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After waiting which has felt like an eternity I finally have a diagnosis I have been diagnosed with stage 2/3 rectal cancer, the plan is 5 1/2 weeks of chemo radiation then we wait a month and re scan if cancer isn’t gone then surgery will be ...
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So got second biopsy results a half hour ago and the new biopsy showed exactly what the first biopsy showed, high grade anal squamous cells and adenocarcinoma they say it’s very rare to have anal adenocarcinoma so they are truly ...
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Hi I have finished pelvic radiation and continue to have bowel challenges. Sorry if this is too much information.... It's not so much diarrhea but I have gas that comes with a discharge of mucous. It gives me a sense of urgency mostly ...
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Hello Everyone, I am brand new here. I was just diagnosed Stage 3 back in February after the surgery and I am 11 days into the chemo regimen. I am surprised to read so many stories of dealing with this illness for years and not just a couple of ...
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So the Tumor board had their meeting in regarding my diagnosis and it turns out the biopsy they got the first time plus the scans they did (ct scan mri and pet scan ) didn’t give them the answers they are looking for which apparently very ...
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Hello. I've just joined, and looking forward to getting to know some folks who are going thru similar situations. My mum was diagnosed with colon cancer in Dec 2018. Surgery in Feb 2019 successfully removed the tumour and 7 inches of her ...
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Hello all March is colorectal awareness month. I thought I would mix it up a bit this month and get to know a whole bunch of members at one time as well as share some links. We have a publication called Colorectal Cancer - Understanding your ...
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My treatment plan that had been agreed on between my oncologist and surgeon at Princess Margaret was to be Folfox, after my first treatment in December I experienced severe chest pains which my oncologist said was because of the pump I ...
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Sharing an update from my scans on Monday... chest X-ray and MRI. Both scans came back clear! DX stage 4 with a single liver met in October 2019 at 42 y/o. Partial colectomy (sigmoid removed - 20cm), liver met treated with CAPOX - 4 rounds ...
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Just thought I'd let some of you know (since I had a few inquiries) that I had my colonoscopy today (and an upper GI endoscopy) and 2 polyps were found just past my sigmoid resection. My previous colonoscopy which found cancer was ...
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