Another way of seeing the SPAM ;-)

[Guest guest]

Come on have mercy on the poor man he saw all our SPAM jokes and threw us a

can of that stuff.

See he probably really eats it and it's effected his brain. Diagnosed with

*Ocular Rectitis* poor thing! Now he'll need surgery and intensive

psychotherapy. And you know how expensive THAT is! That's o.k. now we can sell

his Life

Insurance and get money for us not him!!!

Well there's my funny for the day

Have a good one

Narice

[Guest guest]

OK .......... I'm going to be the " odd man/woman out " here ..... but

there is ONE good point made by this man's post, that some may not

have been aware of. I only mention this because I've seen people

need and use this before. (Being and ex-insurance agent for

employee benefits) If any of us fighting this disease were to be in

need of cash ...... whether that be for treatment, to take a nice

family vacation with our loved one, etc. ......... it is important

to KNOW that this is a valid option. There are some life policies

that provide within them the opportunity to access some of the face

value if diagnosed with a life threatening illness. But for those

with older policies, it COULD be helpful to know that there are

companies out there (and you can find them on the web or check with

your local bank) that will basically " loan " you money against your

life insurance policy so that you may use that money for things you

need now. I'm not saying what he put on this board was done in an

upfront or tactful manner ........ but I can see that there could be

someone on this board who wasn't aware they had that option should

they get in a bind or desire to share special moments (like a

vacation they couldn't otherwise afford) with their loved one.

OK ....... that's all I'll say about that. )

Kindest Regards,

Donna Sisco

S/O Rick, 50, Arkansas

09/19/02 - Diag. Stage IV Colon Cancer with 6 of 6 Pos. Nodes and

60%+ Tumor Burden in Liver

09/24/02 - 10cm Tumor removed from Colon

10/22/02 - Began CPT-11/5FU/LV Chemo - Had some shrinkage in 7

months

06/11/03 - Appt at MD - Suggested changing chemo – failing

current treatment

07/25/03 - Began Oxaliplatin/Xeloda Chemo

10/20/03 - Increased Xeloda – Still failing treatment

11/12/03 - Added Celebrex - continued failure

01/15/04 - Switched to FOLFOX4 chemo

02/23/04 - CEA drops 80 points

02/25/04 - First Symptoms of Brain Problem

03/01/04 - Brain Scan (MRI/CT) 1 " Brain Tumor - Left Parietal Lobe

03/02/04 - Began 10 Whole Brain Radiation Treatments and Decadron

03/15/04 - Last WBR Treatment

03/18/04 – Took last Decadron - extremely fast weaning process

03/22/04 - First Grand Mal Seizure (5 day hospital stay)

03/22/04 - Back on Decadron, added Dilantin & Insulin

04/06/04 - Resumed Folfox4 Chemo with added drug Erbitux

04/13/04 – Not metabolizing Dilantin – adding Keppra

04/20/04 - Switched to CPT-11 with Erbitux

05/04/04 – Beginning weaning from Dilantin, will stay on Keppra

> Come on have mercy on the poor man he saw all our SPAM jokes and

threw us a

> can of that stuff.

>

> See he probably really eats it and it's effected his brain.

Diagnosed with

> *Ocular Rectitis* poor thing! Now he'll need surgery and

intensive

> psychotherapy. And you know how expensive THAT is! That's o.k.

now we can sell his Life

> Insurance and get money for us not him!!!

>

> Well there's my funny for the day

> Have a good one

> Narice

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

OK .......... I'm going to be the " odd man/woman out " here ..... but

there is ONE good point made by this man's post, that some may not

have been aware of. I only mention this because I've seen people

need and use this before. (Being and ex-insurance agent for

employee benefits) If any of us fighting this disease were to be in

need of cash ...... whether that be for treatment, to take a nice

family vacation with our loved one, etc. ......... it is important

to KNOW that this is a valid option. There are some life policies

that provide within them the opportunity to access some of the face

value if diagnosed with a life threatening illness. But for those

with older policies, it COULD be helpful to know that there are

companies out there (and you can find them on the web or check with

your local bank) that will basically " loan " you money against your

life insurance policy so that you may use that money for things you

need now. I'm not saying what he put on this board was done in an

upfront or tactful manner ........ but I can see that there could be

someone on this board who wasn't aware they had that option should

they get in a bind or desire to share special moments (like a

vacation they couldn't otherwise afford) with their loved one.

OK ....... that's all I'll say about that. )

Kindest Regards,

Donna Sisco

S/O Rick, 50, Arkansas

09/19/02 - Diag. Stage IV Colon Cancer with 6 of 6 Pos. Nodes and

60%+ Tumor Burden in Liver

09/24/02 - 10cm Tumor removed from Colon

10/22/02 - Began CPT-11/5FU/LV Chemo - Had some shrinkage in 7

months

06/11/03 - Appt at MD - Suggested changing chemo – failing

current treatment

07/25/03 - Began Oxaliplatin/Xeloda Chemo

10/20/03 - Increased Xeloda – Still failing treatment

11/12/03 - Added Celebrex - continued failure

01/15/04 - Switched to FOLFOX4 chemo

02/23/04 - CEA drops 80 points

02/25/04 - First Symptoms of Brain Problem

03/01/04 - Brain Scan (MRI/CT) 1 " Brain Tumor - Left Parietal Lobe

03/02/04 - Began 10 Whole Brain Radiation Treatments and Decadron

03/15/04 - Last WBR Treatment

03/18/04 – Took last Decadron - extremely fast weaning process

03/22/04 - First Grand Mal Seizure (5 day hospital stay)

03/22/04 - Back on Decadron, added Dilantin & Insulin

04/06/04 - Resumed Folfox4 Chemo with added drug Erbitux

04/13/04 – Not metabolizing Dilantin – adding Keppra

04/20/04 - Switched to CPT-11 with Erbitux

05/04/04 – Beginning weaning from Dilantin, will stay on Keppra

> Come on have mercy on the poor man he saw all our SPAM jokes and

threw us a

> can of that stuff.

>

> See he probably really eats it and it's effected his brain.

Diagnosed with

> *Ocular Rectitis* poor thing! Now he'll need surgery and

intensive

> psychotherapy. And you know how expensive THAT is! That's o.k.

now we can sell his Life

> Insurance and get money for us not him!!!

>

> Well there's my funny for the day

> Have a good one

> Narice

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

OK .......... I'm going to be the " odd man/woman out " here ..... but

there is ONE good point made by this man's post, that some may not

have been aware of. I only mention this because I've seen people

need and use this before. (Being and ex-insurance agent for

employee benefits) If any of us fighting this disease were to be in

need of cash ...... whether that be for treatment, to take a nice

family vacation with our loved one, etc. ......... it is important

to KNOW that this is a valid option. There are some life policies

that provide within them the opportunity to access some of the face

value if diagnosed with a life threatening illness. But for those

with older policies, it COULD be helpful to know that there are

companies out there (and you can find them on the web or check with

your local bank) that will basically " loan " you money against your

life insurance policy so that you may use that money for things you

need now. I'm not saying what he put on this board was done in an

upfront or tactful manner ........ but I can see that there could be

someone on this board who wasn't aware they had that option should

they get in a bind or desire to share special moments (like a

vacation they couldn't otherwise afford) with their loved one.

OK ....... that's all I'll say about that. )

Kindest Regards,

Donna Sisco

S/O Rick, 50, Arkansas

09/19/02 - Diag. Stage IV Colon Cancer with 6 of 6 Pos. Nodes and

60%+ Tumor Burden in Liver

09/24/02 - 10cm Tumor removed from Colon

10/22/02 - Began CPT-11/5FU/LV Chemo - Had some shrinkage in 7

months

06/11/03 - Appt at MD - Suggested changing chemo – failing

current treatment

07/25/03 - Began Oxaliplatin/Xeloda Chemo

10/20/03 - Increased Xeloda – Still failing treatment

11/12/03 - Added Celebrex - continued failure

01/15/04 - Switched to FOLFOX4 chemo

02/23/04 - CEA drops 80 points

02/25/04 - First Symptoms of Brain Problem

03/01/04 - Brain Scan (MRI/CT) 1 " Brain Tumor - Left Parietal Lobe

03/02/04 - Began 10 Whole Brain Radiation Treatments and Decadron

03/15/04 - Last WBR Treatment

03/18/04 – Took last Decadron - extremely fast weaning process

03/22/04 - First Grand Mal Seizure (5 day hospital stay)

03/22/04 - Back on Decadron, added Dilantin & Insulin

04/06/04 - Resumed Folfox4 Chemo with added drug Erbitux

04/13/04 – Not metabolizing Dilantin – adding Keppra

04/20/04 - Switched to CPT-11 with Erbitux

05/04/04 – Beginning weaning from Dilantin, will stay on Keppra

> Come on have mercy on the poor man he saw all our SPAM jokes and

threw us a

> can of that stuff.

>

> See he probably really eats it and it's effected his brain.

Diagnosed with

> *Ocular Rectitis* poor thing! Now he'll need surgery and

intensive

> psychotherapy. And you know how expensive THAT is! That's o.k.

now we can sell his Life

> Insurance and get money for us not him!!!

>

> Well there's my funny for the day

> Have a good one

> Narice

>

>

>