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I have finished 7 months of chemo 3 mths ago my feet have the worst side effects. They have blistered, pealed, blood, painful, red etc.. and now have neuropathy, red and purple and painful. are there others with the same? Any suggestions ...
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@Pepper22 Hello ……Kindly…..if you have any experiences to share, with Colorectal cancer, stage 3…..been given CAPOX……please reach out to @Pepper22 ( she gave me the green light….to post this on her behalf)….. @TravelBugMick ...
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Hi all, Had my Oxaliplatin IV infusion this afternoon. Went well. Noticed a bruise coming in part way through … because of the location, not at the IV site, they think something happened with my blood draw yesterday. It's on the right ...
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Hi Everyone - I just realized all the emails that let me know I was getting messages and responses were going into my Junk folder (Gah - technology) Now that I'm caught up with my last question - I FINALLY (ok, really it was only 3 weeks after ...
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Hi group, Just had my blood work done and all is looking good so I will start Cycle 2 tomorrow as scheduled! So that's good news. I asked the Oncologist if they tested the CEA levels, as I was wondering if it went down after surgery … they said ...
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I had my first consultation with my medical oncologist today (Sarnia has a specialist GI Oncologist in the cancer clinic, and a specialist colorectal surgeon, so I have a team of two cancer doctors). And she is a lovely person and ...
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Hello, JUST found this group. Glad I did wish I had found sooner. Had a lower anterior resection Feb 23. Hard 5 days in hospital left with ileostomy. As this was unexpected I had alot of trauma. I have an amazing partner who changes the bag ...
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@Ell Hello Ell…….yesterday was your husbands' L.A.R. Surgery…….how did it go? How is he feeling? The road to recovery…..starts now……(How are you doing?) Share, as you are comfortable. Warmly, Whitelilies #L.A.R. Surgery
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Hi all, First IV infusion is done! Today was finally Day 1 of my CAPOX treatment. 4 cycles of 21 days. IV infusion of the Oxaliplatin took about 2 hrs. Had some lovely steroids by IV first, and an anti-nausea pill. Had some coldness and pain ...
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At the beginning of this month, so 4 weeks ago, I had a left colectomy to remove a tumour at the upper end of my sigmoid colon. I was in the hospital for five days. They were wonderful. Something that surprised me: picking up a prescription ...
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