Thank you Valerie. Yes he's stage 4 Signet Ring/Colorectol. We just started chemo and he is now beginning to vomit. It's our 3rd day. We are on Xeloda, which is a pill form of 5FU. His Dr. didn't want to start him on chemo until he completely recovered from his colon resection surgery. The only thing is, is that it had spread everywhere and we're in a race against time. I took him to Stanford Cancer Center for 2nd opinion and they said to start right away. Our doctor agreed and we started on Sat. If it's gonna help, it should do so within about 4 weeks. He should notice a difference. I pray for everyone touched by this disease. We were just diagnosed on 10/14/06 and were given 4-5 months. I hope to God they're wrong. I'll check out the colon cancer section. Your mom is in my prayers. And I think we are looking for the same person. I hope she's okay. Last I heard, her chemo was finally starting to work. That was a few weeks ago.