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Oh No | Cancer has spread/Metastasized
Spring 20021 Radiologist suggested surgery after last PET/CT scan showed recurrence. Met w/ ent surgeon who wanted to slice & dice. I chose NOT to do surgery. The "possible" side effects might be some loss of motion in right arm and I am WAY TO ACTIVE (swimming 3000yds/day, surfing, yoga, all around VERY active to take…
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Estrogen question
Recently I read an article about the latest findings in a quest to understand alzheimer's. One of the points made was the observation that women are more vulnerable to the disease when their estrogen levels drop. (?!) So, here we are, taking anastrozole, and other estrogen blocking drugs to decrease our chances of…
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Receiving treatment
Receiving treatment
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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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Clinical Trial | Auto stem cell transplant/ high dose chemo to address aggressive protein
Before agreeing to the trial, i have to share having bone marrow biopsies freaked me out- the pain was intense for me.I responded very well to the initial rounds of chemo and was in remission. However, with more in depth testing as part of the trial i had a choice to either go directly to maintence treatment or have the…
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Drug or Chemo Therapy | Chemotherapy
Initial six rounds of chemo was frightening as it was unknown. But it didnt interfere too much in my life- i missed 2-3 days from work per month mostly for fatigue. That was the only side effect i experienced
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Oh No | Just Diagnosed
I was informed I had cancer a few days after my mom died. I was in shock and immediately compartmentalized and kept it to myself until i completed all testing
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Celebration | Remission
Not total. 2 months b4 treatment is finished.
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Oh No | Just Diagnosed
Went to ER after turning over in bed & hearing as well as feeling my ribs break. I always had yearly mammos & never imagined that after many scans I was DX with metastatic breast cancer also to bones.
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Oh No | Cancer has spread/Metastasized
Dr.seems nonchalant. Wasn't in beginning Very frustrating
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Drug or Chemo Therapy | Chemotherapy
After radiation my oncologist scheduled me to have a port placed in order to start first chemo meds. I received Abraxene & a immunotherapy drug. After 8 months I developed painful colitis from the immunotherapy drug so had to stop it. After 2 more months of just Abraxene my scan showed spots on my liver. I am now on a…
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Radiation | External radiation
My first course of treatment was radiation.
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Clinical Trial | I received a 3 part dose of drugs Revlimed, Dexamethasone, Valcaid
I was part of a research study at Northwestern Medical Center. It involved a stem cell transplant then heavy doses of Steroids and Chemo. I did this twice, once in 2019 and again in 2020 along with a 3 week hospital stay to watch my white blood cells return to normal. The first time was pretty rough the second week. I had…
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Radiation | External radiation
could have been worse but was bad enough
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I have not purchased the drug yet...still doi...
I have not purchased the drug yet...still doing research.
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Questions
Why is it that when I go to "questions" up top the newest ones are 4 months ago? Did the whole set up change after Greg passed?
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Oh No | Cancer has spread/Metastasized
Some symptoms were diarrhea, loss of appetite. Went for a scan & was told on 11-16-21 that cancer was terminal. With chemo I had 2 years.
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Procedure or Surgery | Double Mastectomy
Surgery scheduled for the beginning of December 2021. Double Mastectomy with Reconstruction
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I don't know yet...
I don't know yet
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I have not taken any drugs yet...Doing lots o...
I have not taken any drugs yet...Doing lots of research don't agree with estrogen blocker pills.
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Procedure or Surgery | PET
Checking to see where else the cancer may have traveled.
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Surveys
After 8 years I'm still getting survey emails. I don't qualify for most of them but it gives me an extra $40 to $100 every couple of months. If you're interested in taking them go to focusgroup.com and fill out some details about yourself so they know which survey's to send your way. I remember when I first joined whatnext…
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Oh No | Cancer is back/Recurred
After 13 years, tumor at site of initial diagnosis. However, stage 1 and grade 2 (first was grade 3), but this time Pr-negative (ER pos, HER2 neg)
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Vaginal bleeding?
Hi, I had breast cancer (stage 3) with all the treatments but have been cancer free for 12 years. Had a total hysterectomy 12 yrs ago. I have recently had pelvic pain and occasional spotting of vaginal blood. Gyn says wait to see if it changes, onco wants me to have elective surgery. But I might go a whole 2 months without…
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Side Effects | Rash
Starting to see some side effects: Fatigue, mouth dryness and sores and skin rashes.
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Drug or Chemo Therapy | Keytruda
I'm two rounds of immunotherapy in. Starting to feel some side effects.
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Procedure or Surgery | Surgery
Removal of right kidney and adrenal gland.
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Side Effects | Chemo brain
Brain frogs. Loopy loopy loopy.
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Side Effects | Depression/Anxiety
I have had two chemo treatments so far. I had a panic attack during both.I had racing heart and trembling all over. They say it's from the taxol but I'm suspicious of the Benadryl.
