Hello all -- I'm brand-new to this group -- I'm here because I'm the son of a wonderful woman with colon cancer. She's in stage IV, and she'll get her first...
Hi Loren, I'm Chuck. Pleased to meet you. Your post is classic and your questions are very good. you'll get a lot of good help here. I'm also stage 4 and...
Hi Loren, I am so sorry that you had to meet us due to this. There are lots of wonderful caring people on this board. I am sure they will post soon. The first...
Oh dear me. I guess I really goofed in not writing and keeping up with everyone. I'm sorry. I know I keep saying that. I wish I wouldn't get so hooked up on...
Hey :)? Just thought I'd let you know I have a doctor's appointment at 1:30 today and should find out what is going on and when and what my treatment will be.?...
Hey.? Someone suggested an MP3 player to use during chemo.? I had planned on doing that for during my surgery and treatment.? How about a suggestions of HAPPY...
You need the theme for the movie ROCKY. Beethoven's 5th. and anything from John Phillip Sousa. Happy songs my ass - this is war. You need a stool softner...
Chuck, you crack me up! : ) You are right tho, it is war. I was so mad at the doctors at first and my daughter kept telling me to let it go and I said "No,...
Hello all -- Thank you for the warm welcome! And the information / insight you gave is wonderful. My mom read it, and it helped calm her fears a bit before...
I really need your prayers for my daughter. She called this morning and she's now at this University to get her degree in Nursing. She just found out that she...
The bad news is stage IV rectal cancer.? Spread throughout my liver.? 50% survival rate for 5 years.? Not quite what I expected to hear today.? But there it...
... and she's now at this University to get her degree in Nursing. She just found out that she may have a time trying to get to her classes from the dorm and...
Jeanne, Prayers for your daughter that things will work out. And what are you going to do with some peaches? I love peaches, peach ice cream, peach cobbler,...
Millie you have my Prayers!! Ingrid ... appointment at 1:30 today and should find out what is going on and when and what my treatment will be.? I'll post on...
HEY I'm actually here on time at that. WOW. LOL It's 19*C or 66* F and cloudy outside. It was sunny there this morning. I guess the clouds wanted to hide the...
The doctor now has a reference point from which to administer treatment. It's not a sentence and the stats you quote are not modern enough to be considered....
Millie, here's a big hug (((((((((((((((Millie))))))))))))))) I have a feeling you're gonna get through this with flying colors! Listen, I had already bought a...
You may have already figured this out, but in case you haven't, NED = No Evidence of Disease. :-) Laurie ... good news, but don't believe all they tell you...
Jeanne, good luck to your daughter, if she's in nursing she's tough and will get things figured out. My step daughter is a nurse, it's amazing she made it. ...
For what it's worth, I just finished my 12th and final chemo round today. Well, sort of. I have a 46-hour pump with the 5-FU which will be removed on Thursday....
Jeanne, Will send Prayers up for your daughter. Hopefully it will all work out somehow. It is rough being a mom and we always worry. Love, Ingrid ... morning...
Laurie, I am so glad you made it. Almost done with the chemo. You have reached a wonderful milestone. I will keep Praying that this is the end of this for you....
Funny, i was told I had 24 months with chemo and 6 months without also Denise!! Of course that was just 5 months ago....I think we need to find that text...
Laurie, Congrats on finishing all the chemo. Makes you want to climb the rope and ring the bell, doesn't it. As for the port, I've had mine in for 3 years...