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by missjv
Tue Apr 08, 2014 7:04 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Stage IV hope, 5 years NED...
Replies: 28
Views: 4221

Re: Stage IV hope, 5 years NED...

your welcome!!!

missjv
by missjv
Mon Apr 07, 2014 6:07 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Stage IV hope, 5 years NED...
Replies: 28
Views: 4221

Re: Stage IV hope, 5 years NED...

great photo!! i am doing great im staying busy with work i had an adrenal met pop up twice in the past couple years but that has been taken care of and im feeling great i get scanned a couple times a year other then that life is good. i am glad things are going good for you guys. missjv
by missjv
Sat Apr 05, 2014 1:21 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Stage IV hope, 5 years NED...
Replies: 28
Views: 4221

Re: Stage IV hope, 5 years NED...

hey it's missjv i am still here lol!!! 8 years now as of this month and i am doing great!!!

missjv
by missjv
Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:57 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Node involvement. And now?
Replies: 8
Views: 1121

Re: Node involvement. And now?

if you don't go to a major cancer center already then you should go to one and get more opinions i have a friend with lung mets who also had some cancerous lymph nodes. the nodes were in a place hard to get with surgery but he had succesful radiation to them and then had lung mets resected all this ...
by missjv
Fri Feb 21, 2014 10:19 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Chemo has stopped working - update 2/26/14
Replies: 83
Views: 11675

Re: Chemo has stopped working

what about immuneology? ( sorry about spelling) my neighbor down the street is stage 4 breast cancer and she can no longer do chemo as it has all stopped working but she went into a trail of immune stimulating drugs and as of her last scan she still has tumors but they have not grown and nothing new...
by missjv
Tue Feb 04, 2014 12:00 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Who are the longest stage 4 survivor's on here?
Replies: 136
Views: 73433

Re: Who are the longest stage 4 survivor's on here?

in two months i will be 8 years from stage IV diagnosis!! currently ned off treatment and feeling great!!! been through liver, lung and adrenal met!! 7 years since liver resection and hai pump! missjv
by missjv
Tue Feb 04, 2014 6:13 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: xeloda/cimetidine
Replies: 2
Views: 695

Re: xeloda/cimetidine

thank you!!!

missjv
by missjv
Mon Feb 03, 2014 6:52 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: xeloda/cimetidine
Replies: 2
Views: 695

xeloda/cimetidine

i have a friend starting xeloda and she called me today and asked my if i knew anything about taking cimetidine with xeloda. i took xeloda but never did cimetidine with it. is it taken at the same time as xeloda for the same amount of day? or is it continuous? she will be on the 14 days on 7 days of...
by missjv
Sat Dec 21, 2013 7:48 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Anyone on Lisinopril for BP
Replies: 26
Views: 3215

Re: Anyone on Lisinopril for BP

I was on it for years even before cancer and I had that nagging cough. I quit taking bp medicine and drink beet juice four times a week and blood pressure has been normal ever since i started doing that and no more stupid cough. not the greatest tasting stuff in the world but it works on the bp. mis...
by missjv
Sat Dec 14, 2013 4:58 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Switching care to MSKCC...calling all 53rd street gang
Replies: 14
Views: 1807

Re: Switching care to MSKCC...calling all 53rd street gang

It is the different labs that happened to me I had a cea of 0.9 in florida and went to mskcc for my check up and it was 1.8 in a two week time frame I asked doc and she said it is just the different labs no worries and had it redone at home and it was 0.6 two months later so I went back and looked a...
by missjv
Sun Nov 24, 2013 12:08 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: BrownBagger Update
Replies: 24
Views: 2390

Re: BrownBagger Update

yay good for you!! stable is good. you will be peddling that bike for a long long time. your in great hands.

missjv
by missjv
Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:27 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: 5 lung nodes - surgery not an option - does chemo work??
Replies: 16
Views: 2515

Re: 5 lung nodes - surgery not an option - does chemo work??

if the mets are small radiofrequency ablation is a great option. worth checking into.

missjv
by missjv
Tue Oct 15, 2013 8:14 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Stage 4: beating the 5 year mark!
Replies: 6
Views: 1266

Re: Stage 4: beating the 5 year mark!

I have made it 7- 1/2 years since stage 4 diagnosis and I am feeling great. I was told I would never see my child get out of elementary school she is now in high school and driving my car which is more stressful then this damn cancer ever was. I get nervous at scan times but other then that I live m...
by missjv
Sat Sep 14, 2013 2:07 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: My lung thang update
Replies: 26
Views: 2971

Re: My lung thang update

I love your attitude and you are so right!! My philosophy is the longer us stage IV peeps hang around maybe new treatments will come through for us. i have been at this now for 7 1/2 years and I plan on another 7 1/2. i bounce back and forth from ned to not ned back to ned then back to not ned so at...
by missjv
Mon Sep 09, 2013 6:02 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Lung mets, update and new trial on the horizon
Replies: 20
Views: 2509

Re: Lung mets, update and new trial on the horizon

what about radiofrequency ablation for the lungs?

missjv

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