Colon Cancer

Listening to the radio, I heard that Singapore just developed a vaccine for treating colon cancer: the most likely cause of father’s metastatic cancer of unknown primary. This is not just "chemotherapy in a pill", like Xeloda is, but it’s a real cancer treatment! Basically the medicine customises the cancer patient’s own special immune cells! … Read more

This is a follow up on my previous Colon Cancer Staging post. I had some more questions about it related to dad’s colon cancer, but thanks to the Dad cancer update by brother, I still have the same questions and no answers yet. First and foremost, let me show you the list of cancer types … Read more

Since me and my sister already took some days off and our brother lives the closest to the hospital, we sent brother to meet the surgeon and ask some follow up questions. The result is that brother tells us that father has a bad colon… Euhm: if dad had a good colon, he wouldn’t have … Read more

The best colon cancer prevention is to cut down on meat and do a regular colonoscopy once you get about 40 or 50 years old. First and foremost, cut down on processed meat. Colon cancer just occurs much more in people having a diet with lots of processed meat in it. It’s not easy to … Read more

Although most people already faint when they hear the word cancer, what you really don’t want to hear is a stage 4 cancer. Stage 4 colon cancer means that the colon cancer has spread to other organs, generally that’s to the liver but it might as well go to the lungs or any other organ. … Read more

Short update what is going on now that dad has colon cancer and has undergone surgery as cancer treatment. we take turns so dad never is alone in the hospital (its good when you have a bunch of kids if you need somebody to take care of you, at least a few will help!) dad … Read more

Unlike with father’s metastatic liver cancer where I blogged a lot about each and every day in the life of father dealing with his liver cancer, I am reluctant to write about dad (dad has colon cancer). It does make a difference when you are talking about your real dad in stead of your father … Read more

According to dad’s surgeon (dad has colon cancer), dad’s cancer was already 2 years old, so we should have seen the red flags in stead of thinking that dad had yet another food poisoning… Dad is my biological dad, father who died from metastatic liver cancer is hubby’s father… Dad was chronically constipated (due to … Read more

As a follow up of our previous dad has colon cancer post: dad had the cancer removed the operation went well dad already opened his eyes once according to the surgeon, dad will not die from cancer. We keep our fingers crossed because everybody knows that a colon is something that has to work every … Read more

The reason why most things in this world come in pairs, is that when one thing fails, you still have another one to replace it. Now when you marry, you get another father for the price of one. Unfortunately one father died because of metastatic liver cancer and now we hear that my father has … Read more

Father is no more fighting his metastatic liver cancer, but others are. Read the cancer story below (sent to us last month, but we were too occupied in our own cancer fight). The similarities with fathers’ metastatic liver cancer are clear: you want to live your life "as normal as possible", although your clock is … Read more