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Goofy Question
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I already have a colostomy.  How would they do a followup colonoscopy?Through the stoma?  Sounds like that would hurt.Thanks,Dick
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chemo
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surgery dec 06.chomo next 6 mos. last catscan(6-30-08) shows spots on liver.after a 2nd (7-21) will start new round of treatment using leucovorin(had it before)...
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Cancer and mental illness
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My sister has stage four colon cancer with mets to liver and lungs. She has been undergoing treatment for a year now. But, on top of her trying to deal with the...
107/11/08 Message Rating
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ytrrium-90
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Dear whoever, I have colon cancer that has metastazed to the liver. After 21 months (following an op to remove part of the colon) on different chemotherapy...
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News from me(Margaret), second...
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Hi everyone, especially those who have been longtime friends to me on this board. I haven't been here in quite a while now, but now I am feeling better and ...
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emotional support/help
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Hi. I am relatively new to the topic of colon cancer but recently one of my close friends was diagnosed with it.  It has spread to his liver and am not sur...
307/10/08 Message Rating
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HELP: New Diagnosised! Aggress...
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Hello,I am a young man (25yr) now living in Japan. I was just diagnosised stage iv colon cancer meta bladder, liver and lung. I am told that the cancer is aggre...
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I am shutting down, Please Giv...
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For two weeks, my health have been shutting down. I can't sleep because my blood becames thicker and thicker. It always wake me up when&...
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Hernia Issue
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Hi all,Just wondering if anyone else out there has this problem. Had CC surgery a year and a half ago. This was done with a laparoscope. Since then have had a s...
107/09/08 Message Rating
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How to tell you beloved one th...
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I am the only son. My mother has only me and she love me so much.I am 25 years old living in Japan. Although, my doctor hasn't confirmed yet, I am sure that...
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To stop stomach/bowel cramps o...
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Hi all,I am a stage IV colon cancer patient - have been on chemo drugs Xeloda, Oxalyplatin, and Avastin since April.....and was having horrendous stomach and bo...
107/09/08 Message Rating
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Less Costly Alternatives????
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My brother went to an immunologist today to consult about alternative treatments provided by that institute.  He has battling colon cancer for almost 4 y...
107/07/08 Message Rating
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swelling in legs
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Did anyone have swelling in their legs after surgery that just wouldn't seem to go away?  I've had this problem for  two and half months now. ...
107/07/08 Message Rating
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Stage 4 - Ongoing Treatment Op...
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My wife, Sharon, was diagnosed with Stage 4 Colon cancer (tumors in her lung and liver)  almost 2 years ago.  She has responded well to a combination ...
607/07/08 Message Rating
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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...
407/05/08 Message Rating
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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...
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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 ...
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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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