ONCOLOGIST REALLY SHOCKED ME WHEN HE SAID NO MORE COLONSCOPIES.

I ONLY HAVE A LEFT COLON WHICH SHOWS ABOUT 10 BENIGN POLYPS EACH YEAR. HE SAID U ALREADY HAVE COLON CANCER AND ARE BEING TREATED FOR LIVER METS SO WHY DO IN, PREP, CUT THEM OUT AND CAUSE YOU GRIEF.

DO ANY OF YOU UNDERSTAND THIS?????

:D HELLO FOLKS. FINISHED CHEMO, NO MORE HIVES. BLOOD TESTS GOOD, SUGAR LEVELS GOOD. HERE'S THE SKIVY ON WHERE I AM. ONCOLOGIST EXPECTS CAT SCAN TO BE MY BEST. HOPES FOR CEA TO GO DOWN INSTEAD OF UP. IF CEA CONTINUES TO GO UP WE WILL CHANGE CHEMO TO PROBABLY FOLFIRI. THIS IS STANDARD FOR NON-CURATIVE...

MY ONCOLOGIST IS CONCERNED THAT AFTER BEING OFF FOLFOX FOR 3 WEEKS MY TUMORS HAVE BECOME CHEMO RESISTANT???? WHY DO U ALLOW ME OFF CHEMO SIR???? NOW I MUST ENDURE A CAT SCAN, AS HE CALLS IT A SNAPSHOT TO SEE IF THIS IS INDEED TRUE, THEN HE MUST CHANGE THE FORMULA AGAIN, AGAIN HE REPEATED YOU ARE NOT...

THANKS FOR THE ADVICE, WHO KNOWS, MAYBE THE HIVES MADE IT GO UP,TODAY I HAD A BLOOD SUGAR OF 98, WOW NOT BAD FROM OVER 400. INJECTING INSULIN AND CUTTING OUT ALL SUGAR FROM DIET. WOW...

WENT ON VACATION FOR 3 WEEKS, NO CHEMO. ENJOYED VACATION BUT WAS LIMITED TO BEING CARRIED ALL AROUND DUE TO FATIGUE, WORSE FATIGUE I HAVE EVER SUFFERED. CAME HOME WENT FOR CHEMO AND BROKE OUT IN FULL BODY HIVES AND BLOTCHES, ALMOST RIPPED MY SKIN OFF OF MY BODY. LIVING HELL. ONCOLOGIST TOOK ONE LOOK...

WE LEAVE FOR LURAY, VIRGINIA THIS MORNING. A SLIGHT RAIN FORECAST FOR TODAY AND WEDS FOLLOWED BY SUN UNTIL SUNDAY IS NOT SO BAD. BRINGING THE KITCHEN SINK WITH US TO COOK PREPARED DINNERS IN ROOM, BOTTLE OF PINOIT GRENACHE TO GO ALONG WITH CLUB SODA AND LIME FOR A SMALL BUZZ, BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF THE C...

EGADS, I THOUGHT I NEVER WOULD BREAK OUT OF IT, TWELVES DAYS OF FATIGUE, NEUROPATHY, LOOSE STOOLS, FRIGGED UP TONGUE, YADA, YADA AND YADA. WELL TODAY I CLEANED MY CLOSET, EMPTIED A TON OF GARBAGE, SPOT VACUUMED JUNK FROM THE CAT, GAVE THANKS TO GOD FOR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DAY IN VIRGINIA HISTORY, CAL...

JUST FINISHED MY 19TH FOLFOX, ON IT FOR REST OF LIFE. RESULTS: REDUCED LIVER LESIONS 50% ON FIVE. 7 STOOD THE SAME RIGHT HEMICOLECTOMY PATENT AND CLEAR NO MORE GROWTH CEA WENT FROM 550 TO 10 INCRESED LIFE EXPECTANCY BY MORE THAN SIX MONTHS YES, I HAVE ALL THE SIDE EFFECTS, THEY START AFTER PUMP IS R...

ASKED DR. KRYSTAL IF TAKING FOLFOX AND AVASTIN INCREASED AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY: ANSWER: WE STARTED OUT AT 24 MOS, NOW 30.. ASKED HIM IF I STOPPED NOW HOW SOON WOULD I EXPIRE? ANSWER: HE IS NOT GOD, DOES NOT KNOW, MIRACLES DO HAPPEN. IF FOLFOX STARTS TO DESTROY MY FUNCTIONALITY, WE KEEP SWITCHING P...

I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING CANCER FOR 4 YEARS PLUS RECEIVING 15 DRUGS A DAY FOR 10 CHRONICS. HAVE HAD 1 YEAR OF ZELODA AND NOW ALMOST A YEAR OF FOLFOX. FIGURED OUT MY EXPENSES IF I HAD TO PAY WOULD BE OVER 3 MILLION. THANK GOD I AM POOR AND QUALIFY FOR FREE CARE AT VET. OH BY THE WAY, I USED TO WEIGH ALMO...

I HAVE BEEN GIVEN 3 WEEKS OFF FROM CHEMO (FOLFOX) AFTER THE 28TH. HOWEVER, AFTER FINISHING MY 18TH TREATMENT (UGH) I DEVELOPED THE WORST NUEROPATHY, COLD DRINK EFFECTS, FEET KILLING ME AND SPLITTING SKIN, ANAL AND PRIVATE PART PROBLEMS, COMASTOSE LIKE FRANKENSTEIN (LOL) WOW. ONLY GOOD NEWS IS THAT T...

:P BEEN FIGHTING 3 PRIMARY CANCERS: BREAST, THYROID, COLON AND NOW METASTIC LIVER CANCER. BEEN TOLD WILL HAVE TO KEEP TAKING FOLFOX UNTIL IT DOESNT WORK ANY LONGER OR UNTIL I PASS ON. DR. WILL HONOR MY VACATION WISHES FROM TIME TO TIME WITH ANYWHERES FROM 1-4 WEEK VACATION TIMES FOLLOWED BY CEA TEST...

:? WORKED THE PHONES LAST WEEK WHEN LEFT ALONE WITH NO HELP. WORKED THEM HARD RESULTS BELOW: MEALS ON WHEELS TRANSPORTATION ON CHEMO DAY AND TAKE BACK PUMP DAY - SAFE LANDINGS BON SECUORS HOSPITAL MISSION. AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY ROAD TO RECOVER FOR TRANSPORATION HOUSECLEANING SERVICES BY 3 SISTERS ...

HAD CHEMO YESTERDAY.... CAME HOME WITH PETUNIA. THIS A.M. SHE BLOWS A GASKET AND BEEPS AN ALARM SAYING PUMP IS DAMAGED, FREE FLOW TO BEGIN, SQUEEZE PLASTIC LINE CLOSED, PULL BATTERY. SO IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO BE HEAVILY FATIGUED. OFF I GO AT 7 A.M. TO V.A. HOSPITAL AND THE NURSES REPLACED IT FINALLY A...

IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE IN COLON LAND THAT HAS BEEN TOLD BY THEIR ONCO THAT THEY WILL BE ON CHEMO MAINTENANCE FOREVER????? I HAVE, WITH VACATIONS OFF THE CHEMO FROM ONE TO FOUR WEEKS....... AT FIRST I HAD AN AVERAGE OF 2 YEARS, BUT NOW THEY SAY MAYBE 3 TO 4?????? I WISH THE FATIGUE AND NEUROPATHY...