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by hopie
Wed Jan 30, 2019 1:00 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Liver ultrasound tomorrow! Update!!
Replies: 12
Views: 1855

Re: Liver ultrasound tomorrow!

Dear Amy, Good luck with your scan tomorrow and I hope your liver is cooperating! I'm wishing the tiniest things for you. I also want to say that I've been reading your posts and I admire your attitude. And a side note: I was born a month earlier than planned, but I grew up just fine and made it to ...
by hopie
Wed Jan 30, 2019 12:51 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Questions about mom's pathology report & what to do next
Replies: 14
Views: 1996

Re: Questions about mom's pathology report & what to do next

Hello again! I wanted to write back as I'm in a much more positive mode! We loved her oncologist; she was kind, engaging, and right to the point. She ordered more pathology tests for kras, nras, braf, cmet, and something else i cannot read (hir2? mir2?) and mom will have a pet-scan next week. Does a...
by hopie
Mon Jan 28, 2019 3:46 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Its me....Again
Replies: 12
Views: 1732

Re: Its me....Again

Dear Nicole, I'm new around here as a care-giver to my dear mom; she has mets in her liver too. That your liver mets were SO responsive to chemo is AMAZING. 10 to 2 means 80% response! Your body is on your side, it's fighting with you--would it help to think chemo as your arsenal? I won't dare to sa...
by hopie
Sun Jan 27, 2019 12:22 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Questions about mom's pathology report & what to do next
Replies: 14
Views: 1996

Re: Questions about mom's pathology report & what to do next

In your meeting, you can also go over the various reasons why a liver tumor might not be removable right now: https://www.verywellhealth.com/unresectable-tumors-reasons-treatment-2249210 Dear O Stoma Mia, thank you so much for these links too. They were very informative. Unfortunately, my mom seems...
by hopie
Sun Jan 27, 2019 12:16 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Questions about mom's pathology report & what to do next
Replies: 14
Views: 1996

Re: Questions about mom's pathology report & what to do next

stu wrote:Hi ,
With just six cycles of treatment my mum’s scan could hardly detect any cancer .
It is only the beginning of treatment and lots of options available to her .
Take care,
Stu


This gives me so much hope dear Stu! Thank you so much.
by hopie
Sat Jan 26, 2019 9:57 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Questions about mom's pathology report & what to do next
Replies: 14
Views: 1996

Re: Questions about mom's pathology report & what to do next

Dear Stu, Knowing your mom responded so well to chemo makes me really happy. Your messages in an earlier thread had given me a direction too; many thanks. How long does it take to know if chemo is working? I was really just hoping they would just get rid of the things in her liver during her colon s...
by hopie
Sat Jan 26, 2019 3:29 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Questions about mom's pathology report & what to do next
Replies: 14
Views: 1996

Re: Questions about mom's pathology report & what to do next

Dear O Sto Mia, Thank you so much! The pathology template was extremely helpful. The report is in Turkish, I'm trying to translate it myself to hear from people with similar reports. Her surgeon didn't talk to us about it, he just gave me the report and told me to give it to her oncologist. I'm tryi...
by hopie
Fri Jan 25, 2019 7:12 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Questions about mom's pathology report & what to do next
Replies: 14
Views: 1996

Questions about mom's pathology report & what to do next

We just got mom's pathology report. She is diagnosed with colon cancer (01/18) and got a LAP for her sigmoid and left ovary tube. She has 3 mets in her liver, largest one being 2 cms. Also a suspicious nodule in her lungs. (After I have a sense of what is going on, I will add a signature.) We'll mee...
by hopie
Tue Jan 22, 2019 1:33 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: New and in need of hope for mom
Replies: 11
Views: 1584

Re: New and in need of hope for mom

Thank you all so much. We got home today, she took a shower and is resting now. They found another met in her liver during surgery. The largest one was reported as "around 15 mm" in the MRI report, but in the surgery log it says "around 20 mm" in Segment 8. Others are 6 and 8mms,...
by hopie
Sat Jan 19, 2019 12:54 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: New and in need of hope for mom
Replies: 11
Views: 1584

Re: New and in need of hope for mom

Those are very good suggestions! I've been trying to figure out what she'd like and what she'd be interested in, but crafty things don't seem to interest her (which sucks because sewing is my anti-depressant). The only thing she was interested in was learning to play the piano, but with her fingers ...
by hopie
Sat Jan 19, 2019 7:49 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: New and in need of hope for mom
Replies: 11
Views: 1584

Re: New and in need of hope for mom

I don't know if it's my connection or that I'm a new member--I don't see my former post. Sorry if I'm repeating myself: Dear Punky44, thank you both so much. I'm sending good energies your way too. It's very helpful to see similar paths and concerns. I legitimately get mad at people if they are not ...
by hopie
Sat Jan 19, 2019 2:06 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: New and in need of hope for mom
Replies: 11
Views: 1584

Re: New and in need of hope for mom

Punky44, I'm sending my best wishes too. Does your mom work? How do you keep her busy?
by hopie
Fri Jan 18, 2019 5:06 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: New and in need of hope for mom
Replies: 11
Views: 1584

Re: New and in need of hope for mom

Thank you so much LPL, I'm hoping it's nothing too, but every time I tried to be hopeful ("it's diverticulitis," "no distant mets," "lymph nodes might go away," "her liver thing might not be a metastasis; it CANNOT just appear in 3 weeks!", "ok--they'll r...
by hopie
Fri Jan 18, 2019 3:00 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: New and in need of hope for mom
Replies: 11
Views: 1584

New and in need of hope for mom

Hello, (Sorry in advance for potential language problems, not a native English speaker.) Before I start telling mom's story, I want to thank everyone who took the time to share their stories and took care of each other. I have been reading every single thing I can on colon cancer since the day I sta...

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