markarina
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- Just got the results back from the scan and blood work I had yesterday, no sign of cancer, that now makes two full years clear of cancer, longest period I've had since I was first diagnosed in January 2007.Oh, and I''ve just got a job as a ski...
- Okay, I have no idea who she is, and she hasn't had colon cancer, but you've just got to love her zest for life and spirit.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaQdwTsVtCYhttp://youtu.be/fin-HnhPYE8?list=UUO1IuFkVHk5RJOTKbwAQkMA
- Well I had an MRI(can't have CT anymore due to contrast allergy) and bloods done on Thursday, got the results Friday, no evidence of recurrence on the scan, all blood markers normal - end result go away and don't come back for a year!!!So now it's...
- So had CT scan 11:30 this morning with Barium since I'm allergic to the Iodine based contrast, initial review by the surgeon when I saw him at 14:00 was looked all clear but a little difficult to tell without the regular contrast, going to do a more...
- I'm out of hospital and in rehab in Switzerland, But at the moment struggling to make progress, have no real appetite and what I do eat I bring back up several hours later, fortunately I do seem to be digesting some of it so I'm not totally fading...
- As some of you may know I had surgery on the 24 September it lasted 11.5 hours and was trickier and more risky than they had hoped but never the less the surgeons got both the tumours in my abdomen and did HIPEC. The surgery required taking part of...
- Not quite sure I am supposed to jump and down with excitement and joy when somebody tells me that they would like to open me up from groin to rib cage, but in this case I am, it means they think they can get all of my cancer!!!.After a lot of to-ing...
- Little known fact that allergic reactions to CT contrast dyes are common (1 in 10) and if not treated quickly can prove to be fatal, even if like me you've had several CT's with contrast in the past without problems doesn't mean to say that you...
- came across this report .. though some people might be interestedhttp://www.cancer.gov/ncicancerbulletin/071012/page5
- As some of you may know despite two surgeries (one of them being a MOAS and HIPEC) this cancer has decided that it's going to stick around, latest scan has show that the tumour has got larger, on the plus side I still have no symptoms (the tumour is...
- http://www.cancer.gov/ncicancerbulletin/061212/page3#eAlthough given the difference in reduction of symptoms between those getting the treatment and those not (60% on treatment / 40% not on treatment) to me it doesn't seem a significant breakthrough
- Just came across this ..a bit late for most of us but may help in detecting recurrenceshttp://www.cancer.gov/ncicancerbulletin/030612/page3#b
- So if my memory is correct it is now 5 years to the day that I had routine surgery for suspected appendicitis, which turned out to be cancer in my appendix, at the time they didn't say it was cancer just suspected, about 3 weeks later they confirmed...
- So lucky me I a had an overnight stay in hospital due to a kidney stone (ouch!) as part of the stay they did a CT scan. My discharge notes stated two new things that no one has bothered to mention to me before one was I have hepatosplenomegaly...
- It was a new term to me as well, it means simultaneous enlargement of the liver and spleen and is a rare side effect of taking warfarin/coumadin I found this out over the weekend as very early Friday morning I had to go the ER with a kidney stone...