We just filed for my mom to get disability. She had accumulated 13 weeks of vacation and sick days and a friend had given her two weeks of her vacation time so mom will be getting a check from work for awhile. I called Social Security and asked if we needed to wait until her pay ended and they said ...

The appointment with the oncologist went so much better than the surgeons. He is going to do chemo, Irinitecan with fluorouracil and folic acid, and Avastin. She will have this 3 days in a row every two weeks for 6 treatments. He doesnt want her to have the bowel resection done right now. He explain...

My mom is 61, she will be 62 in Dec. She has med controlled high blood pressure, arthritis and thats it. She worked the night before her diagnosis, she has lost weight in the past few weeks and is a little under weight right now. She doesnt smoke, drink and she did get excercise walking. She has sta...

Mom had her colonoscopy biopsy on the mass in her colon Tuesday. The surgeon also removed 2 polyps. Afterwards he told us he wanted her to see an oncologist this Friday to see if the cancer was treatable. He said if they were she would have a bowel resection this coming Tuesday. He said if it wasnt ...

I just finished reading all of your stories and it is helping me to get through all the feelings rushing through my head. My mom is the primary breadwinner in my parents house. She gets 12 weeks FMLA even though she has saved up 13 weeks of vacation time and sick time. She saved this time because my...

Thank you I finally got to see a copy of moms radiology report today. It states there is a 3.5 cm mass at the junction of the descending colon and sigmoid colon. Its not where the small meets the large intestine like I was told. Does this make a difference in terms of how it can be treated?

Thank you. Mom was feeling pretty good yesterday she had taken Colace and was able to have some relief. She has not been able to eat much she mostly drinks buttermilk she says it is the only thing that doesnt make her hurt. But last night she ate solid food. This afternoon she started feeling really...