So....talk about.....CANCER SUPPORT THREAD !!

[babyrnlc]

I'm sorry about the loss.

I havent been in a here in while.

So I finished chemo. We stoped the Oxalyplatin at 8 dose because I got neuropathy (which still have and it is annoying lol. It feels like my feet are asleep all the time!) and my husband and I decided to stop the 5fu at 10 doses instead of 12.

I had a ct scan about a month ago and they saw nothing. So I have another one in 6 months. I have to have a hysterectomy in the next few months (unrelated to the colon cancer) and they said they can take my port out then. I think I will let them. I do not think I would do chemo again if it came back anyway and I have been hearing horror stories about scar tissue and serious issues.

So I am still very tired and I am not sure if it is this horrible heat, or if it is the chemo (I have less energy than I did on the chemo) I am still going to births and teaching classes, I am just completely wiped at the end of the day and my legs are in horrible pain from the neuropathy.

 

[deerman]

Biddy, sorry to hear about Sandy ,


Sara , yes it take a little time after treatment to get your strenth back. I have a few of my birds, only few peafowl. Pigeons,pheasant,quail,parrots,and chicken all gone.


Guess i spoke to soon, been sick today. Have to start taking the chemo pills today also.

 

[chilling in muscadine]

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You are so right about me thinking I was a gonner.

lol My weight is 131lbs now. I did tell my oncoligist that she may not cure my cancer but she kept me from starving myself to death. I have no doubt in my mind that if the medical MJ didn't make me eat I would not be here.
Coyote-you so funny. Bouncing off the walls, you dang skippy{spoken with a true southern accent.} O K, O K, spoken with a true red neck southern accent.
Quiter, whats that, no one on here is gonna go there, not if I can help it. lol Being sick since feb. of 2006, finding cancer in 2010 five & a half years sick, I gotta catch up on everything. Snakeman and myself have both been questioned by several people saying since I'm felling good am I going to do any more articles for the paper. WOW I have some fans.

I will be doing more articles and I'm working on getting volunter{sp} drivers to help other cancer patients make there appointments. I was real lucky, I had three drivers so out of all that I was covered. My community is small and everyone knows everyone. This news is spreading rather fast. Maybe one of the local churches would allow this area to have a support group there. The next closest support group from me is a forty minute drive one way and I want to be doing something else with that presious time. I love all the love and support on Gins thread but alot of people in this area do not have access to the net. Its all good.

Later gator, catch ya on the flip side,
What? To lame.

S@R@

 

[3goodeggs]

Biddybird, I am so sorry. I know you will miss her.

to you and her husband. I know they were glad to have you there to help and support.

Deerman, sorry you are feeling icky. there is an intestinal thing going around. Vomiting and diarrhea. (That is one word I will never learn how to spell correctly. I hope spell check can)
Anyway, This sounds mean, but i hope it is an intestinal bug ... and not the pills. The pills are working. We want them to keep doing that.

Sara... right, middle age. let's call it 'late youth.'

I really can't figure out why it is called 'over the hill.' 'Over the hill' means you get to roll down the other side. I am past the middle. or slogging through it. I find the trek being much harder, maybe it is a 'valley' not a 'hill', that we grow through. and that would make a lot of sense because I find I am stepping through some mud lately.

babyrnlc, I am sorry you are so tired. I will keep you in my thoughts and hope you can find some energy and get a break from the weather as well!

 

[chilling in muscadine]

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I feel like its late youth in my brain but my body says "WOOOO hold up." lol but its not funny. The other day it took me three trys to get out of my car and I heard a some grunting noises and I'm like "that was not me was it?"

 

[debilorrah]

Sara I was worried about you when you came back and then disappeared for a bit!!!! I am SOOO stinkin happy to see you posting again and in such great spirits!!!!

 

[debilorrah]

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You ARE missing a large piece of you. I am still missing a little smaller piece of me since my BFF hubby died in January. The hole is there, and it gets smaller, but it's there.

 

[CoyoteMagic]

Hey ya'll, I'm here and recovering. Got a hole in my chest where they took the port out. I have to pack it daily with wet dressings so it heals from the inside out. No biggie, did this with the last one that got infected. Right now I'm just playing with fabric and taking it easy. We start on the new med, Tykerb, on Monday. Fingers Crossed!!

Deerman, how are you feeling?


Hope very body is well. I'm on Facebook more than here these days if anyone is looking for me.-- Cindi Silvers-Davis if it's got (CJ) next to it, it's me, lol


Luna I'm not gonna make it home to NJ. You have to tell us in detail about your drumming circle!!!


Blessed Be.

 

[3goodeggs]

I woke up thinking about you and your port this morning. I am sorry it could not be saved. Maybe, let's hope, the pills will be easier and work better.
Blessings to you, Cindy.

 

[deerman]

START TO FEELING BETTER , Just took last of my z-pak, u know 6 day dose, chest infection.

Sara , know what you mean, my brain alway tell me i can do more than my body can do.


Hope the pills work for you Cindy, they are alot better than ,having that pump ,hook to you for 3 days.



Wishing all a good weekend....