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Essiac Tea
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Hi all, It's really encouraging to read messages from survivors, it is a reminder that God is a healer. My dad was recently diagonized with colon cancer and...
006/12/08 Message Rating
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STAGE 4 TREATMENT HELP
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i have stage 4 colon cancer. undergoing chemotherapy at a university hospital. my employer is switching insurance to kaiser next month. is anyone familiar ...
506/12/08 Message Rating
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5FU after almost on eyear
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Hello everyone,I hope everyone is hanging in there and trying to stay positive. I have posted to this site a number of times and it is comfort to interact with ...
906/12/08 Message Rating
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Getting started on treatment w...
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Thanks for all the great advice so far ( effect on family 06-10-08).I have an appointment for the 11th of July to start treatments for stage 3 colon cancer...
206/12/08 Message Rating
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switch to kaiser permanente
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i have stage 4. undergoing treatment at a university hospital. my employer is switching insurance to kaiser next month. is anyone familiar with getting treatmen...
106/11/08 Message Rating
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Met with the onco - have ??? f...
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Summary of previous:  My husband, Brian, had surgery and was diagnosed with stage 3-4 cancer of the terminal ileum in Aug.06.  Removal and resect...
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IPHC
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Sorry if this comes thru twice--typed it once and it "disappeared"anyhow--I would very much like to hear from anyone that has experience with the intr...
606/10/08 Message Rating
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effect on the family
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Hello    I was recently diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. The news has as most of you know, is a life changing event. I am only 46 and have a ...
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Metastatic Colon cancer to lun...
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Hello,My wife just found out that she has Metastatic Colon Cancer to the lung for the second time and I am looking for suggestions and guidance for people that ...
206/10/08 Message Rating
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My Husband has stage 4 Colon c...
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Hi, my husband was diagnosed with colon cancer almost a year ago. it had metastisized to his liver and lungs before we knew he had it. He had surgery to remove ...
806/09/08 Message Rating
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Newly diagnosed
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I am a 34 year old mother of three and was just diagnosed with colon cancer that has metzed to the liver.  I go in for treatment every two weeks, I wi...
1306/06/08 Message Rating
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can you help me please
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my husband has a permanent colostomy from 4 years ago he is 75 years old. Part of his instintes burst and they put colosomy in but he cant have it reveresed due...
106/05/08 Message Rating
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hoxsey treatment
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My husband was diagonosed with colon cancer one week after he retired. He had the upper part of his colon removed and did chemo theropy. His cancer is very aggr...
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Mom's at peace now
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The past few weeks seem as though it has been a dream and that I will wake up and none of this will be real, but it is.  On May 7th my Mom called and said ...
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Illiostomy back up problems
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My daughter, age 40,  is four months post surgery: liver section and colon section.  Last weekend she ended up in emergency ward.  Nothing was co...
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Finacial Assistance for Compli...
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I had my colonoscopy done two days ago.  My surgon told me that the fistiula in my rectum is very low, too close to the outside opening.  He does not ...
206/04/08 Message Rating
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diagnostic with 2 tumors
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In Mach of 2008 I went to the hospital with severed pain in my abdomen and the right side of my chest, under my ribs. The pain also was in my back and after few...
306/03/08 Message Rating
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Please tell me your experience...
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Hi, My father has finally blessed me and agreed to go for a second opinion. After 3 months break of chemotherapy, xeloda and erbitux he started to fill pai...
606/02/08 Message Rating
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Help pls- what is causing stom...
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Hi. I'm new to the boards. My mom is currently being treated for colon cancer.  She had chemo and radiation back in dec/jan then surgery in April. ...
406/02/08 Message Rating
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AVASTIN help
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my husband started on avastin tuesday, he has colon cancer with liver mets.  he was constipated yeasterday and today. today when he had a bowel movement he...
506/01/08 Message Rating
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Did anyone experience a chroni...
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I've had a chronic cough since my surgery 5 weeks ago and it has gradually gotten worse. It's to the point that it makes me gag so bad in the early morn...
205/31/08 Message Rating
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COLON CANCER AND MY TREATMENTS
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I was first diagnosed and bowel resection in 2001, I chose to have chemo to play it safe.  In 2004 it returned outsde of my colon in the lymph glands. ...
605/30/08 Message Rating
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need help on how to prevent bo...
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My husband has been having trouble with getting backed-up and vomiting bile every 2 or three weeks. This last one was bad and he is in the hosp now on the stoma...
605/30/08 Message Rating
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New with questions
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Hi,  my dad just got out of the hospital for surgery from colon cancer.  He was originally told he had stage 1.  His doctor recommended chemo tre...
405/29/08 Message Rating
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jaundiced and tired
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hey my hubby is in the final count down of stage 4colon cancer he became quite jaundiced but is not in pain because dr and hospice are keeping close tabs on p...
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