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Hi Everyone, I have just started to read the board and my heart goes out to all who are going through this.I had a routine colonsocopy on Sept 13 and found out ...
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| 3 | 10/30/07 |
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new here
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I am new here. My husband was diagnosed wirh rectal cancer recently. They are saying he has probably had the mass for quite some time. We had no idea until rece...
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| 3 | 10/23/07 |
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NO sugery needed
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Hi Jaynee guess I start from the beginning - I went to a general surgeon to have Hemmhorids removed and that's when they found the cancer -Squamous Cell Car...
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| 1 | 10/16/07 |
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Is chemo post surgery that val...
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My husband has stage 3 rectal cancer with three nodes involved near the tumor. He has completed 6 weeks of xeloda (Oral 5 FU), radiation and avastin treat...
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| 1 | 10/15/07 |
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no surgery needed
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Hi all Happy Monday week 2!! was on Chemo bag all last week and I think I did well, however White blood cell did drop today, but still good enough to have my Ra...
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| 2 | 10/15/07 |
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Please...help!!
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Hi -- I've been living in pain for the past 8 months. Nobody can tell me what is going on. I've seen 3 colorectal specialists, had sigmoidoscopy, anosco...
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| 4 | 10/14/07 |
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what to expect...nothing else ...
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Hi,My father has been fighting cancer for a little over 4 years. Started out as rectal/colon cancer. My question is that everything that they have t...
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| 1 | 10/12/07 |
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Discharge post surgery
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I had rectal surgery in July and have a temporary ileostomy. I was told that there would probably be some discharge from the rectum as the colon would continue ...
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| 5 | 10/07/07 |
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Burning sensation
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My friend has Stage 4 rectal cancer with mets to the liver, lung, tail bone and perhaps lymph nodes.He has been on systemic chemo ( with Avastin) since Ju...
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| 5 | 10/03/07 |
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recovery from 5FU
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It's been two weeks now since I finished my 5FU and radiation. I am still soooo tired, how long does it take to start feeling energetic again? I...
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| 14 | 10/02/07 |
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Bone Scan Yesterday
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I just thought I'd let everyone know that the bone scan I had yesterday which they were doing for the "hot spot" they found on the MRI was clean.&...
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| 1 | 09/26/07 |
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rectal bleeding & blood clots
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hi everyonei was wondering if anyone has any information on rectal bleeding and more specifically passing rectal blood clots. I am extremely frightened by the a...
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| 1 | 09/24/07 |
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Bone scan results
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Well my results are in and there is nothing there! Actually, I do have the injury that sent me for the bone scan in the first place, so I guess something is the...
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| 1 | 09/20/07 |
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Hot spot on MRI?
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The good news is I'm finished with radiation and round one chemo. The bad news is I had an MRI today for a pinched nerve or something in my neck and a...
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| 4 | 09/18/07 |
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Dad had Surgery monday questio...
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Dad had surgery to remove the mass of his rectum Monday they got all the tumor but today the dr said they found one positive lymph node out of 14.. what does th...
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| 1 | 09/14/07 |
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Bone scan question - freaking ...
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Okay, now I am freaking out! I went to see a new podiatrist about an injury that I suffered six years ago LONG before I was diagnosed with rectal cancer.&...
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| 2 | 09/14/07 |
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tail bone discomfort
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Hi, some times i have a discomfort pain, in my tail bone, this happens when im laying down , can some one tell me if i shoul...
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| 2 | 09/13/07 |
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Here we go... my surgery is sc...
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Yeah, I know, that probably sounds crazy right? I have known for just over 2 months this day would come, but somehow it feels even more real now. And more scary...
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| 15 | 09/13/07 |
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Hormones or anything else due ...
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I'm curious about this after talking to a breast cancer survivor the other day. I know that is treated totally different than rectal cancer. BUT after radia...
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| 4 | 09/12/07 |
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Mets to Lungs & FOLFIRI
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My husband was 40 diagnosed 9-05 with rectal cancer. Radiation and chemo prior to low anterior resection in 1-06, then March - August '06 chemo FOLFOX...
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| 4 | 09/08/07 |
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23 Radiation tx's down, 5 to g...
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5 More to go! I can definately say for me the radiation is worse than the chemo, if it was just chemo it would be a breeze. Anyone else have the sam...
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| 0 | 09/07/07 |
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new here, having trouble with ...
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Hi I'm new to this site. I was diagnosed with a rectal tumor Stage I in February 2007. Surgery was performed in March 2007 with no radiation pri...
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| 4 | 09/07/07 |
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First treatment with IROX - no...
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My husband has his first treatment with IROX (irinotecan, oxaliplatin, and Avastin). The night before his treatment they told him to take Ativan for anxie...
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| 1 | 09/03/07 |
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Good News & Remember to be Pro...
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Well, I just got back from my surgeon’s office and wanted to report that everything is fantastic! I am four months out of surgery and all of my test...
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| 1 | 08/30/07 |
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Starting IROX Therapy
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Hello -We went back to the oncologist on Wednesday and my husband will be starting IROX therapy (irinotecan,oxaliplatin plus Avastin) once every three weeks.&nb...
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