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Name:
Gerald Lane with help from Timothy (daddylane)

Member Since:
March 26, 2008

Location:
Silver Spring, Maryland

Birthday:
12/23/1938

Type of Cancer:
Colon and Rectal Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer:
signet ring cell

Diagnosis Date:
Feb 5, 2005

Stage of Cancer:
Stage 4

Lymph Node Involvement:
No

Chemotherapy:
Irinotecan (brand name: Campto), Fluorouracil

Profile:
Cancer Survivor

What I Hate Most About Cancer:
Can't enjoy my wine man! The stress & distress it brings to the ones I love.

What I Have Learned From Cancer:
We must live & love every day as fully as we are allowed. And, look forward because that's the only direction you can go.

Things My Supporters Can Do To Help:
We will make an arrangement with a local colon cancer support group.

Cancer Symptoms:

Multiple flushes of bloody stool, spontaneous initiation & resolution, over four hours in mid-December 2004. Analyzed by a PA to probably be a manifestation of diverticulitis shown on sigmoidoscopy 2 yrs before. Six weeks later further flushings resulted in ER admission to Holy Cross Hospital January 31, 2005.

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects:

Blood transfusion immediately, multiple tests, & scheduled colonoscopy resulted in surgery Feb 5, 2005, showing the presence of a tumor just above the appendix that had to be removed. A 2 foot long section of the colon was removed & the ends reattached. Biopsy showed stage 4 disease with metastasis to the peritoneum.

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Blood Draw port.

Daddy Lane is getting ready here for the blood draw required before seeing his oncologist March 20th. The appointment went well, his liver and kidney functions look good. Since he’s lost more weight the port sticks out like a soda bottle cap under his skin. Pass the Sprite!

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Such wonderful pics. Your Daddy Lane looks like such a very special person and it appears that you all have such a good time together. Thanks for sharing the pics. My prayers will be with you. God Bless you all. Hugs, Joyce

Posted on March 28, 2008 at 3:27:04 PM by joyce

Hi, Jerry,
This blog is a wonderful idea, glad to see that you are still giving the nurses a run for their money. I wish that Richard and I could come to see you but we have great memories of your last trip to Albuquerque and the get together with the cousins. Thank you so much for your sweetness to me when I was a little girl with not enough good male role models, you helped more than you may know. Till our next glass of wine, you are loved.
Lynn and Richard

Posted on March 30, 2008 at 9:55:06 AM by Lynn Wartick (unverified)

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