My wife has colon cancer.

BrooklynJerry · Nov 20, 2020

My thoughts and prayers are with you.

52hoosier · Nov 21, 2020

Vince said:
My wife is having her surgery on November 25th, the day before Thanksgiving. She should be in the hospital until Sunday. We don’t have any anxiety and we feel that things will work out great.

Praying for you and your wife, Vince. May God guide the doctors and give her a complete, cancer free recovery.

Vince · Dec 3, 2020

I guess I should update this thread. It’s been a tough two weeks, she had her surgery on (last week) Wednesday. Ran 106 fever, low iron and then low red blood cells. She came home on Tuesday and she does have pain.

They removed 32 lymph nodes, 2 have cancer cells in them. So she will be starting chemo, after Christmas.

DragonBits · Dec 3, 2020

Vince said:
I guess I should update this thread. It’s been a tough two weeks, she had her surgery on (last week) Wednesday. Ran 106 fever, low iron and then low red blood cells. She came home on Tuesday and she does have pain.

They removed 32 lymph nodes, 2 have cancer cells in them. So she will be starting chemo, after Christmas.

Vince, hope things go well for your wife and you

Deleted member 16042 · Dec 6, 2020

Ugh, Cancer and cancer treatment can be a MF-er. Hang in there man and take good care of her.

Keeping you in my thoughts, Good vibes to you both Vince.

Seth · Feb 23, 2021

Vince said:
I guess I should update this thread. It’s been a tough two weeks, she had her surgery on (last week) Wednesday. Ran 106 fever, low iron and then low red blood cells. She came home on Tuesday and she does have pain.

They removed 32 lymph nodes, 2 have cancer cells in them. So she will be starting chemo, after Christmas.

Hey Vince,
Hope your wife is doing well.

Nelson Vergel · Feb 23, 2021

I hope you and your wife will look back at this time as a distant memory one day.

Make sure that she gets a compounded mouth wash for mucositis during chemo. I wish someone had warned me before I started chemo 5 years ago.

Oral Mucositis and Compounded Mouthwashes

www.uspharmacist.com

Vince · Feb 23, 2021

She was supposed to start her fourth treatment of chemo, on Monday. But her blood count was too low. We'll start it next Monday.

She's going through it pretty good. The roughest part I think is her hands and feet sensitivity, to the cold. She can't even drink anything cold, have to warm everything up in the microwave.

I had her start taking melatonin. Supposedly, it makes the cancer cells more sensitive to chemo and a good cells less sensitive to the chemo. I don't know if the studies are true, but we're trying it.

I'll look over the thread on mouth wash for mucositis.

Vince · Oct 10, 2022

updated thread. My wife is doing good. She shows no signs of cancer. She does have hand and feet sensitivity. But overall, she's in good shape and continues to exercise.

I couldn't find it on this thread so I don't know if I posted about it. 4 1/2 years ago she had a colonoscopy. I asked her doctor was a tumor there 4 1/2 years ago. He told me yes but they missed it.

Deleted member 43589 · Oct 10, 2022

Vince said:
I’ve been super busy. On Monday my wife was diagnosed with colon cancer.

The reason she had a colonoscopy, her iron has been very low. They also went down her throat and checked for any issues.

We met with the surgeon yesterday and he said it looks contained. She had interferon treatment today to increase her iron levels. She will need four more treatments to raise her levels.

Next she will be having a CT scan to make sure the cancer has not spread.

Her spirits are great and it’s making us even closer.

Sorry to hear this Vince. I hope the best for you and youur wife dealing with this.

Seth · Oct 10, 2022

Vince said:
updated thread. My wife is doing good. She shows no signs of cancer. She does have hand and feet sensitivity. But overall, she's in good shape and continues to exercise.

I couldn't find it on this thread so I don't know if I posted about it. 4 1/2 years ago she had a colonoscopy. I asked her doctor was a tumor there 4 1/2 years ago. He told me yes but they missed it.

Glad to hear she is doing well.

Fortunate · Oct 10, 2022

Vince said:
updated thread. My wife is doing good. She shows no signs of cancer. She does have hand and feet sensitivity. But overall, she's in good shape and continues to exercise.

I couldn't find it on this thread so I don't know if I posted about it. 4 1/2 years ago she had a colonoscopy. I asked her doctor was a tumor there 4 1/2 years ago. He told me yes but they missed it.

I hope she continues to do well @Vince

Nelson Vergel · Oct 12, 2022

Vince said:
We got the results back from the CT scan yesterday. Looks like it did not spread and it’s contained.

That is great news!

Nelson Vergel · Oct 12, 2022

Vince said:
She's going through it pretty good. The roughest part I think is her hands and feet sensitivity, to the cold. She can't even drink anything cold, have to warm everything up in the microwave.

I bet chemo has made her hypothyroid. Is she also on prednisone or another corticoid steroid?

Vince · Oct 12, 2022

Nelson Vergel said:
I bet chemo has made her hypothyroid. Is she also on prednisone or another corticoid steroid?

She's done with all treatments and not on any meds.

Nelson Vergel · Oct 12, 2022

Hey Vince, you may be interested in reading this article:

Cancer cachexia and anabolic interventions: a case report - PMC

Standard-of-care (SOC) cancer treatments are primarily aimed at reducing size and progression of a tumor. There is a need for successful supplemental anabolic therapies to combat cancer cachexia in addition to these SOC treatment modalities. ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov