Pat, It is difficult to express how important a voice like yours is to a forum such as this one. There have been so many threads here where I did not respond, not because I had nothing to say, but because you had already said it, and so much better than I ever could. You have been a grounding influe...

SoConfused wrote:Thank you ... wondering how long it will take FDA to review/approve. This would certainly be a nice addition to mCRC's arsenal of drugs.

Six months if it was on the rush list, I think 10 months if not. Six months from October would be April.

According to this statement from Sanofi, it was submitted in October of 2011:

http://www.sanofi.us/l/us/en/download.jsp?file=D4812F91-BCF3-48D7-AFC4-E326AB695EED.pdf

From what I can see searching Google they have just started presenting to govt agencies. I didn't find anything on the FDA, but I would guess that it was submitted recently, or is about to be submitted.

Ok, so I know we are all not oncologists on here but I just went through some scary stuff with treatment number 2 and need some opinions: This was my first folfox regimin with Avastin added in and the night of infusion I started getting a fever 101. Per my other post, I don't think this was specifi...

My ONC and I are always debating this issue. He admitted Avastin doesn't stop the cancer cells from dividing, but does cut off the blood to the tumor. This is correct. In many countries with state funded healthcare Avastin as an adjuvant drug is no longer funded, as there does not seem to be any si...

Thanks for being an advocate! I had the nephrostomy done twice in January, replaced since with a stent. The bad news on the stents is they have to be replaced every 6 months. Kind of a pain having the bag, while the other kidney is working as nature desires and emptying into the bladder. I know I wa...

@Ashlee: Thanks. Sorry I did not return your last email, but I really was in the dumps and not responding to anyone. @Laurettas: Julie (the nurse) means well, but she is a dangerous ditz. There have been issues with the whole home IV company, so on Monday I am going to call and try to speak to the o...

Just a note about how great my doctors have been. Every day I have been in the hospital my regular doctor (Benner) and my oncologist (Nagasawa) have come by the room. When I am home, they call and check up on me. The week before last Nagasawa called me on a Friday to tell me he was taking five days ...

Yep, I went back on Sunday. On Tuesday night/Wednesday morning I had a little pukefest, so at a reasonable hour Kathy called the home health nurse (Julie) to tell her that I would be putting off that days chemo treatment. Good thing we called. No one at the home IV service had told Julie, so even th...

Hollister offers filtered bags. I use the closed end, with the filter, and it does a very good job at preventing ballooning as well as filtering any odor. I used to fly quite a bit, and the thought of burping my bag in the confines of that cabin :shock: was just too much for me (that, and I don't wa...

...I am really beginning to think that may have a lot to do with many of our illnesses. They may come from a deficiency of micronutrients that we aren't even aware of. I had never heard of this substance in meat before reading this article. And, if this article is right, the new push to refrain fro...

On sale for $4k! Hurry, only three left!

http://www.amazon.com/KOHLER-K-3900-0-Comfort-One-Piece-Elongated/dp/B005E3NO3S

If I still used the damn things I might have bought two! (not)

- When caught and removed as a polyp...CRC is preventable, treatable and curable. Nailed it. I am also of the club that did it right, but it turned out wrong anyway. Colonoscopy at age 49 years 11 months, all clear. At 52 years 2 months I was dx'd stage IV. So much for 5 to 10 years between tests.....

Buckwirth, Sorry but that's not necessarily true. For example, a T4 tumor in a woman with rectal cancer can be attached to the vagina - not the same organ as the primary, but....depending on the doc, is NOT necessarily considered a stage IV. In her situation, with the tumor being quite extensive in...