Bowel cancer any tips?

[shabbado]

18 rounds of chemo thus far? That takes some doing.

Stay strong dude

To be fair the first 13 were fucking awful, the recent ones not so bad. My tumour markers are down to 215 from 220.

After 18 sessions i'd hope the markers would be going down.

As before stay strong

[Vespa]

18 rounds of chemo thus far? That takes some doing.

Stay strong dude

To be fair the first 13 were fucking awful, the recent ones not so bad. My tumour markers are down to 215 from 220.

After 18 sessions i'd hope the markers would be going down.

As before stay strong

They didn't for the first 13 rounds, the new regime has brought them down. Not by much, the scan is the acid test.

[shabbado]

18 rounds of chemo thus far? That takes some doing.

Stay strong dude

To be fair the first 13 were fucking awful, the recent ones not so bad. My tumour markers are down to 215 from 220.

After 18 sessions i'd hope the markers would be going down.

As before stay strong

They didn't for the first 13 rounds, the new regime has brought them down. Not by much, the scan is the acid test.

Understandable that you / the doctors would want to reevaluate your treatment if there had been no movement after 13 session.

[Vespa]

18 rounds of chemo thus far? That takes some doing.

Stay strong dude

To be fair the first 13 were fucking awful, the recent ones not so bad. My tumour markers are down to 215 from 220.

After 18 sessions i'd hope the markers would be going down.

As before stay strong

They didn't for the first 13 rounds, the new regime has brought them down. Not by much, the scan is the acid test.

Understandable that you / the doctors would want to reevaluate your treatment if there had been no movement after 13 session.

It is normal practice to scan in the middle and end of the chemo regime (for me that was 13 cycles for the first regime and 12 for this one) because of COVID they skipped the mid regime scan.

[shabbado]

18 rounds of chemo thus far? That takes some doing.

Stay strong dude

To be fair the first 13 were fucking awful, the recent ones not so bad. My tumour markers are down to 215 from 220.

After 18 sessions i'd hope the markers would be going down.

As before stay strong

They didn't for the first 13 rounds, the new regime has brought them down. Not by much, the scan is the acid test.

Understandable that you / the doctors would want to reevaluate your treatment if there had been no movement after 13 session.

It is normal practice to scan in the middle and end of the chemo regime (for me that was 13 cycles for the first regime and 12 for this one) because of COVID they skipped the mid regime scan.

One of the many knock on effects of the pandemic.

What was the specific reason they gave for skipping said scan? Was travelling to the hospital considered too great a risk for you?

[Vespa]

What was the specific reason they gave for skipping said scan? Was travelling to the hospital considered too great a risk for you?

The blood tests for my immune system were below 1.0 which they really don't like.

[shabbado]

What was the specific reason they gave for skipping said scan? Was travelling to the hospital considered too great a risk for you?

The blood tests for my immune system were below 1.0 which they really don't like.

Understandable but no doubt frustrating as hell for you to have to go through the full 13 sessions with minimal effect

[Vespa]

Understandable but no doubt frustrating as hell for you to have to go through the full 13 sessions with minimal effect

I've never bought into the 'you fight cancer' mindset, I'm a passenger on my treatment train. The doctors tell me to do it and I do, whenever I made assumptions I've always been wrong. Now I just turn up.

[shabbado]

Understandable but no doubt frustrating as hell for you to have to go through the full 13 sessions with minimal effect

I've never bought into the 'you fight cancer' mindset, I'm a passenger on my treatment train. The doctors tell me to do it and I do, whenever I made assumptions I've always been wrong. Now I just turn up.

I agree. I dislike the use of the word 'fight' with regards to cancer. It implies choice.

[Sadact7]

Understandable but no doubt frustrating as hell for you to have to go through the full 13 sessions with minimal effect

I've never bought into the 'you fight cancer' mindset, I'm a passenger on my treatment train. The doctors tell me to do it and I do, whenever I made assumptions I've always been wrong. Now I just turn up.

I think the “fighting” rhetoric is just a way to help sufferers from feeling completely helpless. Obviously I’m not speaking from first hand experience but I guess it’s whatever helps you to cope mentally.

Best of luck as ever pal.

[davidarthur]

Good luck Vespa

[Vespa]

Good luck Vespa

Thank you.

[Vespa]

Understandable but no doubt frustrating as hell for you to have to go through the full 13 sessions with minimal effect

I've never bought into the 'you fight cancer' mindset, I'm a passenger on my treatment train. The doctors tell me to do it and I do, whenever I made assumptions I've always been wrong. Now I just turn up.

I think the “fighting” rhetoric is just a way to help sufferers from feeling completely helpless. Obviously I’m not speaking from first hand experience but I guess it’s whatever helps you to cope mentally.

Best of luck as ever pal.

I don't mind when people say it, I feel reasonably well so it doesn't feel like fight. When I meet people who've had half a lung removed they've been in an actual battle.

[Vespa]

Lost the feeling in my arms today so had to visit the hospital, this glove dispenser reminded me of me on a good night out.



I wasn't having a heart attack, which is what the nurses were worried about - it is just a known side effect which wears off in a few days.

[paolo]

hope the feeling has come back

how is your appetite since the treatment started?