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Linda Franklin
- 68, Female
- Valrico, Florida
- United States
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Profile Information
- City:
- Valrico, Florida
- Relationship to disease: [select only one]
- Patient/Survivor
- Race and Ethnicity: [select only one]
- White (non-Hispanic)
- (Patients/Survivors Only) Type of Cancer: [select only one]
- Colon Cancer
- (Patients/Survivors Only) What stage were you diagnosed? [select only one]
- Stage 4
- (Patients/Survivors Only) Diagnosis Date:
- June 6, 2006
- (Patients/Survivors Only) Chemotherapy Received:
- Fluoroucil (5-FU), Avastin (Bevacizumab), Camptosar (Irinotecan/CPT-11), Eloxatin (Oxaliplatin), Erbitux (Cetuximab)
- (Patients/Survivors Only) If you have metastates, please note where:
- Too many to count mets to liver
- About Me:
- I needed to sign up again due to an email address change. I am doing well in treatment and love to speak with other survivors.
About Me
Just an update. I am now on my third line of treatment which is Irinotecan, Erbitux and Avastin. I get them all the first week of a three week cycle, the second week I get just the Irinotecan and Erbitux and then the third week just the Erbitux. I finally got the rash under control and feel much better as it was the most depressing experience for me to have that pain from it along with the disfigurement. I start the third of this cycle this week with a CT scan on the 30th of June to see how it is doing. Folfiri did nothing for me and I had tumor growth with it. All in all, I feel quite well. I live alone and can do everything I need to do and then some. Praise the Lord.
Update 9/12/2008
I made the decision to stop treatment about a month
ago after much thought. I am going the "natural" way by being much stricter with my diet. I have bought lots of books and some supplements from the health food store. The Erbitux was and still is awful with it's side effects. The other treatments, I was OK with, but this came down to true quality of life. I got severe nose bleeds requiring trips to ER, a bad skin staph inflammation around my cuticles which is extremely painful. One toe is still sensitive after three months. My right thumb has been incapacitated for a month now. It is called paronychial inflammation and I found out what it was myself....Dr. didn't tell me about it. Also, the rash was unbearable until my sister found something on a website and I knew, then, to ask for an antibiotic. I guess I am tired of doctoring myself! This is with going to Moffitt a major cancer center!
I don't mean to discourage anyone else...each to his own and I will see my onc Tuesday to see what he has to say and to get a PET scan ordered and labs and port flush, etc. etc.
Update 9/12/2008
I made the decision to stop treatment about a month
ago after much thought. I am going the "natural" way by being much stricter with my diet. I have bought lots of books and some supplements from the health food store. The Erbitux was and still is awful with it's side effects. The other treatments, I was OK with, but this came down to true quality of life. I got severe nose bleeds requiring trips to ER, a bad skin staph inflammation around my cuticles which is extremely painful. One toe is still sensitive after three months. My right thumb has been incapacitated for a month now. It is called paronychial inflammation and I found out what it was myself....Dr. didn't tell me about it. Also, the rash was unbearable until my sister found something on a website and I knew, then, to ask for an antibiotic. I guess I am tired of doctoring myself! This is with going to Moffitt a major cancer center!
I don't mean to discourage anyone else...each to his own and I will see my onc Tuesday to see what he has to say and to get a PET scan ordered and labs and port flush, etc. etc.
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At noon in Operating Room 4 at Carolinas Medical Center, Dr. David Iannitti starts his second liver operation of the day.
The patient is sedated, and Iannitti slits the man's abdomen, making an incision that curves to the right like a hockey stick. The surgeon and his assistant grip the man's ribs with a device that looks like something built with an Erector Set. They crank his chest open, creating a cavity the size of a bathroom sink. Published on 2008-03-09, Page 1A, Charlotte Observer, The (NC)
You are so right about the makeup for mental health. i recently shared with a friend to use the minerals too. They protect the skin while making you feel great. I started using them several years ago to switch from the liquid foundations. What a difference it made for me then. Also, there is make-up out there for burn victims that can also be used. If you have an ULTA store near-by you may want to check there for the burn victim makeup. Unfortunately I don't remember the name of the brand. Stay strong and be well.
Just droppng by to say hi.
Juliet
My mom was just recently diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer and she doesn't want the chemo. We are in desperate need for her to talk to someone to let her know there is hope and not to just take this lying down. She goes to the cancer Dr. on Wednesday. She doesn't get on line so our only hope is to have someone reach her by phone. Good luck with your fight and thank you.
Jamie
Great picture of you and the Neufies! All the best,
Jennifer
Are you Apache from acscsn.org? I am jenhopesprays.
I love the photos of your doggies and cute grand kids.
Don't they make life grand?
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