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Donna Richno (stage4)


December 29, 2006


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Palm Harbor, Florida


October 25th


Cancer Survivor

Cancer Info


Colon and Rectal Cancer


Stage 4 Colon Cancer with Metastisis to the liver, lungs and bones


July 2005


Stage 4


07


Re-excision Surgery, Lobectomy


Irinotecan (brand name: Campto), Fluorouracil


Chemo is worse than the cancer itself


What is really important in life


Make the most of every moment, leave comments


Liver, lungs and bones


Aug ‘05 Colon Resection, Feb ‘06-RFA Liver, Liver Resection.

Did a clinical trial after quitting chemo. Could be the reason the growth rate is much slower.





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November 7, 2007

Hi All,
I always have some kind of excitement when I travel and this was no exception. When we got to the Bahamas the then tropical storm was in back of us on the way back Hurricane Noel was a day in front of us. We had strong winds and high seas the whole time. We did have about a day and a half of nice weather.
It was fun, I had a great time. Spent too much on board (about $1,000, I haven’t confessed to my husband yet)
Loved the casino and spent way too much time in there.

I am so glad I got the sea sickness patch before I left, the waves got up to about 15 ft swells. I got some video but it was very scary standing on the balcony to get the video.
The pools were closed because of the big waves all but a few hours and the open deck was closed Friday because of the high wind.

I hope I get to go again, it was so much fun even with the weather. The shows were great. We went to the Bahamas, St. Thomas and Saint Maartin. I liked St Thomas the best. We went to Meagans Bay. It was very nice that day.
I posted some pictures….Donna
maegansbayMaegans Bay in St Thomas was BeautifulEntering_Port Coming into Port
MonkeyI loved the towel creations housekeeping did every night
atlantis I am on the far left, my mom on the right, my friends in back
atlantisaquar We went to the Atlantis in Nassau, The restaurant had an aquarium all around it.

Well, if you can’t have the picture postcard cruise you can have the adventure cruise. Even with the weather, sounds like you had a great time. I enjoyed seeing your pictures.

Sounds like you had a good time in the casino. Don’t worry about how much you spent, it’s only money.

Yea we live here in South Florida and the weather was bad but it looks like you had a great time! Its so beautiful on the islands even in bad weather, lol! So happy you still had a nice vacation!

Glad you made it back all safe and sound. Your pictures are beautiful.

Cheryl

I can give you the info on the alternative treatments but not on the message boards. The hospital is faced with threats of being shut down all the time because of the success rate of the medicine, its not even allowed to be called that really. I will say its not from the US so you would have to make a trip to get it. You can e-mail me at jseneca78@gmail.com

I loved your pictures, Donna. I’m also glad you had fun on your cruise. Sounded like it’s exactly what you needed…Grace

Love the pictures and that is so cute how they did up those towels.. Sounds and looks like you had a great vacation…

How are you doing? We haven’t heard from you in a while.

Hi Donna,
My name is Jennifer and I’m an associate producer for the Montel Williams Show. I read your blog and am really inspired by your courage and would like to speak to you about sharing your story to inspire others. Please contact me when you get a chance at j_stryker@montelshow.com. Thank you.

Jennifer

Donna, are you ok I read your comment to Sue and your worrying me. Please take care of you self I know it is tough at times but you can do it.

Cheryl

Donna a PS from my last comment. Have you Dr.’s check into the VEGF Trap treatment I believe they have a trial going for colon cancer. The side effects are not to bad It might be worth looking into. Just a though

Cheryl





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