I’m part of the AstraZeneca vaccine trial. I asked my oncologist at MSK if there was any problem with this and he said no, and gave me the go ahead. Had the first shot, had some mild side effects the first 24 hours and that was it. Will be going for the second shot next week. Hopefully I got the vac...

I’ve been on and off this board for 10 years, and it has been very helpful and comforting to share our journeys, but this thread contains some of the worst comments I’ve ever seen. To question the integrity of Dr. Fauci and the racist China virus comment?! Ignorance and stupidity in full display.

I had the old school Codman pump, made no noise. I believe the later Medtronic has more gears and things. As long as it’s pumping the chemo you should be good!

Congrats! Your journey gave me hope 10 years ago and still does, keep posting it!

Hi JC, pretty much this was my approach: In my research there are only three things readily available that have shown to be effective in keeping from recurring. VITAMIN D, ASPIRIN and PHYSICAL EXERCISE. This can be checked by doing a PUBMED or google scholar database search. Vitamin D blood levels h...

Do not feel guilty if you tell her not to come. You need to do YOU at this time in your life. My experience was that I did not want ANYONE around me during, treatments or after surgeries. It helped me and them in my opinion.

Please look at Jack&Katies mommy’s post above. Keytruda might be a life-saving option for your case! I would DEMAND my oncologist look into it: “The FDA has approved the immunotherapy Keytruda for solid tumors with a tumor mutation burden of 10 or greater. This means that CRC patients with MSS t...

Fantastic!! Congratulations!

This is why I refused to let my significant other or family get too involved in my treatment, I felt that as the person undergoing the rigors of cancer I was not going to dump on them more than they already have to deal with. I did my own research, found the medical facility and treatment that I wan...

Sounds like it's time to go straight to MSK and find out what the hell is going on. Far from an expert here, but I had the impression that the pump with FUDR is supposed to work in tandem with systemic chemo, and for some reason your H was left off of systemic chemo for months, and his HAI pump has...

Think hard about removing the pump at this point, remember once it’s out it CAN NOT BE PUT BACK AGAIN, ever.

Darn! Sorry to hear this, sounds like the team at OSU weren't up to speed. Any chance you two can go to MSK to address these issues? I'm sure they'll know what to do fast.

Try not too be too stressed about this. Seems that no one knows yet exactly what is causing the CEA rise. It’s possible that it’s temporary and not cancer related. I would concentrate on recovery, stress relief and healthy eating. Do the PET scan, take it from there. it’s a bit early to panic in my ...

I feel your pain, be strong. Are you been seen at a well regarded cancer hospital? If not try to find one. There are various treatments and therapies that your local clinic or oncologist does not have access to. Don’t give up hope.

Peace
Al

Just pointing out that anal cancer is different from colorectal cancer. Anal cancer is of different cellular origin, cause and treatment, and more fatal