radiation finished, and the area of worst pain was significantly reduced.
However, they told me they gave me the max rad I could tolerate, and while
the pain is significantly reduced, it isnt gone.  
I've cut back on the percocet, but not stopped it. Today, I called for a

I guess this shows what a newbie I am, but I dont know what NED means
except that it's something very good. Thanks.
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"Take a little 5FU, leucovorin and oxaliplatin for thy stomach's sake." -- 1 Timothy 5:33 (adapted)

Opinions? Thanks.

My wife is 41, mother of our three and half year old son, has cancer.
She started bleeding abnormally since September 2003. Biopsy indicated
uterine cancer. In last week of December, 2003 she had undergone
hysterectomy. Unfortunately, pathology of removed organs indicated

I have a question that has been bothering me for a long time. Why is
there such a loooooooong time between diagnosis of CRC and treatment?
It seems to me that if the lymph nodes or blood system are involved,
then millions, perhaps billions of cancerous cells are circulating the

Anyone has any info on Non-Hodgkins
My mum has it for a little while and when she has chemo therapy
It does help. but it comes back very fast "She had lumps on her neck"
She had different chemo therapy a few times and same thing it goes away

Just wondering what my options are. My onc secy phoned to tell me that
my med insurance co. won't pay for its installation. The veins in both
my arms are already shot from about 30 injections/blood sampling over
the past month. It's so painful now. The nurses have a hard time

The memorial service for Michele (Bookbabe), whom many here knew, takes place
tomorrow, Saturday.
Meanwhile, you can visit the site of the funeral directors chosen by Michele's
family, and leave a written tribute. The messages will be collected and

SO many times people discuss numbers - blood counts, platelet counts,
etc in relation to diseases.
Is there any kind of chart that tells you what is normal and what the
below normal numbers might mean?

Please help me find "J" again. This morning, I decided to follow his advice
and put Dr Raj Whatever in my kill file. Unfortunately I did not check I was
reading J's message and I inadvertently put HIM in my kill file.
I use Outlook Express 6 and I don't know how to find the kill ...

J Agric Food Chem. 2004 Jan 14;52(1):55-64.  Links
Mechanisms of Cancer Chemoprevention by Hop Bitter Acids (Beer Aroma) through
Induction of Apoptosis Mediated by Fas and Caspase Cascades.
Chen WJ, Lin JK.

My 37 year old wife (and mother of a 3 and 5 yr. old) has SNEC (Sino-nasal
neuroendocrine carcinoma), a rare, and aggressive cancer of the sinuses. It
was already 5 cm and had already penetrated the frontal lobes of her brain
by the time it was detected 10/02, however, max dosage ...

Just a question, does someone sleeping alot, stress alot, mean that they are
getting ready to pass away.  This past week, pat has been sleeping more and
more and frankly it is scaring the hell out of me.  it takes everything he
has to sit up in bed and eat a bowl of cereal.  I don't ...

Terminal Illness
Facing terminal illness most often occurs when patients realize that
aggressive, curative treatment is no longer an option and the focus
moves to palliative care. For some, this may come as a gradual awareness

Photodynamic Therapy • A laser treatment option for oral and throat cancers
• www.umm.edu/pdt 
Subject: PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY FOR CANCER/BARRETTS ESOPHAGUS
I have, for years, had Barretts esophagus. In May of 1997 I was diagnosed as