Guest guest Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 Hi Terry, Yes, hubby and I are both nurses. Prayers your way too. Donna M. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Zoyavitch@... Reply-To: colon_cancer_support Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 19:51:09 EST ><html><body> > > ><tt> >In a message dated 12/4/2003 7:31:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, <BR> >mitchell@... writes:<BR> >You are all in our prayers and we hope you will continue to pray for us.<BR> ><BR> >Donna M.<BR> >Are you the Donna who is a nurse (and hubby, too?) or have I finally lost <BR> >what was left of my mind? I think I have been confusing you and Donna Sisco (?)<BR> ><BR> >In any case, I'll be praying for you as well as any other Donnas...I know God <BR> >has yall straight even if I don't <g><BR> ><BR> >Terry in GA<BR> ><BR> ><BR> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 Hi Terry, Yes, hubby and I are both nurses. Prayers your way too. Donna M. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Zoyavitch@... Reply-To: colon_cancer_support Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 19:51:09 EST ><html><body> > > ><tt> >In a message dated 12/4/2003 7:31:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, <BR> >mitchell@... writes:<BR> >You are all in our prayers and we hope you will continue to pray for us.<BR> ><BR> >Donna M.<BR> >Are you the Donna who is a nurse (and hubby, too?) or have I finally lost <BR> >what was left of my mind? I think I have been confusing you and Donna Sisco (?)<BR> ><BR> >In any case, I'll be praying for you as well as any other Donnas...I know God <BR> >has yall straight even if I don't <g><BR> ><BR> >Terry in GA<BR> ><BR> ><BR> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 19, 2003 Report Share Posted December 19, 2003 Cliff, Thats really good news, just in time for Christmas. I know it's not perfect but it sounds like the stent is doing its job. Merry Christmas, Joyce- -- In colon_cancer_support , cliffmas@w... wrote: > Just got the results today about the bilirublin. It was 7.6 and is now > 5.1 after two weeks and the stent. The alkaline phosphate soared to 894 > from 164 and is now 454. My CEA is 47.6 which was 55.1 and my last chemo > was August 5th. I realize that some tumors grow and don't express CEA. I > am still happy that it went down like 15 %. I was doing the Rath stuff > according to the dosage on the bottle, however, someone sent me an > e-mail that they got from the company and I realized that I was not > taking the correct amount. Increased two of the products. Doing a little > of the Budwig stuff now and looking into MPGC and C-Statin ( I already > take red yeast rice and Celebrex ) from the Aidan site. We are all > different and the shark liver oil of two caps a day inceased my WBC > count. Feeling good and will see my onc and go to Roswell next week. For > all the newbies ... was diagnosed in 1999 with inoperable liver mets and > given a year to live. Hang in there and keep an open mind. Take care and > God bless. Cliff . . . " Even a happy life cannot be without a measure > of darkness and the word happiness would lose its meaning if it were not > balanced by sadness. " . . . C. Jong . . . . . . . . " Life is what > happens to us while we are making other plans. " . . Lennon . . " > ALL things are possible. Pass it on. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 We've had a rather rough couple of weeks here so I haven't been on the board much. I'm so glad to hear a's mom is better and others have had some good news lately.I've come to feel like I " know " many of you even though I am unable to respond very often. My husband goes for CT scans, etc. again this week. The ones in Nov. were mixed results and I'm more than a little worried about this one. Usually he feels really good during his 2 weeks off chemo but not this time. He spiked a fever(dr. couldn't find any obvious reason for the fever) and has been on antibiotics for past 9 days, very weak and generally miserable;also has had considerable pain which he hadn't had since shortly after starting the chemo last fall.(pain meds help but he hates taking them especially since he hadn't needed any for so many months).I know many of you have been through this before, I'd just like to ask for your thoughts & prayers this week as we go to the cancer center again for the tests(tues) and visit with his primary onc(wed). I guess I'm just scared,he's the light of my life and I can't imagine life without him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 Hi : I totally understand what you are going through. My husband too will be having a PET this Monday and visit with Onc on Thursday. His CEA from July, when he was diagnosed stage III and had surgery to remove all visible signs of tumor through December 2003 while on 5FU/Leuc, remained at 0.9 and then on January 8 went to 7.7. Cat Scan done 1/13 showed inconclusive multiple lung nodules, several of which were calcifications and CEA had dropped to 6.0. I am just as scared as you are...believe me as my husband too, just like yours, is my life and I can't envision a future without him. I will say extra prayers for you and would ask that you please do the same for me. Fondly, Monika > We've had a rather rough couple of weeks here so I haven't been on > the board much. I'm so glad to hear a's mom is better and others > have had some good news lately.I've come to feel like I " know " many > of you even though I am unable to respond very often. > My husband goes for CT scans, etc. again this week. The ones in Nov. > were mixed results and I'm more than a little worried about this one. > Usually he feels really good during his 2 weeks off chemo but not > this time. He spiked a fever(dr. couldn't find any obvious reason for > the fever) and has been on antibiotics for past 9 days, very weak and > generally miserable;also has had considerable pain which he hadn't > had since shortly after starting the chemo last fall.(pain meds help > but he hates taking them especially since he hadn't needed any for so > many months).I know many of you have been through this before, I'd > just like to ask for your thoughts & prayers this week as we go to > the cancer center again for the tests(tues) and visit with his > primary onc(wed). I guess I'm just scared,he's the light of my life > and I can't imagine life without him. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 I would be happy to send a letter off. I am Canadian, so my voice isn't near what voting Americans would be, but at least I can voice my opinion as a Canadian who does not have to worry about the nonsense that you do! Laurie > Changes need to be made not just in medicare but in the way insurance in > general > looks at cancer patients.But simply chanine medicare to take money out of > cancer care is wrong(out of any insurance it is wrong. We are supporting a > bill-THE QUALITY > CANCER CARE PRESERVATION ACT- recently introduced by Congressman > NORWOOD a Republican from Gorgia and Congresswoman Capps a Democrat > from California(both sides can and often do work together for a common cause) > that would change medicare in a way fair to all. It would save both medicare > and > private insurance companies billions of dollars without cutting the quality > of care. > Both sponsors are medical professionals and they see both sides/The need for > Quality Cancer Care and the need to control costs without cutting patients > from > receiving benefits. I would venture a guess that a campaign of letters or > e-mails to > Representatives and Senators in Congress would make them take note that no > matter who is the candidate in November,all patients who can will vote and > that > cumulative vote can have a massive effect on the outcome.It seems that > private > companies follow mandatory medicare changes and many people just follow the > crowd.If every Senator and every Representative actually visited a cancer > clinic, > a major center where trials are held,and they understood how many millions of > people are affected,infants,babies,children,young adults,middle aged and then > people > like my husband. It is very hard to ask people to stop and drop what they are > doing and to send a letter.but little ripples make big waves and big waves > bring attention. > More people have cancer(in this country)then AIDS ,not true world wide but > here it is. > There are many drugs used overseas that show great promise,we can all hope > and > pray that someone will listen to our pleas and do something to bring costs in > line. > I know there is no single answer,and this is long winded but if all the > different states > represented in this board(on?) could come up with one conprehensive plan it > would > make it much simpler. I do understand that In Canada and England and in other > places where socialized medicine is the norm there may be delays but I don't > think > the red tape is as bad there. Thanks for listening. Prayers and hugs Nick & > Jane > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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