Like I'm not dealing with enough - kidney stone?

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elise
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Re: Like I'm not dealing with enough - kidney stone?

Postby elise » Mon Apr 25, 2016 9:26 am

I've got them too :) Even tried surgery to get them out but failed. :roll:

Chin up :)

Elise
2012
Feb - Stage 2 (T3 N0 M0) CC @ 30
Mar - R hemicolectomy, 18 LN
May-Nov 6 - Chemo (8 Xeloda)
2013
Feb - NED
2014
Feb - NED
May - Stage 4 - 1 liver met @ 32
Jun - Liver resection
Oct - CLEAN SCAN
Aug-Jan - FOLFOX 5 rounds, 5FU X 6
2015
Ap, Oct - NED
2016
Mar - NED

AnnClare
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Re: Like I'm not dealing with enough - kidney stone?

Postby AnnClare » Wed Apr 27, 2016 12:40 pm

Turns out I had a kidney infection.

Sunday evening I took my temperature: 102.4. So my husband and I went to the ER, a new experience for both of us. To their credit, they did 'fast track' us when I told them I was in chemo.
They did it all - urine sample, blood sample, ultra sound, CT scan. No stones - yay. But because my white count was a bit elevated, and because of the fever and my 'situation,' they wanted to keep me overnight. Ended up staying two nights because my fever kept coming back when the Tylenol would wear off. Thankfully yesterday the temps kept trending downward without any Tylenol and the internist on my case agreed that I was safe to be discharged. I'm now on Cipro for 14 days and my 3rd infusion (which was originally going to be today) will probably be next week at some point.

I'm to have labs done next Tuesday and meet with my oncologist the following day.

In all honesty, I should've taken my temperature Friday night, but no - I figured I'd be fine if I just kept drinking water, Gatorade, and got some rest. Wrong. Next time (hopefully there won't be a 'next time,' but you know what I mean), I'll know better.

So I'm no longer an ER virgin. I have now seen all facets of my hospital. Not proud of that, but there it is. {sigh} I miss the old days when the only doc I saw was the gyno for checkups. :cry:
42 yr. old female
Rectal cancer Stage 3C T3 N1 M0 - Sept 2015
28 rounds radiation w/Xeloda - Nov - Dec 2015
2/17/16 - Surgery to remove rectal tumor, lymph nodes (2/20+), ovaries & fallopian tubes, temp. ileostomy
3/28/16 - 9/26/16 -12 rounds FOLFOX w/full oxi
Ileo reversal 10/27/16; Port removed 12/1/16
Lung mets confirmed 2/6/17
March-May 2017 - brain mets; brain rad. 5/9-5/29/17

Lund5505
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Re: Like I'm not dealing with enough - kidney stone?

Postby Lund5505 » Wed Apr 27, 2016 1:25 pm

So sorry you had to go through all that but very glad you are doing better now.
10/2013 dx female @54 stage IV innumerable liver mets
CEA 2600 kras wild MSS
11/2013 folfox avastin 8 rounds
6/2014 neuropathy development CEA 9.8 but won't go lower
8/2014 colon resection
11/2014 folfiri and cetuximab 9 rounds CEA 1700
4/2015 cetuximab only 4 rounds CEA down to 20 but won't go lower
7/2015 chemo break getting too toxic
10/2015 xeloda 3 rounds CEA 800 then 300 then back up to 900
1/2016 irinotecan CEA 1800 at start 2/2016 too toxic
4/2016 Cea 3200
Hospice recommended but I'm not ready yet


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