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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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December 22, 2007

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I am back on chemo and back to feeling pretty fatigued, but I got everything done last week so thats a relief.

Thank you for being here for me everyone. It sure does help me.

I want to wish all of you a very ‘Merry Christmas’!

And, I pray we will all do well in 2008!

Sue

Merry Christmas Sue!

Merry Christmas to all. I have 5(!) appointments Xmas week. Monday – lab and M.D.; Wed., Thurs., & Fri. – chemo; Sat. – Neulasta. Gee what a week. Then I have to have a PET scan and get a port put in the next week. I have gone a whole year with chemo and no port. I am finally out of veins. Having a port, along with going bald a second time really puts me in a negative place mentally. Yes, I am terminal and yes, I will never be the same again. Oh yuck. Well, enough pouting. Enjoy your holiday. We are all going to Hawaii on Jan. 7 to take my son to the University for spring term. So that will be nice. Love to you all! Gaile

Gail remember that no-one can tell you that you are terminal! Many people have been told that and have lived many, many more years longer than expected. Only the one up above knows what will happen to you. Take each day and enjoy it and don’t think about tomorrow….live in the present, thats all any of us have.

Jill, I will be sending you some money to help with this blog! You have been so very genorous to all of us! I cannot afford a lot, but you will get something. Thank you for being so giving—your an inspiration to me! Love you! Sue

Merry Christmas, Sue!

Sue, thank you for being here for all of us. May your Holiday season bring you happiness and peace

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Cheryl

Just wanted to stop by and wish you a very Merry Christmas
Donna

Merry Christmas Sue and happy new year as well! I just returned today from a family vacation to Los Angeles where we spent a lot of quality time together. It was a much needed break from all that’s happened over the past year. I hope your Christmas was not too cold. I hope you are feeling alright and are getting all the help you need while you’re dealing with chemo. I will write soon! Maybe when we visit Michigan I can meet you sometime soon. Take care.

Hi Sue ! I couldn’t figure out how to navigate the site to message u directly. At work now and the com0puter here is screwy. I am near Cincinnati, OH and my dad is going to the cancer center at St Luke Hospital. We have to wait another week for more tests to be run. I am going to start going with my father to his doctors appts b/c I think my mother and him are having trouble remembering everything and I want to know it all and do re-search. He is still having pain in his lower back. Like a pressure. Still no word on what that is. They just gave him pain pills. Where are u located ? U can email me if u want djsab3499@aol.com Thanks for your help !

Danny

Happy 2008 Sue! May this year be filled with peace, joy, and blessings for you and your family. Love, Deb

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Years. Let’s all work toward having the best 2008 possible.

You are in my thoughts and prayers.

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