Great subject on "chemo brain" I just thought it was me being lazy. I have been depending on spell check and notes for my short term memory, long term seems to be somewhat OK. One of my fellow workers uses the following recording pens for our fast and furious meetings, and I am on a quest ...

Welcome to the forum, this is home for my thoughts, questions and observations. My oncologist thinks highly of this forum and the knowledge gained from it. I kept a diary for the 9 rounds of chemo and really there was no change from chemo to chemo other than side effects moving day to day. My hardes...

Pete, My wonderful wife and I have had so many close friends with cancer. Their advice and this forum made most of my medical choices easy. I turned my attention to the future of my family, and only look back now, wishing no one ever had to subscribe to this forum. The major benefit I attained here ...

Great article, I come from along line of holistic practice followers. Being who I am I followed the the standard approach after watching my mother fall for every holistic quack out there, promising to extend her life. I once asked my doctor if I could meet the rats used in the 1957 study of 5FU. Luc...

I wish to once again thank everyone on this forum for there contributions. It made my peace of mind much easier thur all of the issues I had with chemo. Good news is my scan and blood work came back showing no cancer. Did my last chemo yesterday and that definatly put a smile back on my face. For an...

I am on my 7th treatment and the mouth sores get worse each time, with a sore throat included. It tends to hit me at different times. I take treatments every two weeks and have had the mouth effect become bad for few days any where in that time span. The common cold does not help, I just got over on...

At my work place I have had the opportunity to talk with many of my coworkers female and male about my cancer. It is disturbing that most of the females have breast cancer check ups on a regular basis but have never thought of having a colonoscopy. They think its male thing. Even my wife had never c...

Top 10 Ways to Know You are a Cancer Survivor 10 Your alarm clock goes off at 6 a.m. and you're glad to hear it. 9. Your mother-in-law invites you to lunch and you just say NO. 8. You're back in the family rotation to take out the garbage. 7. When you no longer have an urge to choke the person who s...

I originally posted this comment on AudreyM's "take to the hospital" thread but realized that I would be better off to post it as a new question. So: I'll find out from the surgeon next Friday when my surgery will be (lap. right hemicolectomy, or so I've been told by my GI doc), but I'm p...

First round of chemo today, 5FU/Leucovorin/Oxaliplatin (Folfox 6 modified). I informed the dietitian that I took Vemma liquid vitamin http://www.vemma.com/vemma/supplement-facts.cfm every morning. She suggested that I go to a lower dose vitamin because they dont want the vitamins trying to build me...

Julie, So cool, your post sent chills thru me. I am a star gazer myself and with our typical Louisiana weather the clouds have played havoc on me. First night out of chemo for me and I walked out side and there was “Orion” my favorite constellation. After reading your post it put a smile on my face ...

First round of chemo today, 5FU/Leucovorin/Oxaliplatin (Folfox 6 modified). I informed the dietitian that I took Vemma liquid vitamin http://www.vemma.com/vemma/supplement-facts.cfm every morning. She suggested that I go to a lower dose vitamin because they dont want the vitamins trying to build me ...

First let me say thank you to the people that started this site, thank you to the moderators, and definitely thank you to the people who have shared there stories and post here. The time line went like this. Colonoscopy on Wednesday, met the Oncology Surgeon on Thursday. Made out my will on Friday. ...