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Hi Ron and welcome to our group. I am caregiver to my 51 year old

husband Bert who was diagnosed stage III July 2003, right colon

resection, 4 out of 8 nodes positive. Bert started 5fu/leuc in

August and was on treatment through December 2003. In January, we

switched oncologist to Dr. Heinz f Lenz, a fabulous doctor at a

major cancer center (USC/Norris) who kept my husband on more chemo

and also added oxaliplatin to the cocktail...an added edge if you

will.

Side effects can vary from individual to individual. Some have a

few, some have many, some have them all, some have none. For Bert,

it's been a mixture but overall, quite doable. He has missed very

little work since this entire fiasco hit the fan, but diarrhea has

been somewhat of a problem, as has fatigue. But overall, it's been

pretty darn good.

I hope you will keep us up to date on what's going on and again,

welcome to our group.

Fondly,

Monika

> Hi everyone,

>

> My name is Ron - I'm a 63 yr old man who was diagnosed in 1/04 with

> Stage 3 c.c. and operated on March 4th. I had an adenocarcinoma of

> the transverse colon (walnut size) and 8/14 lymph nodes that were

> positive were removed. There was also a carcinoid tumor present in

> the terminal ileum, 1.c cm in size (3 of 8 lymph nodes involved). I

> had my surgery in Florida (I winter here) and I'm feeling fine -

> eating well, walking a lot, etc. My post-op scans showed no other

> malignancies present, and my onc here was quite positive about my

> future.

>

> I am due to start 6 months of " wipe-up " chemo - 5 FU - in Chicago

in

> a couple of weeks. I have an appointment with Dr. Al B. Benson. Of

> course I have many questions. First, does anyone have any comments

> regarding Dr. Benson? Second, what can I expect when I start

> chemotherapy?

>

> I look forward to hearing from all of you.

>

> Best wishes,

> Ron M.