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Procedure or Surgery | 2/22/2014 Bone Scan and Abd/Pelvis CT
Had a bone scan an abdominal/pelvis CT. Results were negative.
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Celebration | 11/28/2012 Negative Bone Scan and CT
No other cancer found in imaging studies.
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Celebration | 4/22/2013 PSA = 0
After surgery PSA went down to 0.
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Other Care | 3/14/2013 Surgical Pathology Results
Adenocarcinoma Prostate Gleason 4 + 3, pT3, N0 (0 out of 19), negative surgical margins.
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Radiation | 12/18/2012 Consulted Radiation Oncologist
Consulted Dr Chen radiation oncologist. Discussed radiation treatment options including possible side effects. Need to learn more about Radiation vs Surgery to make a decision for treatment.
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Procedure or Surgery | 11/28/2012 Bone Scan and Abd/Pelvis CT
Had a bone scan an abdominal/pelvis CT. Results were negative.
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Procedure or Surgery | 11/14/2012 Biopsy
Doctor Shrvastava used ultrasound guided technique for biopsy. Found out that I have T2b prostate cancer. Mostly on the left side of my prostate (5 out of 12 sections showed adenocarcinoma - all gleason 4 + 4). Expected this to happen sometime in my life since my father and uncle both had prostate cancer. In addition two…
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Do you feel terrible all of the time? Or do you have spells where you start to feel better?
It seems like I can't catch a day that something doesn't hurt, or I'm nauseous, headaches or something. I thought I would have some time that I wasn't feeling bad.
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Port placement pain
Port placement pain
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Coronavirus precautions
Are you doing anything special to prevent getting Coronavirus? I have a low immune system, cancer, and I just turned 60.
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Do you have life insurance? Have you tried to buy insurance after you were diagnosed?
It's not easy to find a company that will cover you after you have had cancer. It's sort of like trying to buy homeowner's insurance on your house after it's on fire. A few companies will consider you, here is one we have an article about on our blog page. Take a look at it here>>http://bit.ly/38djLLK
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Have you reached all of your goals for the week?
For me, getting my feeding tube taken out (yanked out) was the first thing, then that turned into a 5 hour stent in the ER. So my goal then turned into recovering from the intense stomach pain from the tube yanking. As of today, my belly is still so sore it hurts to roll over in bed and when I get up out of a chair. Other…
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I saw on the news that Alex Trebek is at the one year mark, only 18% of pancreatic reach it.
He said although he was happy to have reached it that there were times during the last year that depression set in and he wondered if it was all worth it. Have you gotten to the point in depression that you considered giving in?
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Who has had spots that you thought were "nothing" turn out to be melanoma?
When they cut them out, did they leave holes? Are you disfigured from it?
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Oh No | Just Diagnosed
I have some spots that I thought were nothing, it turns out they were melanoma and my doctor tells me that it's more serious than I think.
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Thinking about the question posted below about the virus, has your treatment facility started limiti
My facility has put up a sign requesting no visitors accompany those getting treatments. I think we know who should not be in there, but I'm sure some would go in when they shouldn't.
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How successful was Zeloda/Capecitabine in treating your cancer. I take 1000mg twice a day. One week
How successful was Zeloda/Capecitabine in treating your cancer. I take 1000mg twice a day. One week
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anastrozole
I have had my surgery and radiation and now they want me to take anastrozole for 5 years..It has very bad side effects and I don't think I want to take it..Has anyone taken it and what do you think about it???
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Our Blog Post today has a list of crazy things that most of us have heard people say to us about hav
You have surely heard some of these, if you have heard something different please list it in the comments below. We know that most of the time they maybe they don't know what to say, but some of these are funny, while others are just plain stupid. Read the article here> http://bit.ly/2T1VZwv
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Someone asked me if I "had all my ducks in a row" and was ready for the surgery and other things com
I told him I don't think my ducks are row ducks. I am having a terrible time keeping track of all of the appointments, meetings and everything else that we have to do straight. How do you do it?
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How many days would you say you lost from work through your cancer?
So far I think I have averaged one day a week. That's an average meaning some days I have lost 2 or 3 depending on what's going on in my treatments. My HR person at work has questioned me about how much more I expect to lose. I don't know how to answer that other than I will lose however many days it takes. How could you…
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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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CT Scan shows deposits on Omentum - what next
CT Scan shows deposits on Omentum - what next
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Home made Hand Sanitizer
Did You Know Hand Sanitizer is easy to make on your own at home. You may already have the basic ingredients, and if not, any drug store and most grocery stores should have them available. Here’s what you need: 2/3 cup Isopropyl alcohol 91% (rubbing alcohol) 1/3 cup aloe vera gel Essential oil in your choice of fragrance…
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Celebrated my 6th cancerversary yesterday. Ma...
Celebrated my 6th cancerversary yesterday. March 4th, 2014, a day of celebration then and today. I remain in remission but ever vigilant and always listening to my body.
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How to wash your hands
This video was shared on FaceBook It is a new way to remember how to wash your hands and also get some exercise https://nypost.com/2020/03/04/coronavirus-spawns-viral-tiktok-dance-about-washing-your-hands/?fbclid=IwAR3Wl1bdKvureAmrQiALDLD5peb1bftJ4HJHdrVL1W3JYY9mULPPbCZfRbw
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Who has had their thyroid taken out?
I've been on thyroid meds since i had radiation. Now a biopsy shows that I have thyroid cancer too and it will come out. What meds do you take now without a thyroid?
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Have you had a PEG feeding tube taken out before? If so, you could have given a dude a heads up!
Holy crapola! The rubber part that goes on the inside of your stomach is about the size of a quarter, and about as thick as 6 or 8 quarters stacked together. The hole that goes through your abdomen into your stomach is about the size of a pencil. And yep, you guessed it, that giant softball-sized piece of rubber gets…
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new treatment trials to start in November
I hope you are all doing well. just wanted to share this positive news…
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I have found that reading inspirational quotes, especially from cancer patients, helps me get throug
What about you? Do you read them? What are some of your favorites? One of mine is "Up until today you have survived 100% of what has been thrown at you. You will probably survive today too."
