thank you Valley P-23. wishing you continued peace.

OMG!!!! i have been lurking as the wife of pete305 since 2015 and did not know this thread exists. Gosh i needed all of you caregivers and significant others throughout these years. the helplessness and almost desperation i have felt during the low times is likely paralleled by each of you but i did...

Supposedly going to start chemo again but wonder what’s the point If I can’t get liver surgery because of a lymph node why go through treatments that will only make me feel worse. I’m ready to give up. I don’t know where to turn . that feeling exactly is what motivated my initial post. i hope you t...

wife of pete305 here..... thanks so much for the responses. believe it or not it is helpful to read the other signatures. those sure show "we" are not alone. it's like every time there is bad news or discouraging news or just plain frustration, just read the signatures and know there are o...

thanks, bob. that's encouraging.

anxious for input from others. avastin just added to my 5FU. had allergic reaction to oxaliplatin and irinotecan.

bad topic - anyone ever get tired of the chemos and side effects and medications and waiting for that other shoe to drop? how to keep from getting discouraged?

it hasn't been an easy road, or even a symptom free road, but he's still here. diagnosed and surgery 2015. port that is still being used inserted december 2015!!!!

almost 6 years post colon cancer/re-section with 2 liver ablations since then - and the associated 3 rounds of chemo. Doing well, no current elevated CEA but now have developed a form of fecal incontinence. Like diarrhea, it comes on suddenly and sometimes don't even know it's happening until after ...

wife takes hyoscyamine for non-cancer gastro issues. considers it her lifeline drug as it calms the "caffein jitters" that her IBS gives her. Takes as needed and has used it for about 8 years.

NHMike wrote:You make this decision at every stage of treatment. .......
. They've been right so far.

NHMike, wishing you the best and brightest road to recovery.

Maggie Nell - after the oncologist got involved the surgeon called on a monday (10/23) and set the surgery for wednesday (10/25). pathology confirmed the CC metastasized to the liver. RFA via laparoscopic procedure. i know my question is a sensitive one. i know every step of the way is a new decisio...

by earlier posts my husband discloses his solitary liver met, his recent RFA, and the oncologist recommendation for 6 months of chemo with something other than oxaliplatin, most likely irinotecan. this time it's me writing, the wife. husband has decided that he does not want to do chemo. he actually...

went to oncologist and discussed treatment plan. preferred is folfox for 12 treatment sessions - (6 months) - but since can't tolerate oxaliplatin the plan is to go to irinotocan (sp?) instead. so it will be infusion and then bringing the portable pump home for 2 days just like it was for the initia...

liver met treated via RFA last week, 10/25/17. (my CC history in signature below) now to meet the oncologist. what have some of you experienced as far as treatment recommendations? it would help so much to be informed when we go to the oncologist to know what is out there. almost everything i have r...