Thanks all for responding. I had stage 3c with 5 lymph nodes affected out of 14. Srugery late September and like I said 6th round of chemo. I will push for the CT scan my doc did seem to not think the PET scan was not needed. The clarification of CT and PET makes more sence to me now. Now I had my o...

I was diagnosed with stage 3c and am 31 also, had surgery end of september and started chemo in novemeber. I would do surgery over this chemo crap any day. Lately the cold from the oxciliplatium is killing me, I live in NJ and it's freezing these past couple of weeks. I find that my nose hurts every...

Hi all, I'm on my 6th treatment and gradually i'm having trouble with 5FU, hands are red and swollen and hurt so are my feet. My feet seem to be blistering and my hands just peel. I got bag balm and it helps with the feet but with my hands it's been hard to put it on all the time cause it's so messy...

Thanks for responding ASTEPHENS33!! Did you take Xeloda with Oxilplatin? or can you not take these two together? Did you find it hard keeping track of when to take your pills or did you miss any doses? Is Xeloda better than 5FU or do they do the same for the exception of the side effects? I heard th...

Hi all, Have made a decision to get chemo treatment at a cancer center close to home and just visited with my oncologist today. Will be going on Folfox6 after I get my pet scan and port inserted. I see him in two weeks to let him know if I wanted to go on 5FU or Xeloda, he also is suggesting that i ...

hi skier03 how did your body tolerate the erbitux? i'm very new to all this. just went to my first oncology appointment and all of this is a bit over my head but doc said they are doing a trial for folfox6 + erbitux, told the doc i would get back to him once i did some more research. thanks amy stag...

Went for my first oncology visit today at U of Penn, the doc was great! He said that he could refer me to a oncologist closer to home (which I'll probably do) because he would put me on the standard folfox6 treatment unless I wanted to join the clinical trial they have going on right now at Penn whi...

Going tomorrow for my first oncologist visit, a bit anxious, looking forward to getting this started and over. although from some of the post i've read it doesn't sound that easy! the hardest part so far has been collecting all of my paper work, reports, cat scans, ultra sounds and pathology slides....

Hi Kat and welcome to Colon Talk! If I were you I would go for the colonoscopy and not even question yourself or question what people are going to think of you. From my experience I started to have stomach cramps last September and there was no rhyme or reason to it. I could eat bland foods and it w...

Hi all, Going for my first oncology visit on Wednesday at U of Penn. Not sure if this is where I’ll be getting treatment at I just wanted to hear what this doc had to say. Looking for some helpful advice. I had colon surgery on 9/25/06 pathology report states that I have stage 111c also have to go f...

Thank you both for your helpful responses. How soon after surgery did you start to receive chemo? Did you see on oncologist before surgery, I’ve seen some post where people did receive chemo before surgery? My surgeon said he didn't want to refer me to anyone and get in the way of who my primary car...

Hi all Went for my consultation and my first session at the acupuncturist. I thought it was great. He said that my energy in my body was very low and I don't doubt that because I'm having a hard time relaxing and taking it easy. Seems like during the day I get tired but I'm already on the go (on top...

Hi everyone! Went to see my surgeon last night for a checkup and he said everything looks good and healing well!!! Pathology reports were back and I do have stage 111c and now need to find an oncologist. I'm not even sure where to begin, was hoping that my surgeon would of recommended someone but he...

Thanks! That makes a lot of sence and i would of never thought about it! Also thanks for responding to my post on smoking! I thought the acupuncture would help with that also. I'm just so darn confussed. i've seen info on not eating candy or sugar and i'm thinking how am i ever going to get over smo...

Couple of friends of mine truly believe in acupuncture and have suggested I do it along side of whatever treatment my doc gives. They have said that it balances your body and would help with cleaning out the toxins? I'm willing to do whatever I can to fight this disease! I had surgery last Monday an...