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Stage 3 rectal Tumor
- By Binkaloo · New reply yesterday at 9:55 pm
- Journal · 6 replies
- Hi there, I was the owner of a mucinous stage 3 rectal Tumor. I was diagnosed on the 12th march 2012. I had chemo/ radiotherapy followed by surgery on Friday 13th July which hopefully removed all of the ...
colostomy
- By Devilisaliar · New reply yesterday at 9:22 pm
- Discussion in Living with cancer · 14 replies
- I have postponed my surgery but have been told that have to have a permanent colostomy. Can anyone share what I can expect? How have you handled this? How have you managed this? Has your diet changed ...
Chemotherapy Induced Anemia
Five million
- By Brian · New reply May 18, 2013
- Journal · 205 replies
- Dear members, Yesterday, Inspire reached a milestone: five million posts written by members! Each of these posts, and the 700 million words they contain, are a simple measure of how much we all do to ...
Flu-like Symptoms Caused an Emergency CT Scan and CBC Today.
- By Jer_ · New reply May 18, 2013
- Journal · 18 replies
- This morning began in a left inguinal lymph node being a little touchy during a shower. I passed it off for being out in the yard all weekend. However, when I drove to work and got out of the vehicle ...
What about incontinence after radation?
- By stillwater1 · New reply May 17, 2013
- Discussion in Side effects · 5 replies
- Just three months after treatment with chemo (cisplatin and 5fu) and radation at the same time for 6 weeks I am experiencing incontinence problems. This is impacting the quality of life, on top of the ...
Fluid Retention
- By pat311 · New reply May 17, 2013
- Discussion in Living with cancer · 2 replies
- Hello, My husband started gaining weight a few weeks ago. By last Thursday, his legs, ankles and feet were very swollen. He saw his doctor and had blood work done on Thursday and the dr. prescribed a ...
Does anyone know what is the minimum cycles of Xeloda
- By HopefulOfRecovery · New reply May 17, 2013
- Discussion in Treatment · 9 replies
- Hi, I have posted a discussion with this group about my mom recently being diagnosed of adenocarcinoma. CT scan of abdomen pelvis after 3 chemo cycles of Xelox (and Xeloda) showed no occurance/evidence ...
Mets to liver
questions for ileostomy users
- By pattygail · Posted May 14, 2013
- Discussion in Living with cancer · 0 replies
- does anyone know where you can get female underwear for ileostomy wearers. I know this is a stupid question, but I believe there must be something out there we can use to help with the holding of the ...
Some Very Special Mothers
- By Mickeral · New reply May 12, 2013
- Journal · 1 reply
- Where there is no struggle, there is no strength… Oprah Winfrey@BrainyQuote Dear Fellow Travelers: May I offer a big Mother's Day salute to all of you ladies who face tremendous struggles against what ...
New article: Mom's virtual cancer family helps daughter cope with loss
- By John2 · Posted May 12, 2013
- Journal · 0 replies
- From: John Novack, Communications Director, Inspire Dear members, I'm writing to share with you a new article on NBC's TODAY.com, "Mom's virtual cancer family helps daughter cope with loss." You can read ...
Reference Tool: Colorectal Cancer Therapy Finder
platelets
- By rawleyhorse · New reply May 10, 2013
- Discussion in Side effects · 5 replies
- My husband was scheduled for his 4th round of FOLFOX today, but the treatment has been postponed until next week because his platelets were too low. Anyone have any experience with this ...
Radiation & Xeloda Side Effects
- By pat311 · New reply May 10, 2013
- Discussion in Side effects · 7 replies
- Hello, I haven't posted in a while. My husband finished his Folfox treatment and then started(and just finished) 28 sessions of radiation along with Xeloda which had to be discontinued after 20 days due ...
Metastatic Colorectal cancer
- By Lucretia1 · New reply May 10, 2013
- Discussion in Side effects · 6 replies
- I have hand and foot syndrom. The skin on my hands has turned black. Now it is peeling and the skin under it is very pink and very tender to the touch. Any one else have this? Is there anything I can ...
any stage 4 ?
- By colondaughter · New reply May 10, 2013
- Discussion in Living with cancer · 10 replies
- hello,everybody,I am new here and I come from China so my English isn't so good. my mother has colon cancer stage 4. During her operation in April 7,2013,the doctor came out and told us that it is too ...
Stage III Rectal-diagnosed @ 26 (My Story)
- By lmjohnson84 · New reply May 9, 2013
- Discussion in Living with cancer · 6 replies
- Hi! I'm Lisa, I'm 29, & a 2x survivor of Stage III Rectal Cancer. I was diagnosed in April 2010 w/ a 7cm tumor blocking 90% of my rectum. I had no family history, no prior illnesses, & was initially brushed ...
1 year today without my love
- By sandy1313 · New reply May 9, 2013
- Discussion in In memoriam · 1 reply
- Today marks a year without my husband, the love of my life. As this day was getting closer I have been telling those around me that I would not focus on the date because it is just another day that he ...
Trust and Fight- In Memory of Julie
- By Nanajoyful · New reply May 7, 2013
- Journal · 1 reply
- "Trust and Fight" was the motto my son and his wife, Julie, adopted when Julie was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer May 25, 2012, at the age of 38. They determined to "TRUST" the Lord Jesus Christ ...
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