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by Gaelen
Sat Jul 07, 2012 12:28 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Any update on Gaelen
Replies: 20
Views: 5027

Re: Any update on Galeen

I don't post much and often don't get to read new posts for days. But I've tried to keep up with most people. Noticed Galen hasn't posted in a while...... I'm try to live my life while my mother is trying to force me to eat. Not a winnining situatuaation. ;) BTW not a win-win. :roll: and it's G-a-e...
by Gaelen
Fri Jun 29, 2012 4:35 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Chemo finally getting to the taste buds
Replies: 29
Views: 4950

Re: Chemo finally getting to the taste buds

Love it, Juliej. Toss in some unpeeled plums oe an apple and you'd have a brilliant jam!
by Gaelen
Thu Jun 28, 2012 1:43 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Things to do and NOT do for the sick people in your life
Replies: 26
Views: 4255

Re: Things to do and NOT do for the sick people in your life

Maybe I should hang on to these links, and post them in May and October when the next round of anti-pink comes back up. Amazazing, the similarities! ;)
by Gaelen
Thu Jun 28, 2012 1:22 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Chemo finally getting to the taste buds
Replies: 29
Views: 4950

Re: Chemo finally getting to the taste buds

Wrote you a long post this A.M. BB. But my phone blew it away - eh! Anyway, sounds more like anticipatory nausea to me, which is a true PITA. Mine got so bad on Erbitux that I HAD to learn how to deal with it before it killed me. Good skill to have in have in your pocket. Love pickeled herring; love...
by Gaelen
Thu Jun 28, 2012 6:41 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Bill5107 home and pain free!
Replies: 31
Views: 5142

Re: Bill5107 home and pain free!

Once heard a lecture by someone who dealt with severe psychiatric/emotional/physical abuse patients. HE'S COMPARING ME TO MENTAL PATIENTS AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT? :shock: And I'm both quoting him - and agreeing with him - which hasn't happened since around 2008. A serious rarity. :shock: :roll: On...
by Gaelen
Wed Jun 27, 2012 5:27 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Cause for Concern?
Replies: 20
Views: 3934

Re: Cause for Concern?

Isn't your twin JBinNJ? And didn't she post somewhere early on that she was a smoker? CEA elevates during chemo,even in non-smokers. And you can also google "abbott" to confirm CRguy's reply that abbot isn't a scale, it's a lab.
So, as Fletch points out, not so much a concern.
by Gaelen
Wed Jun 27, 2012 5:11 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Bill5107 home and pain free!
Replies: 31
Views: 5142

Re: Bill5107 home and pain free!

Bill, having just lived through my own most (to date) excruciating trip to interventional rad Monday, PLEASE just freakin' ask, the fat is, there may be a liveable solution out there you just haven't thought of. You don't need to break yourself further! And please don't try to out think your docs on...
by Gaelen
Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:56 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: On Why Published Clinical Trial Data Should be Made Public
Replies: 19
Views: 3277

Re: On Why Published Clinical Trial Data Should be Made Publ

Let's stay on topic. This is not about literally making data 'public'. And it's not about patients. By making public what is meant is that a kind of institutional governance is being discussed, not a two toned brochure for the doctors waiting room. ...So the argument goes that in the absence of an ...
by Gaelen
Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:34 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Told no more Chemo and sent to discuss Pallative care
Replies: 16
Views: 3659

Re: Told no more Chemo and sent to discuss Pallative care

I know that things like what gets covered by the national healthcare system vary by country, and maybe one of our Australian members can step up and speak to this. Basically, stage 4B treatment (mets to multiple organs) is or should be treated as palliative from the beginning. No, your BIL doesn't h...
by Gaelen
Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:55 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: On Why Published Clinical Trial Data Should be Made Public
Replies: 19
Views: 3277

Re: On Why Published Clinical Trial Data Should be Made Publ

Well, I'm not Jeremy, but I can tell you after watching the members of this and several other forums for the last eight years, that in my experience, little/no good comes of providing deep scientific data (raw data) to non-medically-trained patients in any environment where you aren't also prepared ...
by Gaelen
Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:00 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Ever feel like you are surrounded by emotional vampires?
Replies: 7
Views: 1878

Re: Ever feel like you are surrounded by emotional vampires?

After waiting for my boss to come back from vacation so that I can tell him about my diagnosis, I finally went public with my social circle that I have a liver met and that I'll be going in for a resection on the 28th. I find it so weird that there are others out there who would take my diagnosis w...
by Gaelen
Mon Jun 18, 2012 5:39 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Hit-n-run Bill5107 status. . .
Replies: 30
Views: 3902

Re: Hit-n-run Bill5107 status. . .

Hugs and strong thoughts, Bill
by Gaelen
Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:45 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: green tea, turmeric, selenium, and aspirin
Replies: 8
Views: 4169

Re: green tea, turmeric, selenium, and aspirin

Soo, basically, these guys have drawn CRC prevention conclusions for this concoction without ever having tested it long-term in a double-blind controlled clinical trial in humans (animal models aren't the same kind of design.) I'd be very careful, especially while on chemo, about adding ANY suppleme...
by Gaelen
Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:59 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: I ALMOST DIED today...
Replies: 12
Views: 2867

Re: I ALMOST DIED today...

Today, I woke up very early, I had to go get the PT / SCAN of my father, went to the hospital running, and I withdraw the report and tomographic images. I almost died, I saw 3 images hypodense of 2 cm each in the segment VI. He received his last round of chemo the last week of April, less than one ...
by Gaelen
Sat Jun 16, 2012 8:34 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Cancer and Faith?
Replies: 77
Views: 12830

Re: Cancer and Faith?

What do you think of starting a new thread/topic that you could maybe help people struggling with faith, or help in understanding God 's plan in all of this? People that don't believe in God do not have to read it, but those of us who do, might be comforted by your inspiring words. If there is any ...

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