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ALIMTA AND CREATINE LEVELS

By dmcarretta · New reply 6:28 pm
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I HAVE HAD 9 TREATMENTS OF AVASTIN AND ALIMTA. THIS TIME WHEN I WENT TO GET MY MEDS, I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE ALIMTA BECAUSE MY CREATINE LEVELS KEEP GOING UP. I AM AT 1.7 NOW. HAS ANYONE EXPERIENCE THE ...

new chemo new life?

By fightgirlandi · New reply 11:41 am
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Hello So let's break this down for those of you who are not familiar w/my story... Dx on 8/28/09...went thru 8 treatments of carbo/taxotere every 21 days...finished on 3/1/10 my CA125 was down to 9. Had ...

Night owls

By sugarwoman72927 · New reply 10:39 am
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hello my dear friends, Another night of no sleeping.......oh well, just wanted yall to know that my daughter with the neck and back problems came down today.......she is doing some better, but the muscles ...

I know a first year is gone

By hope4seka · New reply 9:57 am
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I know a first year is gone,I just have to say what is on my mind. I miss my Seka , my daughter so much, she was my everything my daughter, my best friend, my life. I know she left me two beautiful grand ...

Finally some good news!

By Llyrell · Posted 9:17 am
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Went to see the OR last Thursday after my husband had an MRI and CT scan the week prior. The brain tumors have shrunk from the Gamma Knife and there is no evidence of new tumors - hurray! He has another ...

Crizotinib

By rbaumann · New reply yesterday at 4:57 pm
Discussion in Clinical trials · 1 reply
The clinical trial number is PF 02341066: Has anyone taken this drug and if so please give us as much information as possible. We saw an article on the news and immediately were interested. My husband ...

Just summing up some things...for my own benefit I suppose

By LynnLuc · New reply yesterday at 2:23 pm
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I was thinking back to when my melanoma was "just a flat brown spot" and it was called lentigo maligna...Had it removed around 92-93 but it returned in 96. Oct 10, 2000 I had it removed again. It wasn't ...

8th month check up still Ned!

By formy3 · New reply yesterday at 1:45 pm
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Hi cancer family its been awhile since I last posted you are always in my heart and in my prayers I went for my eighth month check up and with the endoscope they have not seen any cancer yippie! but clearly ...

Jesus on the main line

By sugarwoman72927 · New reply yesterday at 7:40 am
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hello my dear ones, please pray for my daughter she is 43, same age as me.....lol no really she just found out that she has something wrong with the nerves in her neck , back and shoulder.......She is ...

treatment options

By sugarwoman72927 · New reply yesterday at 3:17 am
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hello dear friends and co-conspirators, today i go to fayetteville, ar to talk with the doctor about treatment options...........pray with me that this will be a simple done deal.........a little up date ...

Tumor and brain

By jkoziana · Posted September 3, 2010
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http://tumorandbrain.blogspot.com/ On April 23 ,2009 we unfortunately discovered that Jim had a brain tumor. It was determined that he had a massive left convexity meningioma with infiltration into the ...

Doxil didn't work

By Choc_123 · Posted September 2, 2010
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We had to rush her to the ER for another obstruction. She wouldn't let up with the vomiting and nausea, so I took her in. They told me that mom's cancer has progressed, from looking at the scans. They ...

Lost words found again

By betsbird · New reply September 2, 2010
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For some reason I looked for my old journal from way back when. When I was young and starting my own spiritual journey into my religion. What I was looking for was some poetry I had written when it was ...

Lost dreams and broken pieces

By sugarwoman72927 · New reply September 1, 2010
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What do you do when a dream seems to be lost? You have cried and prayed and stayed up all night. You tried and tried, still nothing works out right. what do you do when a dream seems to be lost? You pick ...

NEWS! complete, durable regression of melanoma brain metastases

By LynnLuc · Posted September 1, 2010
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Adoptive cell therapy associated with complete, durable regression of melanoma brain metastases http://www.hemonctoday.com/article.aspx? rid=68088 Adoptive cell therapy administered with activated lymphocytes ...

Went to Moffitt today

By LynnLuc · New reply September 1, 2010
Journal · 10 replies
I had my appointment with Dr Jeff Weber! He is the most awesome man! So far so good! I have scans on Monday and Dr Weber also called Mayo Clinic and asked for appropriately stainned tissue samples. He ...

Good News!!! Still Stable.

By Don450sl · New reply September 1, 2010
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My doctor just called and said the results from this morning's x-ray still showed that my lungs were stable. I was DX with Stage 4 NSCLC in June of 2009. I did six cycles of Taxol, Carbo and Avastin and ...

My Dad was just diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer..

By mommyx3 · New reply August 31, 2010
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Hi Friends, I joined this group in the spring of this year as I was battling Thyroid Cancer. Now a short few months later my Dad was just told he has Pancreatic Cancer. He is only 61 and always has been ...

another angel in heaven

By hopesurvives · New reply August 31, 2010
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My mum was recently diagnosed with myeloid leukemia, and passed away just 46 days after diagnosis. She was fit and well till about 2 months ago. I am finding it hard to acept how soon she passed away ...

1 Month Post Docetaxel PET scan

By nmhusky · New reply August 30, 2010
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Woopee cancer Free!! My HemOnc at the Mayo said to go home and enjoy the cancer free feeling. She wants to see me back in 2 months. Feels like I am on vacation (and I'm at work!). The swelling in my feet ...

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