Thank you O Stoma Mia for the "tech support" and for your post. I know that my son has a liver hemangioma--the surgeon took a color photo of it during his resection surgery and showed it to me. Surgeon said there's nothing to do for it; just left it alone. This is why this other spot (or s...

My concern is NOT that my son prefers to go to the next oncology appt alone, nor that he didn't tell me about his CT results until I returned from my trip. I fully support him working and doing whatever he can to keep his life as normal as possible and to control in it what he is able to control, ma...

I'm the original poster. I'm replying because I cannot find where to begin a new topic. I read in FAQ to "click on new topic"...but where is it? I'm writing for some advice/support/help for my 46 yr old son with Stg III colon cancer. He had a CT about 3 weeks ago and told me all was fine. ...

Hello Melissa, My son had a colon resection for Stage IIIA sigmoid colon cancer in January, got a port placed and began FOLFOX Feb. 26. He has not had neuropathy but cold intolerance to food/drink, nausea, a few episodes of vomiting, fatigue. He also had some minor oral sores and an odd feeling in h...

Wonderful news, I'm happy for you! I'm hoping that your CEA is way down as well. You've really done very well.

Thank you Hopeful1; your post renews my hope for my son.
I wish you and your husband continued good health and congratulations on your soon-to-be new addition to the family.

My sincere condolences on the loss of your dear mother. I'm sorry to hear of this and hope that she is at peace.
Be gentle with yourself too during this difficult time.

Hi Mattie/Sue, My son recently had a dye study on his port. It would flush fine but only intermittently work when trying to draw blood from it. The study took about 15 minutes; he was awake for it & watched the pictures on the screen. Basically the port is fine. The reason they can't draw from i...

Hello... My son is 4 cycles into FOLFOX. He experiences the same SE as most of you: cold intolerance, throat tightening, jaw clenching, nausea, insomnia. Zofran & Compazine--compazine works a littel more effectively. Can someone tell me about folic acid and -- is it the 5FU(?)--does the folic ac...

Your son sounds like me though a lot younger. My treatment chemo + radiation, surgery and then Xeloda+Oxaliplatin for six months. I have another two months to go and the chemo makes me feel pretty crappy. But I'm working five+ days a week as well with a lot of other responsibilities. I would guess ...

Thank you Shana. I so appreciate you taking time to write as you fight your own battles. I hope and pray that your upcoming surgery goes well.

As a caregiver and new to this site, I want to thank all the posters for this valuable information, how-tos and links. Very important and so helpful!

Congratulations, that is wonderful news and may it continue. I'm very happy for you. Reading posts like yours gives me renewed hope for my son.

Hi Capri, I was diagnosed at age 44 and had a similar diagnosis to your son. Males are a bit different to us females and tend to just get on with things, my husband is like this anyway. I was paralysed with fear at times and the best thing for me was feeling "normal" and doing "norma...

Thank you very much MKC70.