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| A little update re: Mom | 19 Dec 2006 23:56 GMT | 3 |
She's now in Depends. She still makes it to the bathroom, but the nurse talked her into wearing them. I was shocked when Dad told me this. I thought she'd fight that tooth and nail!! This morning, she woke up complaining that her back hurt and she had a
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| primary sarcoma of the brain info wanted | 19 Dec 2006 23:54 GMT | 4 |
anyone know where I can find more information about this. all I am finding so far is "SARCOMA Primary sarcomas in the brain are rare. They arise from the dura, the pia
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| Anaplastic Astrocytoma in a 62 y-o woman | 19 Dec 2006 23:01 GMT | 5 |
Around 08-Nov-2006, my mother began experiencing numbness in some areas of the right side of her face, right arm and leg. She retained, however, full motricity and was able to function normaly. She consulted her family doctor who tought it was somewhat of a sore nerve due to cold ...
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| Anaplastic Astrocytoma in a 62 y-o woman | 19 Dec 2006 12:26 GMT | 1 |
Around 08-Nov-2006, my mother began experiencing numbness in some areas of the right side of her face, right arm and leg. She retained, however, full motricity and was able to function normaly. She consulted her family doctor who tought it was somewhat of a sore nerve due to ...
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| TQ: Surviving Cancer | 19 Dec 2006 10:09 GMT | 9 |
TQ's webpage; she had asked me to post this if I didn't hear from her by yesterday, the 12th of December. SURVIVING CANCER What to do when told you have cancer
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| Biopsy of uterine thickening | 19 Dec 2006 05:29 GMT | 3 |
A friend & co-worker is going in for a biopsy of thickened uterine lining this afternoon. Since 1999, the thickness has grown from 6mm to 39mm. She only found out about this Thursday as a result of an ultrasound & the doc wants her in today (maybe just a cancellation).
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| shoulder pain & FOLFOX6 chemo | 18 Dec 2006 16:45 GMT | 7 |
I'm on FOLFOX6 w/Avastin. Three times now, I've experienced pain in my right shoulder, starting right after infusion, progressing for a couple of days, then tapering off. Previously we'd (incl. onco) put it down to probable muscle pain from events preceding infusion, like yard ...
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| anyone using avastin and erbitux together please respond | 18 Dec 2006 03:22 GMT | 1 |
If you are now or ever have been on any chemo regimine that had avastin and erbitux both in it in a non clinicl trial setting, PLEASE respond to this post with the following information: What was the whole regimine, when was it given to you, how effective was/is it, did your ...
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| Starry Night | 18 Dec 2006 03:07 GMT | 4 |
I was reading one of my son's Van Gogh books a few years back when I got news that my cousin had just died from leukaemia. The book consists of his paintings and letters from him to his brother Theo. His painting Starry Night was accompanied by the following letter from 1889 ...
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| Good site, good people, good information | 18 Dec 2006 02:31 GMT | 2 |
http://www.cancerdiscussion.com Share questions, advice, stories of hope. Public discussions about any type of cancer. For patients, families, and friends.
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| anyone using avastin and erbitux together please respond | 18 Dec 2006 01:49 GMT | 1 |
If you are now or ever have been on any chemo regimine that had avastin and erbitux both in it in a non clinicl trial setting, PLEASE respond to this post with the following information: What was the whole regimine, when was it given to you, how effective was/is it, did your ...
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| Leaving hosipital against docs orders | 17 Dec 2006 17:44 GMT | 9 |
Grrrr!! Once again my hubby can find away to make an already complicated situation more complicated (bless his heart). His 7 days of chemo ends tonight and he's leaving the hosipital and coming home immediatly. His onco flat out told him that if he leaves his chances of
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| Need advice on clinical trials | 17 Dec 2006 14:44 GMT | 32 |
Since my oncologist refuses to help me figure out which clinical trial may help (too busy) and has said that clinical trial is my only option if I fail ironnaticin and herbitux, which he says he'd like to save as last resort if I fail clinical trials.
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| Question about a lung node | 17 Dec 2006 01:55 GMT | 1 |
I am stage IV colon cancer with signet ring cell mets to peritonial area. My main or source tumor (right side ascending 13 cm at cecum) along with peritonium and omentum were removed 1 year ago. 1 of 13 lyph nodes came back positive for cancer. I did OK on 1st line chemo of
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| Does anyone think there is a connection between cancer and diabetes? | 16 Dec 2006 21:40 GMT | 1 |
I've met a lot of people who have had cancer who are also diabetics. I have always wondered if there is some correlation. What have the scientific studies said in regards to this? Many thanks.
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