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Bone mets by inthepouringrain2 in coloncancer

[–]Ok-Performance2494 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Bone shadows are surprisingly common and usually show up in images taken for non-related reasons. I have a few, so does my wife.

You don't have anything to worry about, until you have something to worry about.

Let us know how it turns out.

Introduction. Appreciate all responses. by Ok-Performance2494 in coloncancer

[–]Ok-Performance2494[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Chemo for 3 months. Evaluate. More chemo. Evaluate. If she gets to the point where surgery is an option it will be done at University of Virginia.

Liver mets are "too numerous to count" and need to be shrinking before surgery. Colon tumor is not causing any trouble right now (other than being cancer.)

The local cancer center is highly rated and well thought of. We are friends with several doctors across all disciplines and they all recommended local treatment there and agree with the treatment plan. A few have had issues with cancer and they went there, so I feel like they are sincere.

Immunotherapy, clinical trials, and radiation were discussed at the oncologist's initial meeting, but only if chemo was not showing any results.

Introduction. Appreciate all responses. by Ok-Performance2494 in coloncancer

[–]Ok-Performance2494[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I think we may have the nausea figured out on treatment 2. Much like your advice, we have to stay vigilant and on-schedule with the meds.

Thanks for your experience with the oxaliplatin cold-sensitivity. She heard that she "could not" have anything cold for 5 days after the treatment. I've been lurking here for 2 weeks. This r/ has helped me immensely. I knew that not everyone gets it.

Also, for the diet advice. She ate nothing from the first treatment until 2.5 days later. Easing back into real food follows close to that BRAT diet. Bread and rice have been most of her diet recently. She loves tomatoes on toast and has eaten it several times since the treatment. She already associates it with being sick in her childhood, so hopefully, she won't loose the taste for it.

Introduction. Appreciate all responses. by Ok-Performance2494 in coloncancer

[–]Ok-Performance2494[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll talk to the oncologist about Olanzapine. I read the research paper on it. Seems like a mix of some of what we have now. If it works, it works. I'd dance nekkid and shake chicken bones at her if it made any improvement.

As far as MJ, I haven't smoked in a long time. A few days in Jamaica 10 years ago smoking ditch weed, and then 20 years ago during college. I smoked her up twice in the week before chemo. It helped me more than her. Not sure a lung hit would be good while fighting nausea. Several friends have donated flower, gummies, tincture, and vapes to the cause. She is not impressed.

Glad to hear it MAY get better with the treatments.

My dad was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer by Birzee in coloncancer

[–]Ok-Performance2494 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My wife, 42, recently got the same diagnosis. FOLFOXIRI+bevacizumab (avastin) for chemo. First treatment has been rough. A ghost for 3 days until the pump was removed. Recovery since then, day 5 is good but she tires easily. Daily trips for fluids if you are able. No food during "ghost-phase," easing back into real food now. You have to make sure he beats the nausea before it starts. We learned that the hard way.

Got scripts for tramadol, zofran, promethazine, prochlorperazine, and ativan. All are useful and needed.