Talk Cancer

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> Have you called them?   I sent in five rebated the week of Christmas and > received four of them by the third week of January.   The fifth said I > hadn’t submitted the UPC.  I called them and offered to provide a copy of > it.   They immediately [...]

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"Jayjay" wrote I searched and couldn’t find any mentions of this book for the last couple of years here.  Someone just recommended it to me and I was wondering if anyone here had read it and had any reactions?
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312957211/ref=sib_rdr_… I suggest you check out your local [...]

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I just found out this year that I had a hernia and did not know of it till the doc told me about it. Yes Elaine, Life is great !!! It was also great, when the doc told me last month, that I could see him in FIVE years, usually it had [...]

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"Slap your stomach in mock disgust, and say "I should have eaten something before going out tonight."

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I went to a dear friend’s funeral not so long ago. I had not had my stoma too long and was pretty nervous of how it would behave. I decided to sit at the back [...]

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I just saw Shaz’s post about holding the wake for Mich.  I am so sorry! I don’t get to the chats much at all, and had not heard.  What happened? Deborah

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Was that an earler post that I haven’t received yet? Fill me in, if you will, I do care! Best— [...]

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Four years ago I had cancer surgery resulting in removal of my entire rectum and part of my colon. I had a temporary ileostomy that was reversed after about three months. Since then I have suffered greatly from what I understand is called low anterior resection syndrome – very frequent (sometimes [...]

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Who has experience with radiation and chemo at the same time? This is for cancer of the esophagus with 2 small mets of a quarter inch in diameter thanks for the response

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I had radiation and chemo at the same time for rectal cancer.  The chemo is supposed to make the tumor [...]

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Yesterday I had my last dose of adjuvant 5FU chemo for Duke’s C rectal cancer.  I want to thank all of you on this group who have answered my questions and posted their stories – it has made me feel that I’m not alone, that there are [...]

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Was your arthritis a complication or related in any way to your colostomy or your cancer? I also have a colostomy as a result from rectal cancer. — Marc from AK "Classic 42" <Janda99…@nospambtinternet.com> wrote in message
news:a2el2f$18f$1@paris.btinternet.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Although my colostomy [...]

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Colostomys can be done at any area of the colon – transverse, ascending, descending, sigmoid – the higher up the more liquid the stool – the closer to the rectal area the more formed and less chance of dehydration. The function of the colon is to absorb water, potassium and salt. The [...]