BeansMama, but actually I had a question: would CT scans also be able to detect any cancer or not? In the colon etc? A CT scan can show inflammation in the colon, but that can be a sign of other diseases. You wont get a diagnosis of cancer without a biopsy of the tissue, for that you will need a co...

BeansMama, but actually I had a question: would CT scans also be able to detect any cancer or not? In the colon etc? A CT scan can show inflammation in the colon, but that can be a sign of other diseases. You wont get a diagnosis of cancer without a biopsy of the tissue, for that you will need a co...

It all sounds, so painful. It is hard to think and understand how much suffering one can endure. Your husband was very brave, and so are you.

praying for Ron.

Yelin wrote::D ：D I have finished all 12 cycles and my blood test shows cea =1， CT reports shows all clear.. does thus mean I have done the first part???? Cancer battle is a long trip

Congratulations, you have finshed a part of it. Stay healthy.

Congratulations, thats wonderful news and glad you are moving forward with your life.

Hi, mine was diagnosed as SRC as well when i went to MSKCC , it was shocking and horrible news in addition to everything else. I was told there that for stage 3 the treatment was the same as for other CC - 12 rounds of FOLFOX, the onc did recommend monitoring with MRIs in addition to the standard CT...

congratulations

Hi Tnguyen, I am glad they found your mom's UTI and that she is responding to treatment. Taking oxycodone for a week is not sufficient to develop a dependency on it, although everyone is different - but this is still not likely. I took oxycodone for about a week or a little more and had no trouble s...

you are in my prayers too.

So sorry. I will be praying.

Sounds like you are in good hands. I didn't have a laparoscopic procedure, my surgery was open. The walking stimulates your colon and wakes it back up, it gets you out of the hospital faster. They say you have to fart first (but sometimes you poo first). My recovery went well, lots of not moving too...

That's fantastic! It's probably still warm at Disney World, enjoy it!

A friend of mine got me a book called the "Patient's Playbook" : https://www.amazon.com/Patients-Playbook-Author-Sep-2015-Hardcover/dp/B01D94C1IM/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1477408050&sr=8-3&keywords=the+patients+playbook Your friend needs a lot of help at time like this, and it mi...

Hi KElizabeth, It seems like while you are on chemo, esp with Avastin, your ability to heal from injury is impaired significantly making surgery very risky. So even if they found anything, they wont be able to remove it without significant life threatening risks. Except you really want to know if so...