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sue (sue123)


June 27, 2007


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Michigan


5-1-52


Colon and Rectal Cancer


colon cancer


6-03


Stage 4


Yes


Lymph Node Removal, Re-excision Surgery


Fluorouracil


How it hurts soooo many people!


I live to the fullest everyday.


Pray for everyone's pain and suffering.


animic—I also have lupus and this was found on a routine blood test. I had no other symtoms. Had I got a colonoscopy one year earlier at age 50, I probably would not have got cancer. Please have a colonoscopy at least by age 50! Earlier if there is a family history or if you have symtoms.


6-03 stage 3 colon cancer. Removed right colon, gallbladder, ovaries and lymph nodes (one positve)
12-06 stage 4 colon/liver cancer. Had 1/3 liver removed and swollen nodes near by (positive). Detected by CEA blood test-the pet scan. Did 28 days of radiation, then onto oral chemo therapy. I take Xeloda 21 days a month. I have been on this now for 8 months.
Febuary 08- spread to lungs—now on chemo therapy IV’s (folfox6, Avastin 5FU-levo and Oxi) 6 hours one day-4 hours next day and wear fanny pack filled with chemo for 48 hours at the same time as treatments. I do this every other week.


28 days after second surgery. Felt ok until the last week in which I was very tired.


6-03—36 weeks of IV chemo therapy. Had problems with severe diarrah, nausa and fatigue 3 days out of 7. Slightly ill the rest of the days with same symtoms, but milder.
2007—doing much better on chemo therapy by adding alternitves. (read below)
12-07- oral Xeloda (chemo therapy). Take for 2 weeks straight 2 times a day, then one week off. Side effects are slight now that I take fermented wheat germ, green wheatgrass and mangoseed juice. The juice improved my energy level a lot! I think we are seeing some results from the fermented wheatgerm as we are now starting to see on my cat scans that things have kind of stopped. In the England Cancer Journal they have proved that fermented wheat germ can slow and sometime cure cancers. The mangoseed juice is made in Asia, this is the only place it grows. It is extremely high levels of antioxidants! Knock on wood I haven’t been sick since I started it! I also only eat organic (as much as I can) I eat lot’s of greens and fruits. I get protein from the grains and I also eat a lot of nuts. I have felt so much better since doing this it is unbelievable.. I have hand and foot syndrome that this chemo can cause..this can/is be very painful.
Febuary 08-New treatments of folfox6, Avastin and 5FU—extreme fatigue-nausa-diarreha-controled by medications for the most part. Need to rest a lot.




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August 19, 2007

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In Michigan we have an annual classic car event. It is called the ‘Woodward Cruise’. This is its 13th. year that it has been held. There are ‘millions’ (over a million and half this year) of people from all over the country that bring their cars to show off. It is an event everyone should try to get to at least once. Our son Dan went with Bill this year in Bill’s 1963 split-window corvette. They cruised, ate, talked to people, listen to many live bands (oldies of course) and had a very fun day for over 12 hours. The day was perfect—75’, cloud covered (which was nice, because sooooo many people are sitting outside in their chairs with their families watching). It is simply amazing the people that enjoy this event, they plan for it all year. I doubt there was not one car that you could think of that wasn’t there. Unreal! Bill saw a 1893 Stanley Steamer -that was in perfect shape! The list goes on….
Here is their link if you’d like to check it out:
http://www.woodwarddreamcruise.com/About.html

I went with Bill on Friday evening where the fun of the cruise event starts. It isn’t the official day (Sat. is), but many people start early setting up, parking their cars to show, selling things, setting up the bands, and there are mnay spectators already there also (like us). We walked for a little while (I wasn’t up to much), and we ate lunch at a nice outdoor pub. I didn’t last too long as I wasn’t feeling well, but I at least got to see a small part of it.

Hi that looks fun!
Enjoy the day,

Some times we need to think about some thing other than the Cancer.

Love ya Sherri

That sounds like a blast!
Cool car.

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