Re: Re: Still available to help-/Len

[Guest guest]

Hi :

I just found your reply regarding Xeloda. I asked my oncologist about it

today and that is what they told me. I don't know why they chose one over the

other, however.

I am happy that your chemo is shrinking your tumor. Is it in the colon?

Thank G-d you don't have it in the liver. And it is encouraging to know that

the scan found your blood clot before something broke off. I think about

clots all the time but I guess there is no way to know whether we have them

except by a scan or a serious event.

Take care.

[Guest guest]

,

The recurrent tumor is in the muscle wall of the abdomen very near the site of

the original colon tumor and resection. In my fogged state I kind of remember

the surgeon telling me that the tumor that was stage iv was attached to the

abdominal wall and they hoped they had gotten all of it, but apparently they

didn't. They did get clear margins on the original tumor, though, so I don't

think it's likely it will actually come back in the colon itself.

brencolinmom@... wrote:

Hi :

I just found your reply regarding Xeloda. I asked my oncologist about it

today and that is what they told me. I don't know why they chose one over the

other, however.

I am happy that your chemo is shrinking your tumor. Is it in the colon?

Thank G-d you don't have it in the liver. And it is encouraging to know that

the scan found your blood clot before something broke off. I think about

clots all the time but I guess there is no way to know whether we have them

except by a scan or a serious event.

Take care.

[Guest guest]

Ingrid,

I was staged iv because the tumor had broken through the colon and was into

the abdominal wall then, headed for my kidneys. It didn't get there, but it was

attaching itself to other structures.

Ingrid Lowe wrote:

, Please refresh me. Why are they staging you stage four? Your

liver and lungs are clear are they not??? My reoccurant tumor was

wrapped within scar tissue that was attached to my adominal wall. I

asked my Onc if that put me stage four and he said no you are still

stage three. I am confused and not sure what I am. Why were you

staged at a four??? Love, Ingrid

> Hi :

> I just found your reply regarding Xeloda. I asked my oncologist

about it

> today and that is what they told me. I don't know why they chose

one over the

> other, however.

> I am happy that your chemo is shrinking your tumor. Is it in the

colon?

> Thank G-d you don't have it in the liver. And it is encouraging

to know that

> the scan found your blood clot before something broke off. I

think about

> clots all the time but I guess there is no way to know whether we

have them

> except by a scan or a serious event.

> Take care.

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