Guinevere wrote:Somehow, I got a 24 hour bug! The good news is that I feel better today and I'm no longer constipated. I went through one skin barrier and two pouches before things subsided. Does anyone else feel offended that they can still get the everyday mundane stomach bug or cold or something else like that when they're already fighting cancer? I know I did! Like we're not dealing with enough!
Ashlee H. wrote:Guinevere wrote:Somehow, I got a 24 hour bug! The good news is that I feel better today and I'm no longer constipated. I went through one skin barrier and two pouches before things subsided. Does anyone else feel offended that they can still get the everyday mundane stomach bug or cold or something else like that when they're already fighting cancer? I know I did! Like we're not dealing with enough!
I so agree. I got some sort of crud that most people get over in 3-5 days. I'm going on over 2 weeks and still coughing, but lungs are fine. I think it has something to do with the Avastin side effects and now that I'm off of it, it is just still trying to get out of my system.
Tonight I got a call who wanted to talk to the "lady of the house". She heard me fine as I told her I was that lady. She started her spiel about Breast Cancer and asked if she could count on my financial support (isn't March COLON CANCER month?). I said, "No, I have Stage IV COLON cancer". Her response? "I can't hear you, I'll try to call back later." Boy, that's a new line. I know she heard me just fine. Just really irked me tonight. Can't the pink people let us have one month? -Ashlee
Candyys03 wrote:
Jane,
I did not keep my first surgeon but I got a better one that has been with me since right after the colon surgery in 2006.
Toxic just means it can kill you instead of the cancer.
Webster's Dictionary
Toxic
1 containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation <toxic waste> <a toxic radioactive gas> <an insecticide highly toxic to birds
2 exhibiting symptoms of infection or toxicosis <the patient became toxic two days later
I have been on chemo of Erbitux and Irinoteacan many times and sometimes I have ended up I the hospital.
It just happens to work on me. I get a lower dose now. My oncologist is trying to find the best dose for me without sending me to the hospital.
Candy
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