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ct scan ok but cea level risin...
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Hi,my husband just had a scan because his cea level keeps rising. His cancer is stage 4 with mets in the liver and the cea had been going down for 9 months...
207/07/08 Message Rating
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hickman line infections
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my dad has developed a staphylococuc aureus infection in his hickman line should he have it removed or can antibiotics treat this condition .as anyone had this ...
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Thoughts on Immunologist?
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First, I would like to thank all who have replied to my post about my brother, Mark.  Mark has been battling colon cancer for nearly four years.  He h...
007/05/08 Message Rating
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Stage IV Presentation
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My husband was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer mid May and had a simultaneous subtotal colectomy and liver resection first of June.  He will begin che...
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Urgent Help!!! Please!!! Pleas...
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I am suffering from Paraneoplastic syndrome, Paraneoplastic syndrome is related hypercoagulability. The blood becomes thicker that make it run slower. So the bo...
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two things the doc has said ha...
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Most of you know the story:Husband stage 3-4 terminal ileum cancer that has been treated like colon - because there is not a regime for terminal ileum (small bo...
807/04/08 Message Rating
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who had experience on cyber kn...
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I am a stage 4 colon cancer with mets to lung. I had been on chemo folfox and folfiri for 8 mons but did not shrunk much, a tumor 3x3cm is located on a difficul...
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Colon cancer stage IV with par...
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I am very worried. Now, my blood is very thick. I think it flow very slowly. My body is starving of Oxygen. Have anyone expenrienced this before, please give so...
107/03/08 Message Rating
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Any advice would be appreciate...
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To try to make a long story short...My mother has had colon cancer almost 3 years since her first of about 5 operations. Tried chemo and had an allergic reactio...
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Colon cancer stage IV with par...
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I am 25 years olds. I was found to have anemia, black stool and every symptoms of colon cancer. I also fell the tumors in my belly. Importantly, i have bladder ...
607/03/08 Message Rating
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stage 4 with meta to liver
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my dad was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer which metas to the liver where he had 7 spots spread out threw the liver.  he was diagnosied in april of 07 ...
707/02/08 Message Rating
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Ver Sick Other Options?
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In the post I  just made my subject line was too long.....I asked about MD Anderson, but I'd like to know if there would be any other options for my br...
207/02/08 Message Rating
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Very Sick MD Anderson/Other Op...
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My brother Mark has been battling colon cancer for more than three years.  He had surgeries and chemo yet cancer in rectum, lymph nodes, liver, lung, and a...
307/02/08 Message Rating
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long time survivor
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Hello, Is there any long time survivor for stage 4 colon cancer with extensive metastatis to liver without liver resection please? Thanks.
006/29/08 Message Rating
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scare of chemo
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I am 55 years old and I feel so confused and disoriented. After so many tests, ct scan, cat scan, MRI, colonoscopy, biopsy ext. last month I had been diagnosed ...
606/27/08 Message Rating
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I am so sorry
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I have come to this site for couple of days now. I read all the messages and my heart breaks. I was diagnosed with colon cancer on the 16th of June. I go into h...
106/27/08 Message Rating
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colon cancer
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I found out last sept 07 i had colon cancer, stage 1, had surgery to remove 16 inches of my colon, and my dr said as long as i take a bloodthinner coumadin, che...
406/27/08 Message Rating
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Erbitux side effects
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My husband finished a full round of erbitux with irinotecan about a month ago but is still experiencing the rash associated with erbitux.  Can anyone tell ...
406/26/08 Message Rating
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Fingers crossed
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I am a 48 year old worried male. During the past 12 months I have noticed a change in bowel movements. They have been smaller in diameter and just seamed differ...
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liver
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Are any of you out there having treatment for colon cancer mat. to the liver. We are waiting to find out if the cancer cells mutate or not before we have more c...
806/26/08 Message Rating
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New Treatments-Stage IV Colon ...
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Has anybody with Stage IV colon cancer with small non-localized lung & liver mets had any experiences with procedures such as radio frequency...
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Help with chemo
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Hi, I have stage 3 colon cancer. Had surgery. Getting ready for chemo. Any suggestions would be helpful. I will take pill xeloda 500mg. Has anyone els...
806/25/08 Message Rating
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Diet
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I was diagnosed on Monday the 20th with colon cancer. I will go in for surgery on Monday the 30 to have a portion of my colon removed. I know for awhile I will ...
306/25/08 Message Rating
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colonoscopy
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I had a diverticulitis at the beginning of May. I passed 1 week at the hospital on antibiotics because they diagnosed a small rupture of the colon. I don'...
206/24/08 Rated by 1 members
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erbitux
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My dear friend was diagnosed with Colon Ca 3 years ago. At time of emergency surgery she was found to have obstruction secondary to tumor, lymphatic spread and ...
306/24/08 Message Rating
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