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Experiences after Treatment
Was diagnosed with stage IIIC colon cancer last February, had resection surgery and completed 6 months of Folfox at the end of August. I am feeling good and don't have any real side effects to talk about, but I have been more emotional recently than I ever was last year. I would love to know what to expect after Folfox,…
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Anyone being treated for colon cancer with Keytruda?
My medical history is 2004 stage 3 colon cancer and resection of my entire ascending colon and part of my illium. In 2007 I experienced an MI and a shunt was inserted into my right posterior coronary artery. in 2016 I received 45 external beam radiation treatments for prostate cancer. In 2020 I was diagnosed with squamous…
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Anyone being treated for colon cancer with Keytruda?
Have any of you been treated for colon cancer with Keytruda? I am having a 2nd bout with colon cancer and I am inoperable because of my poor lung function, thus surgery was not an option. I know very little about life on biologicals. I am looking to find someone who is being successfully for colon cancer with biologicals…
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Ileostomy site
Hi, colorectal cancer friends - I've been having discomfort at my former ileostomy site for a few years now. Colonoscopy and CT scans don't reveal any problem but I still feel like something isn't "right" there. Could this be phantom pains or something? My reversal was 14 years ago so surely if there was something wrong,…
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Vitamin D level
what is the optimum Vitamin D level for someone with Cancer? it is supposed to protect against COVID too. I have had mine measured and its 40 now, the highest its ever been. Opinions??
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Did you know that drinking coffee improves survival in colorectal cancer?
Another study has just confirmed that drinking at least 4 cups of coffee daily improves survival, even in colorectal cancer patients whose cancer has spread. My oncologist confirmed this from an earlier Dana-Farber study back in 2015. I drink my coffee every day as part of my survivorship plan.…
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Colon cancer question
My mother is having a bowel resection on Monday for a very large fist sized tumor in her lower colon, next to her appendix. She is 83. Any advice? I am her primary caretaker.
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Long term NED with only chemo?
I am stage 4 with inoperable lymph node Mets. I just had six rounds of folfiri with avastin and my scan showed that all lymph node Mets have been resolved. My oncologist gave me the option of doing a couple more rounds of chemo or to stop now. We decided to go with the “don’t treat what you don’t see” route and I stopped…
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I know that my friends and relatives just want to help, and they probably don't know what to say, bu
I appreciate their concern, I am happy to have them stop by and check on me, call, text, and all the other things that they do that actually are a help. But some of the things that people say, suggest, and in some cases are pushy to a point of demanding that I "try this" instead of that poison. Or a couple of them have…
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Tomorrow, March 6th is a day to honor and highlight colon cancer, it's Dress In Blue Day
To honor and support everyone who is currently fighting colon cancer or has fought it they ask that everyone wear something blue to support. It's simple, but might make someone think about screening.
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Celebration | Finished treatment
I am now a candidate to have my ostomy reversed and the first appointment with that doc is 1/10/2020
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pain 8 years later
Still having rectal pain 8 years after to the point that it is very painfull to have a BM & uncomfortable to sitt and no one seems to have any answers to why
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Radiation | Internal radiation
Had Y-90 in December. Had MRI’s in March and June showing tumor is shrinking. Another scheduled in September.