Thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers and your kind words!!

My mom had her scan last Wednesday and it showed a 60% reduction in her largest tumor!

Hey there. I haven't posted much here but I've been reading the forum for a few months. It's been extremely helpful at times, heartbreaking at times and unbelievably inspiring at times. You all seem like such wonderful people and I can't begin to imagine what you're going through. I don't have cance...

Anybody have any experience with pale stools... sort of a tan/yellow color? My mom had a fever for about 7 days with bloating and sharp pains in her abdomen. This went away and, for the next 6 days, she's had very light colored bowel movements. She mentioned it to her doctor and he didn't know what ...

Yes, thanks so much for posting this, ASTEPHENS33! I wasn't aware of this broadcast until I read about it here. I called in and it was very informative.

I don't know anything about "tubular adnoma", so I can't offer any helpful information. But I can tell you this... A couple years ago, I had bloody stools (at 31 years of age) and I can completely relate to how freaked out you are. It's a very scary thing. In my case, it turned out to be Crohn's dis...

You're absolutely right about how unfortunate it is that people seem to have to "pick" a cancer to rally behind. When my mom's lung mets first appeared, the doctors thought it was a lung cancer unrelated to her previously resected colon cancer. At the time, it really struck me how sad it was that a ...

more info on this (from another website)... Laryngeal spasm - Rarely the area around the voice box (larynx) can be affected by oxaliplatin, resulting in a sensation of difficulty swallowing and severe breathing problems . This can be very frightening but should only be a temporary side effect. This ...

This may be a naive suggestion but I figured it couldn't hurt to at least mention it... Have you been eating or drinking anything cold? My mom's on Oxaliplatin as well and they told her that if she eats or drinks anything cold, she may get spasms (or an inflammation?) in her throat that make her fee...

...Advanced colorectal cancer is rapidly evolving from an acute terminal illness into a chronic and manageable condition... I liked this line so much, I just wanted to re-post it for extra emphasis. I've heard this from a lot of sources, that Stage IV CRC is rapidly evolving into a "chronic and man...