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by MDK
Tue Jun 26, 2018 1:07 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: The Miseries - But 'Hey I have it pretty good...'
Replies: 35
Views: 9731

Re: The Miseries - But 'Hey I have it pretty good...'

Dear Steve - I am far down the road in my cancer journey and have been thru so much. I believe I was 56 also when I was diagnosed (maybe 55? - how can you forget something like that - maybe I should read my own signature). I have never really gotten over the shock - when I take a shower and look dow...
by MDK
Wed Jun 20, 2018 4:17 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: What should I expect for port placement???
Replies: 26
Views: 6527

Re: What should I expect for port placement???

I held out on port placement until Folfox destroyed my veins. Everyone told me what a piece of cake it would be to have a port. Within two months my port failed - my skin began to recede and I could see the port. Removed - now I am being encouraged to have another one placed. Another horrid scar. Th...
by MDK
Thu May 18, 2017 11:37 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Went to see the surgeon today
Replies: 18
Views: 4888

Re: Went to see the surgeon today

So happy Beans!! Miracles happen every day honey - we must not forget this!!

When Larry leaves I believe we should have a huge party!!!!!! With cake, ice cream, balloons and champagne!

Marianne
by MDK
Fri Apr 07, 2017 10:02 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Hope for lifers: Shrinkage on xeloda and avastin
Replies: 3
Views: 1483

Re: Hope for lifers: Shrinkage on xeloda and avastin

Thanks for posting KT - more and more I am looking like a lifer - well for the moment. I have been on Xeloda and Avastin for 7 months and it has shrunk the tumor in my liver and the nodes (tiny ones in my lungs - too small to tell really). I feel very hopeless at times and it helps to know that ther...
by MDK
Thu Apr 06, 2017 6:36 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Haven't been on in a while, but more good news!
Replies: 27
Views: 5468

Re: Haven't been on in a while, but more good news!

Wonderful Beans!!

I am all about kicking Larry to the curb.

Fight on baby girl!

Marianne
by MDK
Fri Mar 17, 2017 4:46 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Just a lifer whining about being a lifer
Replies: 8
Views: 3031

Re: Just a lifer whining about being a lifer

Thank you so much for this post. I, too, am most probably a lifer. I am four days from the end of my treatment and am just now feeling better. Tuesday of next week it starts over again. It is very hard to explain these feelings to anyone who has never had this vicious disease - how much you want to ...
by MDK
Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:55 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Finally some good news!
Replies: 37
Views: 7701

Re: Finally some good news!

Wonderful babe!!!!

Forward!

Marianne
by MDK
Fri Feb 10, 2017 5:31 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Good news for once!!!
Replies: 76
Views: 13243

Re: Good news for once!!!

Congratulations honey!!! This is wonderful news for you, for all of us.

You keep those gloves on - so many times on my bad days I think of you and that wonderful spirit of yours!!!!

Marianne
by MDK
Wed Jan 04, 2017 2:10 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: New here, coming out finally
Replies: 13
Views: 2652

Re: New here, coming out finally

Welcome Tishanne. We have a similar story - diagnosed in November 2015 will a low rectal tumor. Referred to a colorectal surgeon - I was given the choice of a local excision or APR. My surgeon thought - after all the scans, pre-surgery radiation/chemo I could do either. Of course I chose the local e...
by MDK
Wed Jan 04, 2017 1:52 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Again ... How Do We Go On?
Replies: 8
Views: 1682

Again ... How Do We Go On?

Somewhere in my past posts I asked how do you go on? It was right after my oncologist told me that I was currently incurable! This would have been last September when - after my surgery, they found no lymph nodes that contained cancer cells and all was wonderful - but then then my oncologist did my ...
by MDK
Wed Jan 04, 2017 1:29 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Bad news yesterday
Replies: 140
Views: 20744

Re: Bad news yesterday

Dear, sweet Beans - don't you dare put down the gloves! You are such a hopeful gift given to all of us here. There are times I think we all feel like giving up - the uncertainty is excruciating. Is it only when we have a deadly disease that we realize that everyone has that uncertainty, healthy peop...
by MDK
Sat Dec 31, 2016 5:26 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: To all, old and new
Replies: 27
Views: 6129

Re: To all, old and new

I read the board a lot but rarely post. Most of us, I would guess, live a life that, in the larger scheme of things, very few can relate to. Our days are not "normal". We have a cloud hanging over our heads very few understand. My thoughts daily run the gambit and end with the thought, I D...
by MDK
Thu Dec 22, 2016 8:31 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: All feels so surreal (mixed emotions)
Replies: 7
Views: 1683

Re: All feels so surreal (mixed emotions)

Yes, yes - a year in and this been the worst year of my life. I am still alive, my body has been altered in ways I can't believe.

I try to be positive and move forward. Not so much right now.

Peace for all of us is my wish.

Marianne
by MDK
Fri Dec 16, 2016 8:44 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: H is for Hawk
Replies: 31
Views: 5592

Re: H is for Hawk

So very sorry,

Marianne
by MDK
Wed Oct 05, 2016 7:46 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: No more vectibix for me!
Replies: 32
Views: 3246

Re: No more vectibix for me!

Hang tough Beans Mommy - we all have to!

Praying for you girl!

Marianne

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