Hi Betty, Great to hear things went so well - sounds like Bob will be out in a couple days! <<appendix really hard, full of tumor, swelled considerably)but ...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/03/31/health/main547075.shtml [snip] Injecting the altered smallpox vaccine plus boosters every few months significantly...
Hello. My name is Jennifer and I am 20 yrs old. My mom just recently (March 21) passed away from colon cancer at the age of 42. I am looking for anyone who...
Hi Jennifer, I am so sorry for your loss. My mother also died of colon cancer (December 9th). She was 68 and I am 35--our pain must be similar but I am...
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"altman23" <altman23@y...> ... type ... or Thur.) Bob had the appendix removed, along with 2" of the small intestine, and 6" of the colon (cecium sp..)and doc ...
Hi Jennifer: My, 20 yrs old, you are so young, and your MOM too. I feel for you and your family. I know that this is such a rolly coster that you were for sure...
Thanks Joyce; There are many patients here who like us, were from another doctor and told bad news. One guy got cancer when he was 51 (his colon exploded, had...
Hello Jennifer, My husband is 41 and was diagnosed with colon cancer last December. I am curious, was your mother a stage IV at diagnosis? Did she have any...
Jennifer, I am so sorry for your loss. My mother is sick with recurrent cc right now and I can only imagine what you a feeling. I have seen quite a few good...
My mom was diagnosed in 2000 they say she could have had the disease for up to five years before it was found but she had a thing about going to the doctor...
Hi, I am trying to find out if anyone on the list is taking Cimetidine(Tagamet)? What dose are you taking (ie 400mg - once a.m &once p.m, each day)? Have you ...
Just got the information from my onc regarding my latest scans. The liver mets are stable, but .... with the lungs .... there has been a progressive interval...
Ian, My husband is taking Tagamet, over the counter. He is also on chemo 5FU, Leucovorin, and CPT 11. He is on 800mg of Tagamet. He does not take them in a...
Side effects, dosages and food interactions while taking Tagamet is at http://www.healthsquare.com/newrx/tag1422.htm I took the 1000 mg at bedtime and the PH...
More of a rolly coster ride. It is in the lympth nodes (9) so (more)chemo will be needed (at least we know which kind we used before that worked, bringing the...
(found this....) 1 April 2003 Volume 138 Number 7 REVIEWS The Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer Syndrome: Genetics and Clinical Implications Daniel C....
opps,link was at http://www.mdlinx.com/surgerylinx/theaarts.cfm?artid=556163&ok=yes not sure if this is the full study, my papers are in room -but this sounds...
Hi Betty, Sorry to hear about the nodes, but I think overall things have turned out pretty well. NO major surprises during surgery, and that means a lot!!! ...
Well, I have links to abstracts of scientific papers here http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/suthercon/tagamet.htm specifically, #5 &6, but I don't seem...
Well I guess you remember, when I told you about my friend. Now she had surgery, they took some of the colon out and she seems to come well back on her feet....
Friend, I don't think colon resection is a terribly difficult surgery for most (but of course there are always exceptions, everyone is different), recovery...
Well I think I am going to the CCA conference in Washington over the weekend...didn't reserve a room b/c thought I was supposed to have surgery about now which...
Hi Keith, I'll be there with CCNetwork's exhibit table. Priscilla ... From: altman23 To: colon_cancer_support@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 1:35...
... turned ... a ... liver is clear, and all other organs. Know 9 nodes isn't good tho, and this chemo will stop doc from going in again in 4 months (or 6 he ...
... outloud. Thought last you said sometime in the middle of the month (if not in the first week) Safe traveling, fill us all in when you get back! Always the...
Hi Keith, Thanks for your reply re:cimetidine ... Have you (or anyone else on this list taking Celebrex) considered Aspirin? The reason I ask is Celebrex...
I think this is very good news... As some of you my recall, I had colon resection (about a foot of my colon was removed) in July 2002. Two places on my liver...
... that time at 1.7, and last week was down to 1.4. ... when ... if ... perhaps from someone who they thought would make it. They get "bad days" I think from...
Havent posted since my Vats surgery in February. Read Daily though. Bad news-the subsequent scan after my lung vats showed new mets on the right lung and the...
Mark, Sorry to hear the news. Hope the chemo will help. I am glad you are not having severe side effects. Let us know what you find out from the RFA guy....
