Guest guest Posted June 14, 2002 Report Share Posted June 14, 2002 Amy, great minds think alike! My hubby took all the no-nos I had to work with him today, too! LOL!!! ) Re: New Here Thanks Nette- This is exactly what I did this morning, gathered up all the sweets and treats and put them in a bag for DH to take to work with him. I am really trying to get on top of my eating but I just feel that wild hormonal hunger. I have been craving watermelong like crazy. I don't know if I could have one in the house because I would sit and eat the entire thing! I'll have to see if I can find a cereal like that- maybe that would help me. Thanks for the suggestion! Amy > Welcome Amy! Don't worry about losing your baby because of this surgery. One has nothing to do with the other. So relax and enjoy your pregnancy. Of course if your first trimester was like mine, you will be begging God to hurry up time so you can get the second trimester. Morning sickness is a major drag! > > Your vitamin intake sounds great. I'm happy to see you are taking folic acid. My hubby read on the net that women that take folic acid before and during their pregnancies lower their risk of birth defects by a whopping 70%!!!! > > What I do to avoid the sugar cravings is not keep it in the house. I have watermelon in the house. That satisfies my sugar cravings. When I run out, I have this cereal called Corn Bran that is high fiber and very low sugar but for some reason it also satisfies my sugar cravings. > > Good luck!! > > Nette Children are a blessing, and a gift from the Lord. -Psalm 127:3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2002 Report Share Posted June 15, 2002 Watermelon is a lot of water but it is mostly pure sugar and should be avoided if you have had WLS it offers no nutritional value to your daily diet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2003 Report Share Posted May 29, 2003 Wanted to join because I have a neice with mito.I am just trying tomlearn more about it and hope I can understand it.I wish you all the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 , Welcome to the group. Hope the best for your sister. There are several different categories of colon cancer - spontaneous, Hereditary Non-Polyp Colon Cancer, and FAP (can't remember name) based on heredity. It is extremely rare for somebody under 50 to get spontaneous cancer (i.e. no heredity involved). It is not so uncommon for somebody so young to get it if it is HNPCC. FAP is even worse and not applicable, I don't think (people with this hereditary disease get 100's of polyps at an even younger age). That being said, it might be conforting for her siblings or any offspring if she got genetically tested at some point after surgery - there is a 50% chance of parents passing it on to children - if the test finds the gene mutation in her, siblings and children over 18 can get the test done as well and get a better idea of what they need to do to screen properly. If it occurred on her right side (ascending colon), there is a good chance that HNPCC is involved. I'm not sure that there is conclusive evidence that it spreads faster with younger people (I hope not, I'm only 40), although there is evidence that synchronous occuring metastases inicate a poorer prognosis than metastases that occur well after the primary tumor is discovered. Larger numbers of metatases also statistically correlate with poorer prognosis. Survival will depend on what her cancer ends up being staged as. Statistically, Stage I cancer (mucous part or muscle only) is 96% curable (5-7 years of survival cancer free is considered a cure), Stage II (spread to outer parts of colon) is about 87% curable, Stage III (spread to local lymph nodes) is about 55% curable, and, unfortunately, Stage IV (spread to other organs) is about 8.5% curable. " Invasive " isn't introspective enough to correlate with the stages above. It is by no means an instant death message - as you can see, the numbers are actually very good for the majority of cases. Even certain circumstances within a Stage IV diagnosis have as much as a 33% survival rate. As far as I know, there is no little correlation between age and survival - somebody 40 with Stage III cancer has pretty much the same chance of survival as somebody who is 60 with Stage III, although people who are mobile statistically have a better chance than those who are bed-ridden. Things will move fast - as others in the group will tell, if asked, the key to surgery is getting up out of bed as soon as possible and as often as possible (my wife had me out the morning after surgery), and using the little breathing thing they give to you (it really helps to prevent pnemonia). Hope this helps. The American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org), the National Cancer Institute (www.nci.gov) and the Colon Cancer Alliance (www.ccalliance.org) all have concisely written discourses on colorectal cancer that I've found to be informative. Joe > Hello all. I'm new to the group. Yesterday we learned that my sister in law > has colon cancer, and she's only 42 years old.. I'm out to learn as much as > possible, so any help would be greatly appreciated.. her pathology report said > " invasive " .. When she had her colonoscopy done last week, they found 3 tumors > and removed them. Her doctor said now things will move fast. He said they will > schedule her for a fluroscopy to take another piece to biopsy then she'll go in > for surgery within the week.. > I'd just like to know what her chances of survival are, considering her age, > and everything I've read it is rare for someone under 50 to be diagnosed with > colon cancer and when they are it is usually a fast growing type and likely > to spread.. > Any help or info please send my way! > Thanks > in PA > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 , Welcome to the group. Hope the best for your sister. There are several different categories of colon cancer - spontaneous, Hereditary Non-Polyp Colon Cancer, and FAP (can't remember name) based on heredity. It is extremely rare for somebody under 50 to get spontaneous cancer (i.e. no heredity involved). It is not so uncommon for somebody so young to get it if it is HNPCC. FAP is even worse and not applicable, I don't think (people with this hereditary disease get 100's of polyps at an even younger age). That being said, it might be conforting for her siblings or any offspring if she got genetically tested at some point after surgery - there is a 50% chance of parents passing it on to children - if the test finds the gene mutation in her, siblings and children over 18 can get the test done as well and get a better idea of what they need to do to screen properly. If it occurred on her right side (ascending colon), there is a good chance that HNPCC is involved. I'm not sure that there is conclusive evidence that it spreads faster with younger people (I hope not, I'm only 40), although there is evidence that synchronous occuring metastases inicate a poorer prognosis than metastases that occur well after the primary tumor is discovered. Larger numbers of metatases also statistically correlate with poorer prognosis. Survival will depend on what her cancer ends up being staged as. Statistically, Stage I cancer (mucous part or muscle only) is 96% curable (5-7 years of survival cancer free is considered a cure), Stage II (spread to outer parts of colon) is about 87% curable, Stage III (spread to local lymph nodes) is about 55% curable, and, unfortunately, Stage IV (spread to other organs) is about 8.5% curable. " Invasive " isn't introspective enough to correlate with the stages above. It is by no means an instant death message - as you can see, the numbers are actually very good for the majority of cases. Even certain circumstances within a Stage IV diagnosis have as much as a 33% survival rate. As far as I know, there is no little correlation between age and survival - somebody 40 with Stage III cancer has pretty much the same chance of survival as somebody who is 60 with Stage III, although people who are mobile statistically have a better chance than those who are bed-ridden. Things will move fast - as others in the group will tell, if asked, the key to surgery is getting up out of bed as soon as possible and as often as possible (my wife had me out the morning after surgery), and using the little breathing thing they give to you (it really helps to prevent pnemonia). Hope this helps. The American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org), the National Cancer Institute (www.nci.gov) and the Colon Cancer Alliance (www.ccalliance.org) all have concisely written discourses on colorectal cancer that I've found to be informative. Joe > Hello all. I'm new to the group. Yesterday we learned that my sister in law > has colon cancer, and she's only 42 years old.. I'm out to learn as much as > possible, so any help would be greatly appreciated.. her pathology report said > " invasive " .. When she had her colonoscopy done last week, they found 3 tumors > and removed them. Her doctor said now things will move fast. He said they will > schedule her for a fluroscopy to take another piece to biopsy then she'll go in > for surgery within the week.. > I'd just like to know what her chances of survival are, considering her age, > and everything I've read it is rare for someone under 50 to be diagnosed with > colon cancer and when they are it is usually a fast growing type and likely > to spread.. > Any help or info please send my way! > Thanks > in PA > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 , Welcome to the group. Hope the best for your sister. There are several different categories of colon cancer - spontaneous, Hereditary Non-Polyp Colon Cancer, and FAP (can't remember name) based on heredity. It is extremely rare for somebody under 50 to get spontaneous cancer (i.e. no heredity involved). It is not so uncommon for somebody so young to get it if it is HNPCC. FAP is even worse and not applicable, I don't think (people with this hereditary disease get 100's of polyps at an even younger age). That being said, it might be conforting for her siblings or any offspring if she got genetically tested at some point after surgery - there is a 50% chance of parents passing it on to children - if the test finds the gene mutation in her, siblings and children over 18 can get the test done as well and get a better idea of what they need to do to screen properly. If it occurred on her right side (ascending colon), there is a good chance that HNPCC is involved. I'm not sure that there is conclusive evidence that it spreads faster with younger people (I hope not, I'm only 40), although there is evidence that synchronous occuring metastases inicate a poorer prognosis than metastases that occur well after the primary tumor is discovered. Larger numbers of metatases also statistically correlate with poorer prognosis. Survival will depend on what her cancer ends up being staged as. Statistically, Stage I cancer (mucous part or muscle only) is 96% curable (5-7 years of survival cancer free is considered a cure), Stage II (spread to outer parts of colon) is about 87% curable, Stage III (spread to local lymph nodes) is about 55% curable, and, unfortunately, Stage IV (spread to other organs) is about 8.5% curable. " Invasive " isn't introspective enough to correlate with the stages above. It is by no means an instant death message - as you can see, the numbers are actually very good for the majority of cases. Even certain circumstances within a Stage IV diagnosis have as much as a 33% survival rate. As far as I know, there is no little correlation between age and survival - somebody 40 with Stage III cancer has pretty much the same chance of survival as somebody who is 60 with Stage III, although people who are mobile statistically have a better chance than those who are bed-ridden. Things will move fast - as others in the group will tell, if asked, the key to surgery is getting up out of bed as soon as possible and as often as possible (my wife had me out the morning after surgery), and using the little breathing thing they give to you (it really helps to prevent pnemonia). Hope this helps. The American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org), the National Cancer Institute (www.nci.gov) and the Colon Cancer Alliance (www.ccalliance.org) all have concisely written discourses on colorectal cancer that I've found to be informative. Joe > Hello all. I'm new to the group. Yesterday we learned that my sister in law > has colon cancer, and she's only 42 years old.. I'm out to learn as much as > possible, so any help would be greatly appreciated.. her pathology report said > " invasive " .. When she had her colonoscopy done last week, they found 3 tumors > and removed them. Her doctor said now things will move fast. He said they will > schedule her for a fluroscopy to take another piece to biopsy then she'll go in > for surgery within the week.. > I'd just like to know what her chances of survival are, considering her age, > and everything I've read it is rare for someone under 50 to be diagnosed with > colon cancer and when they are it is usually a fast growing type and likely > to spread.. > Any help or info please send my way! > Thanks > in PA > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 > Hello all. I'm new to the group. Yesterday we learned that my sister in law > has colon cancer, and she's only 42 years old.. I'm out to learn as much as > possible, so any help would be greatly appreciated.. her pathology report said > " invasive " .. When she had her colonoscopy done last week, they found 3 tumors > and removed them. Her doctor said now things will move fast. He said they will > schedule her for a fluroscopy to take another piece to biopsy then she'll go in > for surgery within the week.. > I'd just like to know what her chances of survival are, considering her age, > and everything I've read it is rare for someone under 50 to be diagnosed with > colon cancer and when they are it is usually a fast growing type and likely > to spread.. > Any help or info please send my way! > Thanks > in PA Hi , Welcome and sorry you have to be here...In the medical dictionary under " Invasive cancer " the definition is " Cancer that has spread to sorrounding tissue " ....But don't let this scare ya....You should get more info from dr. Then come back with all your question's.....The people here can really help you....Best of luck hugs Jana > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 > Hello all. I'm new to the group. Yesterday we learned that my sister in law > has colon cancer, and she's only 42 years old.. I'm out to learn as much as > possible, so any help would be greatly appreciated.. her pathology report said > " invasive " .. When she had her colonoscopy done last week, they found 3 tumors > and removed them. Her doctor said now things will move fast. He said they will > schedule her for a fluroscopy to take another piece to biopsy then she'll go in > for surgery within the week.. > I'd just like to know what her chances of survival are, considering her age, > and everything I've read it is rare for someone under 50 to be diagnosed with > colon cancer and when they are it is usually a fast growing type and likely > to spread.. > Any help or info please send my way! > Thanks > in PA Hi , Welcome and sorry you have to be here...In the medical dictionary under " Invasive cancer " the definition is " Cancer that has spread to sorrounding tissue " ....But don't let this scare ya....You should get more info from dr. Then come back with all your question's.....The people here can really help you....Best of luck hugs Jana > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 My sister was diagnosed at age 44 and is here healthy and alive to tell about it 8 years later. Ignore them when they say it is faster in younger people. There are types of colon cancer that are faster but CCNetwork has more people with ordinary patterns of growth than fast ones. -Priscilla www.colorectal-cancer.net > > From: tswife1989@... > Date: 2004/08/18 Wed PM 05:55:34 EDT > To: colon_cancer_support > Subject: New Here > > Priscilla Savary Executive Director Colorectal Cancer Network PO Box 182, Kensington MD 20895 www.colorectal-cancer.net psavary@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 My sister was diagnosed at age 44 and is here healthy and alive to tell about it 8 years later. Ignore them when they say it is faster in younger people. There are types of colon cancer that are faster but CCNetwork has more people with ordinary patterns of growth than fast ones. -Priscilla www.colorectal-cancer.net > > From: tswife1989@... > Date: 2004/08/18 Wed PM 05:55:34 EDT > To: colon_cancer_support > Subject: New Here > > Priscilla Savary Executive Director Colorectal Cancer Network PO Box 182, Kensington MD 20895 www.colorectal-cancer.net psavary@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 My sister was diagnosed at age 44 and is here healthy and alive to tell about it 8 years later. Ignore them when they say it is faster in younger people. There are types of colon cancer that are faster but CCNetwork has more people with ordinary patterns of growth than fast ones. -Priscilla www.colorectal-cancer.net > > From: tswife1989@... > Date: 2004/08/18 Wed PM 05:55:34 EDT > To: colon_cancer_support > Subject: New Here > > Priscilla Savary Executive Director Colorectal Cancer Network PO Box 182, Kensington MD 20895 www.colorectal-cancer.net psavary@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Does your Mom have any bloating or swelling around the pain area? Is there any hard areas? This may give you a clue about whether it is from the cancer or from the disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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