Hey Rick! I'm happy to see your post and see that you are doing well, and stable with the peritoneal mets-I know that is a hard area to treat. You are one tough guy. :) I hope you have a wonderful time in upstate NY-sounds fun!! Enjoy that time with friends and family. The car show sounds awesome. M...
I wish you the best Jennifer! You can do it!! :D Pretty cool about the filming of it! Awesome. I had HIPEC in December, and it is true....my WBC count went down and would've been released on the 7th day (Christmas), except for the low count....so I left the next day. And also, my hair did really thi...
Thank you both for your quick responses. I wish they'd told me beforehand,,,but they just give me a print out of their instructions. I know I'm not to drink 2 hours prior to exam-that just seems so close. I'm used to waking up and not being allowed to drink anything at all. But I'll try this out. We...
I am having a colonoscopy tomorrow (yay) :D …and instructions are to do ¾ of the solution the night before (tonight) and the rest of the ¼ tomorrow morning (day of). I’ve never had to split it up, and just wondering how this is ok-when there is anesthesia involved and I’m drinking fluids a few hours...
I used to eat animal crackers half an hour before taking the pills. Nothing big. Just something small should be fine. And I took a zofran as well-to be safe. But I never got nauseated by the xeloda.
Congrats Ski!!! I am so happy for you, and always look forward to seeing your posts as well as responses to others. You are a special guy-and so thankful to have met you and I raise a toast to you! Keep going strong!
Hi Ray! I'm sorry you're having to go through this now-but it's good they are doing something about it. I had 5 weeks radiation and xeloda-every day-mon through fri. This was done prior to my HIPEC....not sure if that will effect the way you feel-it's possible. And my radiation was focused on the co...
Hi Ray-I totally understand this and feel the same right now...especially since I'm dealing with recurrence now. What you feel is normal and hope you feel better in the coming days. Just focus on healing and family now. You take care of yourself.
Scott-I needed to hear good news like this! I'm facing another recurrence with surgery and chemo ahead and it's good to see after all you went through you are NED!! really...thanks for sharing