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by AppleTree
Mon Apr 04, 2016 3:55 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: My Chemo/Radiation notes
Replies: 35
Views: 8023

Re: My Chemo/Radiation notes

Week 4 Today marked the beginning of week 4. As Iong as I watch what I eat and have small portions, I have no runs. Yeah. I am using all my creams. My favorite is moisture barrier cream, as my skin has 1 irritated, slightly raw spot that hurts like crazy if urine gets on it. Fortunately it is small....
by AppleTree
Mon Apr 04, 2016 3:13 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Rant
Replies: 11
Views: 1534

Re: Rant

For years, my son's very best friend was the next door neighbor. The age difference was about 80 years. The year of her death (she was well into her 90's and still played the organ every week at church), she told him point blank that she wouldn't be around forever, but that she had had a good, full ...
by AppleTree
Thu Mar 31, 2016 4:27 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: My Therapy Session
Replies: 86
Views: 12323

Re: My Therapy Session

That is great news that your therapy was so successful in shrinking the tumor away! And now you get to go to a family event in a good frame of mind. I am happy for you.
by AppleTree
Wed Mar 30, 2016 4:35 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: My Chemo/Radiation notes
Replies: 35
Views: 8023

Re: My Chemo/Radiation notes

Week 2.5 Today marks my 1/2 way point. Tomorrow I have appointment with radiology DR and Friday with chemo DR (always involves blood work, I am learning). I am taking all your advice and have my list of things to talk about written down. So far, I feel pretty good, just tired and in need of a daily ...
by AppleTree
Wed Mar 30, 2016 4:13 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Your list. Help needed.
Replies: 41
Views: 5746

Re: Your list. Help needed.

We were out to eat at a special restaurant and I ordered dessert. As it was placed before me, the "well intentioned" person we were with told my 12 year old son that I should not eat any sugar because cancer feeds off sugar, would grow and kill me. Sigh. Poor child. And we don't go out to ...
by AppleTree
Sat Mar 26, 2016 3:45 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: My Chemo/Radiation notes
Replies: 35
Views: 8023

Re: My Chemo/Radiation notes

Week 2 Not a bad week! Wednesday night I had an awful headache combined with nausea. Nausea and headache meds kicked in and I finally fell asleep at 3 am. It could be I was nauseous from my headache, who is to say? Needless to say, I pretty much lazed around a good part of Thursday morning with a re...
by AppleTree
Sat Mar 26, 2016 3:24 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: My Chemo/Radiation notes
Replies: 35
Views: 8023

Re: My Chemo/Radiation notes

Thank you all so much for your continued support and advice! This is a learning process and all your suggestions have been entered into my brain for things I should be doing! I have an appointment next week to talk with DR about the female aspect of therapy. So, week 2 finished and I am going to pos...
by AppleTree
Thu Mar 24, 2016 1:38 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Please help me
Replies: 10
Views: 1893

Re: Please help me

I felt really silly for going to my DR over a tiny bit of blood that I thought was being caused by a hemmeroid. Really, I had only noticed it for about 10 days. Within a week I was diagnosed with rectal cancer and am now getting the needed chemo and radiation, to be followed by surgery. I am so happ...
by AppleTree
Thu Mar 24, 2016 2:55 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: My Chemo/Radiation notes
Replies: 35
Views: 8023

Re: My Chemo/Radiation notes

Kellywin & Ajane...thank you so much for the advice. I started this thread hoping it would help others and you guys have been so nice to read it and offer your own experienced advice, thank you! No - no one told me about anything except to use plenty of hand and foot cream and take the nausea me...
by AppleTree
Wed Mar 23, 2016 4:26 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Just found out
Replies: 48
Views: 8285

Re: Just found out

I am just on my 2nd week (3000 mg Xeloda pills) with radiation 5x a week for 5 weeks). So, I am not a wealth of information. But I can tell you I did a whole lot of worrying about the 1st week over nothing...it went pretty well and I was not struck with instant side effects. 1/2 way into 2nd week an...
by AppleTree
Wed Mar 23, 2016 12:37 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: My Chemo/Radiation notes
Replies: 35
Views: 8023

Re: My Chemo/Radiation notes

Ajane - yes, I am taking Pantoprazol (a PPI) 1x a day in the morning. Thank you for the information... I would rather have more side effects for a short period of time by discontinuing PPI use than to lower my success rate chances. I am going to drop this article off for my DR today. Thank you again.
by AppleTree
Tue Mar 22, 2016 6:04 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: My Chemo/Radiation notes
Replies: 35
Views: 8023

My Chemo/Radiation notes

I know some people who have not started therapy yet are looking for 1st hand accounts of others experiences. Even though I am only just starting my 2nd week, I thought it would be helpful if I posted my experience over the next few weeks. I know I have found it extremely helpful to read these boards...

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