NEWBIE

April 7, 2004

Hi everyone, I'm Sunny, new to the group. I have rectal cancer and

had surgery in Nov, had to have a colosomy. I had 6 weeks of

radiation and chemo and now I'm half way through my 4 treatments of

chemo. 5 days on and 28 days off. If anyone has had the 5FU

chemo, how do you control the skin rashes? I went over all the side

affects that can happen with this chemo, but I believe new ones are

happening with me.LOL. Instead of sores inside the mouth, I'm

getting sores around the mouth, instead of my palms getting

sensitive, the pigments have turned very dark, can not keep moisture

in my skin at all. The rash have made managing my ostomy very

troubesome. Anyone has any suggestions?

Sunny in GA

August 10, 2004

Welcome to this group,though I'm sorry you need to be here.You will

find info and support a plenty!

You did not say what kind of doctor did your procedures but I'm

guessing it wasn't a colorectal surgeon. Personnally, I would grab

all my medical records,xrays,scans,labwork,etc.and run to a cancer

center for another opinion!! You have a right to be scared and

should be 'scared into action!This is not something to sit back and

just'wait & see'. Good luck & let us know how things go.

Hugs & Prayers,

H.

S/O " Hubby " ,52/diagnosed inoperable stage IV cc 7/31/03

6/1/04 started 4th-line(Plan D) chemo of folfox 4,CEA 1150

7/22/04 CTs show significant tumor growth/disease progression,

CEA 1252,chemo discontinued

August 10, 2004