Hi Lori I have had a few treatments in Germany using Hyperthermia where they heat up the body to 41.5degrees Celcius and then administer chemo. The concept is that the chemo is more effective against cancer cells when heat is applied. Also, if enough heat is applied and a fever is achieved over a pe...

Hi All

After 2 cycles of hyperthermia in Germany, it appears that my tumour markers are heading south. Here's hoping!
http://www.coloncancerandyouth.com.au/e ... d-thankyou

cheers
Murray

[quote="very worried husband"]Hi Livelife, Thanks for posting. How is it going? I checked your blog, it sounds interesting. I have a few questions. why you choose Herzog clinin over SPDT in china? Any specific reason? have you seen any one got cured in this clininc? I am sure you would hav...

aussielones wrote:MURRAY!!!!

Hey Bum Buddy! You're on Cc too!

Hope Germany is going well

Ilona

Hey Ilona and cool Bum Buddy chick. Had another round of whole body hyperthermia on Monday plus FOLFIRI. We fly back to Oz tonight. Hope you are smashing it at your end

Hi All Am currently having treatment in Germany at the Dr Herzog Hospital where they focus mainly on hyperthermia with standard protocol chemo. I am having hyperthermia with FOLFIRI. You can check out http://www.coloncancerandyouth.com.au/easyblog/hyperthermia-at-herzog-clinic for more information. ...

I get disk copies of all scans as well including PET scans. The imaging centre is responsible for this and should give you a copy. 10minutes after finishing the PET the centre burnt a copy to CD for me to take home. There are some very cool graphics on it and you can look at 3D images from all angles.

Wow I feel like I'm the only one with a high cea before diagnosis!! Mine was 26 its been below 1.0 ever since!! Does anyone else know what there's was before diagnosis? Just curious!! Mine was 3213 at dx in April 2011. The lowest it got down to was 7.1 in December 2011. It has gone back up to 17.4 ...

Hi All Just out of interest, what is the exact definition of recurrence in your minds? I guess one has to get to a state of NED first. If tumours start to increase in size again after being reduced (but not totally gone), is this recurrence? Or is that classed as still being in initial treatment? Th...

Hi Sue - congrats on reaching that goal and thankyou for posting. It really does give us Stage 4'ers a good boost. What a great result!

wrs wrote: The immune system needs help sometimes so I take Coriolus VPS now. .

Great post WRS. What are the benefits of Coriolus VPS and what does it do?

37, diagnosed this year, fit, healthy, good diet, very active, always have been, no family history. Onc said the tumour has probably been growing for 8 years. Brushed off 4 times from doctors "You are too young for that, probably just a hemorrhoid and maybe minor IBS". My best doctor advic...

Murray can you expand on the use of LDH w CEA and CA 19 pls? Frances, LDH is not specific to or even necessarily related to colon cancer. There has been some studies showing correlations for prognostic information in operable colorectal cancer, however it is not something that is generally used. ht...

Livelife what is CA 19.9 ?? I don't think I have seen this before. CA19.9 is a carbohydrate antigen that can be expressed by carcinomas of the gastro tract. It is probably most commonly found in pancreatic cancers but can be used to monitor cancer activity for CRC. Normal levels are below 37U/ml It...

Hi Everyone I am 8 months along in this game (hmm... weird game really) and still don't have a good handle on weight loss regarding cancer and/or chemo. I was 92kgs (203lbs, 6'4'' tall) and have been for 15years. 3 months before dx I was steadily losing weight. In fact, a few weeks after dx, I botto...

aussielones wrote:Well,

Who wants (um, no one, but anyway) to join The C.E.A Surfing Team?

Hi Ilona

Yep, count me in, I am always up for a bit of surfing! How are your counts doing?

cheers
Murray