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Name:
sue (sue123)

Member Since:
June 27, 2007

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Location:
Michigan

Birthday:
5-1-52

Type of Cancer:
Colon and Rectal Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer:
colon cancer

Diagnosis Date:
6-03

Stage of Cancer:
Stage 4

Lymph Node Involvement:
Yes

Surgery:
Lymph Node Removal, Re-excision Surgery

Chemotherapy:
Fluorouracil

What I Hate Most About Cancer:
How it hurts soooo many people!

What I Have Learned From Cancer:
I live to the fullest everyday.

Things My Supporters Can Do To Help:
Pray for everyone's pain and suffering.

Cancer Symptoms:

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.

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects:

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.

Radiation Description, Dates & Side Effects:

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

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects:

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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May 5, 2008

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I felt somewhat better yesterday and Brett and Amanda had us over for a BBQ for my B-day. He made great burgers again! Amanda made a green salad and homemade pudding and iced tea! I brought homemade mac and cheese. Everything was nice…they also gave me gifts: a beautiful wood carved bird, along with some organic health drinks and some wonderful smelling body cream! They were very generous as usual!

After we left Brett and Amanda’s we decided to stop for a quick visit at our sister in laws—who lives in the area. I especially wanted to stop to thank Donna for the beautiful flowers/vace/ and hat box that she sent me for my B-day. Imagine the surprise when she said she hadn’t sent them! We finally figured out that my wonderful chemo Angle Donna had sent them and not her! Too funny! I was sure to email the real Donna when we got home to thank her!

It sure looks nice out today. I have to go for a cat scan at 5 pm today, and then I have chemo the next three days. This is sure getting old.

I hope I do better than last time, and do not get the heavy awful fatigue that just would not lift! And, the terrible diarrhea as well.

Have a wonderful day everyone! Drop in again..

Posted on May 5, 2008 at 6:50:51 AM by sue ( Link to this post.

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Sue – great to get an update. Glad you had a nice day at the BBQ. Happy Tuesday.

Posted on May 6, 2008 at 9:01:27 AM by jill

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