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by azahar
Mon Dec 08, 2014 5:08 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Post-chemo weight gain
Replies: 6
Views: 1122

Re: Post-chemo weight gain

Wow, I also had an anaphlactic shock response to my next-to-last oxaliplatin infusion - so I didn't end up doing the last one. Yes, drugs and all that played havoc with my thyroid and I put on weight, have struggled to get it off again. Though if I'm honest, I haven't struggled that much, just mostl...
by azahar
Mon Dec 08, 2014 4:05 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Calling all stage 4 survivors
Replies: 19
Views: 3898

Re: Calling all stage 4 survivors

HI everyone! I have just "passed" my 5 years following last chemo in 2009 (was dx'd in 2008). To answer your questions... Could those of you who have made it past the 5 years tell us what your oncologist thinks of your survival. To be honest, I don't think they even know why I'm still here...
by azahar
Wed Apr 23, 2014 4:09 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Me again! Me still...
Replies: 8
Views: 1455

Me again! Me still...

Hi everybody. It's been a while since I've stopped by. I suppose because since my last chemo finished in July 2009 I've been having ridiculously good luck with each PET scan being clear (so far so good!). So what could I say to you all? How could I be of any help? What good would it do if I just sho...
by azahar
Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:50 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Gaelen is no longer suffering
Replies: 116
Views: 12638

Re: Gaelen is no longer suffering

I met Pat here on this forum in August 2008, just after being diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer, when all this was new to me and I was scared and looking for help and information. Pat had been diagnosed four years before me. She became my sister, my friend, my hero. I love her with all my heart a...
by azahar
Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:01 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: 5 years ago today!!
Replies: 29
Views: 3914

Re: 5 years ago today!!

Wonderful happy news!
by azahar
Wed May 11, 2011 6:17 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Woohoo! I got a room early!!!
Replies: 16
Views: 2197

Re: Woohoo! I got a room early!!!

*swinging chickens*

Also thinking of you and wishing you well...
by azahar
Tue May 10, 2011 5:20 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Scan results:(
Replies: 64
Views: 6014

Re: Scan results:(

When will you find out about treatment options? Let us know, okay?

Thinking of you.
by azahar
Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:30 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Do you ever forget your port is there?
Replies: 18
Views: 2148

Re: Do you ever forget your port is there?

Have to say that the position of my port (pretty much smack dab between "the girls") was a bit of a stupid place for it. The surgeon said it was so I could still wear low cut tops. Duh. Anyhow, for ages I thought lying on my side and squashing the port between my boobs would somehow damage...
by azahar
Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:08 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Can anyone eat popcorn?
Replies: 23
Views: 5248

Re: Can anyone eat popcorn?

I eat popcorn ALL the time. Recently found some organic microwave stuff with Himalayan salt...
by azahar
Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:03 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Update on just a bunch of little things
Replies: 33
Views: 3362

Re: Update on just a bunch of little things

What an ordeal! But so many good things too.

Really hoping for the best.
by azahar
Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:57 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Do you ever forget your port is there?
Replies: 18
Views: 2148

Re: Do you ever forget your port is there?

It's been almost two years and I don't notice it at all anymore. Can't remember when that happened, but after a week - like you - I was still pretty uncomfortable, though I think some of that was psychological. It'll get better.
by azahar
Thu Dec 30, 2010 5:09 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: New Year's resolutions
Replies: 22
Views: 2375

Re: New Year's resolutions

This is turning into a great "No Resolutions" thread, jmarie. :) I shall join you and others in admitting that I've been crap at giving up things I know aren't good for me, and not doing enough of what I know would be good for me. Weirdly, I quit smoking a month or so before I had the emer...
by azahar
Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:05 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Rudolf the Stage IV Reindeer
Replies: 13
Views: 1800

Re: Rudolf the Stage IV Reindeer

Haha, my wonder-twin! That really made my day.

Funny, just this morning I saw this and thought of us...


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Happy Holidays and All the Best in 2011.
by azahar
Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:00 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: A fun quiz for patients: What kind of doc would you be?
Replies: 17
Views: 1832

Re: A fun quiz for patients: What kind of doc would you be?

I'd be a practical doctor, like Gaelen. Not surprisingly. You Would Be a Practical Doctor You're the kind of person who's concerned with facts and figures. As a doctor, you would be up on the latest research and take detailed notes about your patients. You would be just as concerned with keeping you...
by azahar
Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:17 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Buying a new car
Replies: 16
Views: 1958

Re: Buying a new car

You mean one of these...?

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Looks nice, Terry!

I think I'm getting a third cat. :)

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