Went to work today. Kids were happy to see me. Staff was very very supportive. I am tired since it's the first day back from the resection. It was so normal. I loved it. I will never complain about work again. Happy to have this job. I hope I can work through chemo and win this war. Absolutely FANT...

sometimes the steroid can cause a cough along with several other negative reactions. i agree with Lee that you need to re-engage your oncologist regarding the cough. i am managing my fifth day of chemo so far, mostly nausea and fatigue. today i felt like i was hit by a train, but it cleared about th...

Lydia, that's why you are doing the chemo, to make sure all of the straggler cells possibly left behind are destroyed. this disease is on the microscopic level. clear margins from my understanding means the surgeon did not remove any additional surrounding tissue. still, chemo is the way to go. the ...

teacher2017 wrote:Can anyone recommend a good book on anti-cancer diets? Anything you'd like to share?

two that i have latched on to are the Mediterranean diet and the engine 2 diet. both plant based, little to no animal products, and no processed foods.

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I agree it was ridiculous. Definitely changing. She is not affiliated with the oncologist either so I will ask for a recommendation. Yes, I'm very touchy. I heard the other day "oh wow, you lost weight, you look great." I felt like saying "yeah cancer surgery is responsible." Bu...

So I went back to the dr to check out this bronchitis- she said lungs are clear and doesn't want me to get an X-ray because I have been ctscanned and xrayed too death. After telling her about the resection surgery and the lymph nodes, she told me that I got a raw deal and she was sorry. "Wow. ...

today is a good day because we are all alive, caught it before it killed us, and are fighting the good fight to stay alive and live long. everyone on this earth has their own problems or will have them somewhere in their future. none of us are unlucky any more than the rest, nor are we not as specia...

benben, thanks for the readout. we are close to the same diagnosis..i was called at T3 N1 (scant invasion) M0 with 25 nodes and 8 inches of sigmoid colon removed. the tumor did not break out of the colon, was G2 and moderately differentiated the colonoscopy doctor said i was the, "luckiest son ...

i think they tell you that keying in on the standard chemo protocol. they are not going to tell you that you are going shorter in an effort to keep you focused on the standard. they have to. that's what my infusion nurse told me today. in her 25 years, she said she has not seen many make it through ...

...and my treatment was clearly explained to me today by the infusion nurse, she was amazing! With a clean PET going in to round one, that is the best news. However, regarless...in doing chemo i get 6 months of steady treatment and 12 rounds is the standard. Now, i may not make it all 12 rounds beca...

...side effects of oxipalitain first round so far... when my wife and i got in about 20 mins after the infusion was done, i grabbed a gatorade out if the fridge in the garage. it was cold, but refreshing before oxi. when i drank it, it felt like i was drinking water from the antartic with freezing i...

Thanks for the well wishes! Today is the day. In just under and hour I will take my first 1000mg of Xeloda then get myself ready for my first Oxaliplatai infusion at 1000...chair number 5. Not quite my lucky number 3, but i will take it. i think of it as Goldschlager, the digusting alcohol we probab...

The results of my PET scan are in....I am clean! NO metabolic activity, no metastesis, no hot spots, no active anything! Not sure what that means exactly with chemo to start tomorrow, was too busy jumping up and down! Regardless, I have the port and I still want some chemo just to be sure...though I...

Received the port this morning. Right side and they have me set up for ready access tomorrow for round 1. I have my Xeloda and oral Ativan and Zofran as well. The port install was uneventful. It was much like the prep for my colonoscopy with the IV and review of what was to be done. Then it was a sh...

Stop reading negative stuff...if you want it, the internet will not disappoint. You have to think about you as you are different than everyone else. If they did not find anything on your scans in terms of metastasis it’s likely there is nothing there. i am with you on getting the treatment right awa...