Well, my dear husband, John, passed away 10/5, after his courageous battle with colon cancer. He developed pneumonia and ended up in ICU on ventilator. Anyway, to make a LONG agonizing story short, he ended up in a Hospice and lasted 3 days. I know that everyone is different, but my husband fought t...

It seems my husband is ready for in-home hospice care. I don't know anything about it. Someone said his insurance will pay for it. If insurance doesn't pay for it all, will they make me spend all my savings to pay for this? He's in so much pain now. I know the time is near. I'm so scared. I don't kn...

Just reading this forum, I can see how YOUNG people are who are getting this disease. There must be a reason. Is is what we are eating? I just don't understand.

I am so sorry. My husband has been fighting this horrible disease for about 15 months (the timeframe the doctor gave him when diagnosed). He's gone through all the chemos, keeping a positive attitude through the whole thing. However, nothing has worked. Now the doc says 3-6 months (I think it's more...

Sometimes I worry about things that should be simple. I have two questions: My husband will be seeing a radiology onconlogist to discuss radiation on a mass that is pressing on a nerve causing his leg to go numb. Is radiation usually done on an everyday basis and a certain length of time? My husband...

:?: My husband has been having total foot numbness in his right foot. I'm going to buy him a cane so he can walk. The onc called and said the CT Scan indicated that a mass has caused a compression fracture in his vertibrae which is the cause. We are going to see a radiology oncologist this Monday wh...

Well, we visited the oncologist today and since no treatments have been effective for my husband, his prognosis is 3-6 months. Before the doctor came into the room I was already crying because I knew my husband was going to ask the question. John asked me to be strong for him. I went into the restro...

My husband will be taking Xeloda pills -- 4 pills twice a day (8 per day) for two weeks then one week off, etc., etc. He wrote us the prescription for 224 pills which will cover the first round (2 weeks on 1 week off) and the second round (same). Now I know that 212 pills (8 pills a day) is a lot; h...

Well it's finally time to justify all the bucket of tears I've cried. My husband has been on all meds, we consulted with specialists, and nothing has worked. His cancer is continuing to spread. Today, the onc said he was putting him on Xeloda pills which he really doesn't expect to work, but "I...

When my husband was diagnosed I almost fell to the ground. He seemed to take it better than I did. He just said he would "beat this thing." He had two resection surgeries and then went on chemo. At first the chemo produced side effects that only lasted 3 days and then he was fine for the r...

My husband's had pain in his side which has gotten worse over the last few months so the onc scheduled a CT scan today. Depending on the CT Scan results he said that there would be no use in keeping up his current chemo regimen if it wasn't working (tumors were growing or multiplying). I asked what ...

My husband suffers from a genetic condition called Gilbert's Syndrome (pronounced JillBear's). It affects the way your liver processes bile and all his life his liver functions have flucuated high to low. We never knew why (but the oncologist did). This will alter any liver function tests (not a goo...

For my husband it's been the fatigue after each type of chemo. We always worry because his blood counts are so low he either has to skip chemo for that week or they give him those neuprogin(sp?) shots. That's always a difficult time waiting to see what his CBC numbers are. But to ME (and to him) the...

My husband (Stage IV) has had a total of 24 chemo treatments (every other week). Of course the whole week after chemo he feels like TOTAL CRAP and the week in between he's so fatigued and depressed. He goes to the oncologist tomorrow for his bi-weekly chemo treatment and wants to ask him if he can t...

Does this mean that the drug isn't effective on all cancers, like colon?