Hi Robert. I just finished 8 treatments of oxiplatin alone post surgery for a different reason. I have Lynch syndrome and 5FU is not effective on patients with Lynch syndrome. My oncologist had no concerns about using oxiplatin alone. I recently got the good news of NED. I hope this helps & best...

Not much irritates me but the one thing that has bothered me & has been asked by several indvidualls, "was the cancer caused by something you ate?" Really?

I'm not stage 3, but even at stage II I'm beginning chemo again on Monday. Like Sophie, in my head I think the cancer is gone. I have a 14 yo & 11 yo that I want to stay around for & I have Lynch syndrome (putting me at a higher risk for certain cancers) so I decided chemo was the best thing...

I'm starting the same chemo drugs on Monday, minus the 5FU because my oncologist said it is not effective for patients with Lynch syndrome. 8 treatments over 16 weeks. Tam, exercise helped me with fatigue during previous chemo...sometimes it was just a walk around the block. I also drink a minimum o...

Good thing they left early, I bet you & your hubby did a happy dance. :mrgreen: Joy, my mom is the same, it's all about her and her receiving attention/sympathy. All I hear is how hard all of this is on her, etc. I lost it with my brother last week. He told me it seems I've had more bad days tha...

Unfortunately I don't have any advice for you, Michelle, but thank you for starting this thread. I have Lynch which was discovered after surgery and a full hysterectomy is something that has been mentioned. I'm leaning towards the hysterectomy but I have chemo coming up & have had 7 surgeries th...

I had my surgery a month ago. Don't be afraid to ask your surgeon questions, it helped me to write down questions in a notebook as I thought of them & took the notebook to my appointments. The first few days after surgery were very painful but by day 3 it was better. I was off of pain meds 7 day...