I am Carolyn JB's mom. Just wanted you all to know that my beautiful daughter, 37, (our only child) lost her battle with colon cancer on Tuesday, July 15th after a 19 month battle.She was a courageous fighter and continued searching on the internet for that doctor who might be able to help her. Unfo...

Kelly, I was nervous about starting the erbitux but so far its mostly been white heads on my forehead and nose area - on those areas I use an acne cleanser but only on those areas because the other parts of my face are really dry. The rest of my skin is pretty dry too. All in all it was not as horri...

When I was first diagnosed last year we tried to get into MD Anderson - we started beginning of Feb (and it was my Oncologist here was trying to ge tme in), hadn;t heard from them by the end Feb. they said it would be another week or so, I stared chemo. Then when we called them again to see they sai...

Maggie,

I am so glad to hear the surgery went well - continued prayers for your mom

Carolyn

I have had the cough too since the middle of Feb. I had had 2 treatments of folfuri when it started...with the third treatment I felt like I had a sinus infection, etc which that cleared up but I had that horrible cough for weeks. Everything seemed to hurt and I coughed a ton! I ahve even lost my vo...

funny you should post this because right now I am miserable with a cold??sinus infection? I ahve a horrible rumbly cough, and just nasty stuff coming up. I started the cold last weekend (my daughter has one too and her cough does sound like mine but she doesn;t have the chest congestiona dnhead cong...

Jessica,

Will be saying lots ofprayers for a very successful surgery and an easy recovery for you!!

Carolyn

Thats GREAT! You will definitely enjoy it - I had Nov and Dec off treatment and it was so great to not have to think about dr abppt's scheduling around chemo, etc! You will have fun!!!

Carolyn

Well, my third treatment of folfuri has been delayed due to low white blood counts. My second one was delayed too. This is really beginning to stress me - I started back on chemo in Jan. and have only had 2 treatments due to low blood counts. After the first one the dr. reduced the amount but it see...

I have rectal cancer and when I was diagnosed I had one large liver tumor. there were some nodules in my lungs but they were very tiny and did not light up on a pet scan. I did have a resection of my liver and at my last PET scan it showed the lung nodules had grown and there was now a tumor IN the ...

When I was on folfox my perios quit, but everytime I went off of it for over 3 weeks , I would get it back. I then chemo/radiation adn have not had a period since!

Carolyn

I am so sorry - my thoughts andprayers are with her family and friends

carolyn

Great news! If its working on the colon tumor then it has to be working on the others too, right ???

Carolyn

scott,

its ALWAYS good to hear good news - it really gives me hope!

carolyn

Brady,

I am so sorry to hear the latest But I am very gald you ahve got a plan of action. I will be sending all kinds of positive thoughts and vibes to you

Carolyn