Talk Cancer

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I saw my oncologist yesterday and we reviewed the results of the PET scan. Essentially it reinforced his assessment that the cancer has recurred at the anastamosis and that there’s cancer in two par-aortal lymph nodes. There are no signs of metastasis to other organs. Jeanne, you’d asked me if I [...]

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Last week I had a flex. sig. and the surgeon took three tissue samples to biopsy. I had the sig. because my most recent CT scan shows thickening at the anastamosis, as well as enlargement of lymph nodes. The surgeon didn’t find any signs of recurrence during the sig. and the [...]

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<< I was just wondering… Has anybody done this to check for cancer that may have metasisized?   One of our good friends who has thyroid cancer had one ordered by his oncologist.  The results were good.  I had thought about getting one but was thinking about getting a combination [...]

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Excellent news….my boss was diagnosed with a recurrence and bone mets in the summer and seems determined to turn up her toes without a fight. I keep telling her it is not so …now I have more ammunition. Happy, happy, happy news! Hugs Rachel
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Dear God, thank you all for your love and support!! My regular tech was not on but Richard was my angel for the day. The shin shows some stress fractures, but his prime concern and the radiologist he called him was the "hot spots" showing in different spots.The doc was a [...]

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Hello, May I ask for some advice on which news groups to post a detailed question… A friend of mine has been informed that he has secondary metastasis of a stomach cancer. The secondary cancer has occured after 54 months of remission and it is suspected in lung and [...]

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m scheduled for a Radical Perineal Prostatectomy on the 17th of Sept. The doc says cancer is localized and will not be removing lymph glands. Before I ask him why he is not going to even check them [...]

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{{{Hugs Kelly}}} Thanks for keeping us posted.  I’m thinking of you and your family and sending you prayers and strength. In friendship, Annie ICQ# 6715352 – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hello to all    I came back from Tampa yesterday and took [...]

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Over the course of two years my mother had two surgeries — the first removed her left lung due to cancer (not the standard smokers’ kind, a rare metastasis of salivary gland cancer instead), and the second removed a largish mass under her left jawbone (the primary cancer site, it is [...]

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My Mother aged 53 went to the doctors with a sore calf muscle in March 96 and has since suffered over a period of a year from multiple (about 9) deep vein thrombosis to her lungs, groin and legs. Within this time and after various exploratory examinations she was diagnosed with cancer [...]