I apolgize in my post I dont think I was clear. The surgery I refer to is the primary tumor located in the rectum. They originally were going to remove, then decided not to after discovering mets. To me, even though I am not a doctor, but have read a lot of peoples experiences, the standard of care...

NWgirl, I've seen dex cause both depression and weight gain. Something else for your info arsenal--the way most anti-depressants work, you need to have a loading dose in your system before you start to feel better, and then maintain that dose load so that you keep feeling better. So you'd have to st...

galen - I usally the postive one on this forum. But I do also experience the feelings you talk about. I can respect that. but I do wnat to point that we have two groups on this forum. Those with advanced late stage cancer. we can choose to appoach things either more as you do or more as I do, but e...

How do you all manage to stay positive? I struggle everyday with trying to stay positive and forgetting about the cancer. I did have a clean scan but still struggle. I do have another scan at the end of July. In other fields and situations, 'positive' doesn't always equal 'happy-good.' In behavior ...

maybe the moral of the story is 'get the reports, but get them at the same time that you get an explanation of what they mean...?" :) obsessive googling disorder, I love it! It is good to get a copy of your reports--responsible, all the right things a patient, any patient, should do. But I actu...

I'd like to say a word about my internist, The Best Doctor In The World. Healthcare providers learn empathy through human interaction or they don't. The ones that do shine like stars. The ones that don't REALLY don't. I have to agree. Actually, my internist never brings up statistics. He knows I'm ...

Kaitlyn, if your father is in a clinical trial, that does limit his other treatment options until the trial is over. It sounds like what you're looking for at this point is confimation, from an oncology team (oncologist, surgeons) at a major cancer center that the six months of chemo have indeed red...