks between two cycles when we traveled last July, and twice his ...

Hi Vincent,
My husband’s oncologist always said that a break was fine, especially such a short one; my husband took several last year and they never affected the efficacy of the treatment.

Ha ok, thanks Rob! It’s true that the input is very minimal. Regardless, what I found interesting is that the output stated « Of those who don't survive, 39 are likely to die due to their colorectal cancer and 23 due to other causes.«  That surprised me, I'd have expected a much lower value than 23%...

I’m struggling with this calculator - it doesn’t ask about N- or M-score at all. Do we assume this is only for stage I-II disease then?

The drop down menu for tumor stage goes form 1 through 4 - isn’t that equivalent to cancer stage I-IV?

Ha, as a climber I'll definitely check it out, thanks for the suggestion

Hello Vincent33, I remember reading a scientific article that made the point that there was little benefit to doing 6 vs 4 cycles (or 3? I can't remember now). Had we known that Xelox would give my husband permanent neuropathy in his feet, we'd have asked for him to stop after cycle 4 instead of doi...