You are so right. My father’s prostrate cancer prognosis gave him little chance of surviving 1 year. He was “elderly and lived a long life” was the conventional doctor’s wisdom. However, no one expected that a WWII Normandy Invasion veteran would outlast the grim prognosis. My father survived for 10 [...]

Yes and hopefully cancer will go into remission and you will have some time no chemo, only time and energy to enjoy your grand babies

Notice the meds offered to help only help with neuropathic pain. There is no known effective treatment for numbness

Yes Dana, so true. I tried Gabapentin (sp) But it was only for pain, which was minimal. I’ll keep searching for answers. Meantime I’ve got my trusty cane.

Thank you.

I follow the Beachbody program. I’ve been on a lot of diets over the years and this has been the easiest and best one for me. You can check out their website Beachbody and the 21 day fix program. My doctor told me about it. They have recipes and tools [...]

No, the scans do not hurt. I have great veins they access for the dye and the scans are done at a different hospital than where I get my chemo.

My wife (72) got her Smart Port surgically implanted in November 2011 - she gets it flushed monthly - it's been through 6 FL treatments - no problems.

I've incorporated various forms of exercise (cycling, biking, walking, hiking, jogging) in my recovery from Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer. A few elderly residents who live nearby and have physical challenges were looking for someone to exercise their pets. I figured their dogs would make good jogging companions and now we [...]

Outstanding idea, everybody wins!

My experience (6 months of FOLFOX at UVA Cancer Center following removal of two CRC mets (one in each lung removed in early 2014) was very little, if any, hair loss. Was 69 atthetime and male. Didn't have a lot to lose but no loss was seen.

Delighted to [...]

Its quite variable for reasons i dont understand but IT WILL GROW BACK? A few tips here:
https://news.cancerconnect.com/treatment-care/side-effect-of-treatment-hair-loss-R5YNQTtJbUiXXai58JT0rg
https://news.cancerconnect.com/treatment-care/cancer-chemotherapy-and-hair-loss-cOILlC2OU06DoA4xKwBsJg
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Dex can certainly help with nausea in my experience. The issue like so many is how you react; some people experience insomnia, gi side effects etc, others experience no side effects at all. There are lots of ways to control nausea - i found green tea and ginger works pretty [...]

I responded well to dexa, well enough that I decided to opt out of the clinical trial control group I was participating in so that I can take the standard amount of dexa rather than less which was what the trial required. Thanks for your reply--it helped trying it out [...]

Does it happen in both legs or just one? The most common reason for this is neuropathy caused by the eloxatin chemo - are you getting eloxatin? Other things can cause this and you should of course bring this to the attention of your doctors. Best C

I have not.

My treatment was 8 chemotherapy treatments and then surgery. Nothing else.

Hi Charles. Yes, my diagnosis is Stage IIIb. Yes, I qualified for the clinical trial (here it is: http://bulletin.facs.org/2019/03/atezolizumab-in-the-adjuvant-treatment-of-stage-iii-colon-cancer-can-pd-l1-inhibition-improve-survival/) because I have Lynch Syndrome. But I am in the control group, so I am not receiving the immunotherapy drug Atezolizumab. I'm actually totally fine with that because I have enough [...]

Understood; FOLFOX is the standard of care and produces a good outcome. I think its great you chose to participate in the trial - so important for us to engage and move new treatments forward. I wish you the best with the side effects and the coming holiday season. C