long term effects i.e cancer?

[anonymous]

I was wondering if I had a higher risk of colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, liver cancer etc because of my poor digestion. I can't find any articles or research pertaining to this question. Luckily, my lungs are very healthy and therefor more concerned about the long erm effects of my pardon the pun ****** GI tract. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif" border="0">

 

[Purplelungs]

Wow I never thought of that. I would like to know too.
Its a good idea to keep those thing in check anyway. Like ask for check ups and yearly testing. I know they want people over 40 (or is it 50) to have yearly colon check ups. Its especially important to check on things if its in your family, like heart problems, cancer. Get your heart checked and full body work ups if you think you need it. For me I will have to do the colon thing and heart thing because its in my family. Cancer and heart problems are on both sides of my family.

 

[luke]

I have never heard of a link between pancreatic or liver cancer and CF. I do have a theory though about colon cancer. Before anyone comments on my statement I will reiterate this is only my opinion.

I believe the risks are actually less because of CF. This is why... some cellular changes occur in the colon when food insn't "moved out" in a timely fashon. This in part can cause cancer cells to form. This is why bran and other types of ruffage are encouraged to empty out the colon. This of course is normally not an issue for us and typically is quite the opposite. Anyway, just my 2 cents


luke

 

[Emily65Roses]

Luke, that actually seems to make sense. Do you know why cancer cells start to form when food isn't properly moved out? I don't immediately see why one would lead to the other...

 

[luke]

Well...let me preface by saying this again...this is my opinion and have no concrete data to support it! It is a widely debated subject on whether fiber and such nutrients actually decrease the risks of colon cancer all together. But...it seems as though the high protien/fat diet(American) diet is the "root" of all evil. So I am infering that the "cleaning out" prevents the stagnant protein/fat from breaking down the cellular make up in the lining of the colon. As far as what cellular changes occur I am really unsure.

One other thing. Some studies show that Ibuprofen decreases the chance of colon cancer as well. Since, most of us take enough motrin to kill a horse we have another point in our favor!


Luke

 

[Mockingbird]

<blockquote>Quote<br><hr><i>Originally posted by: <b>luke</b></i><br>This is why bran and other types of ruffage are encouraged to empty out the colon. This of course is normally not an issue for us and typically is quite the opposite. Anyway, just my 2 cents
luke<hr></blockquote>

Not true. =-) Cronic constipation (There's a name for it, but I frget just what) actually happens a lot. Well, maybe not a lot, but I know quite a few cfer's including me who have to take miralax or whatever because of it

 

[Faust]

I suppose the way we can look at it is, if we get cancer and die from that, we have beaten CF.

 

[JazzysMom]

Thanks for sharing your story, Karen!

 

[JazzysMom]

OH SEAN.....2 for 2 with me today....yeah!

 

[Faust]

Did they elaborate on how him having CF helped him contract CC? I'd like to know the connections.

 

[Diane]

I read that really high doses of enzymes can contribute to cancer. I have read this more than once, but i can not remember where i have seen it.

 

[anonymous]

I read that the most common cancer in CF patients is lymphoma. I guess because of all the bugs in our lungs, our immune system is always on high-gear trying to fight them off. When our immune system is working all the time, there is more cell turnover, and more cell turnover means more chances for cell growth errors which may lead to tumours, cancer, etc. Great eh? As if we don't have enough to worry about!

 

[Pamalamadingdong]

My neice died 12th of Dec. officially from non hodgekens. This was brought on by the rejection meds.that she took after receiving double lung transplant six years ago. The dr. did say this. It was her second time to battle cancer in the last six yrs. She was 14 and diagionsed with CF the day she was born. We really miss her everyday.

 

[Faust]

<blockquote>Quote<br><hr><i>Originally posted by: <b>Pamalamadingdong</b></i><br>My neice died 12th of Dec. officially from non hodgekens. This was brought on by the rejection meds.that she took after receiving double lung transplant six years ago. The dr. did say this. It was her second time to battle cancer in the last six yrs. She was 14 and diagionsed with CF the day she was born. We really miss her everyday.<hr></blockquote>


Jebus Christo that sucks. So sorry to hear it. Have any of you read the pamphlet that comes with our collistin? It states that "This product has not been evaluated with regards to its mutagenic or carcinogenic properties"...So basically they have no idea if that special antibiotic causes cancer or mutations.


Seriously though, not like I want cancer by any means, but I have made it to 34 with CF when every doctor said no way i'd make it this far, and i'm pretty healthy compared to most cf's. If I were to contract cancer, I would truely feel like I beat CF, and just so happened to succumb to a disease that strikes "normal" people. About the only cancer that I 100% would go ape poo crazy and freak out about getting would be brain cancer. Anything related to my noodle freaks me out way bad.


Anyways, got sidetracked, but very sorry about your loss. Wish she would have lived a full life.

 

[JazzysMom]

Well then I have a double wammy. My Mom had colon cancer surgery when my daughter was 10 months old. As a matter of fact our wedding was at her house on 12/31/98 & she went into surgery on 1/6/99. She lucked out with no colostomy bag, no chemo & no further problems with the colon. She did also develop bladder cancer 2 times. In addition to that I believe that everything we swallow, touch or breath now adays causes cancer. As to whether we obsorb enough of the contaminates to contract Cancer I dont know, but it would be interesting if an actual study is done on CFers vs Colon Cancer!

 

[Faust]

My dad died of Barret's esophogus cancer. It was no real surprise, because he treated his body like a toxic waste dump. For some reason brain cancer has always been one of my biggest fears, so i'm pretty sure if I get cancer, it will be brain cancer, because life likes to rub salt into your wounds.

 

[Faust]

I have often thought that if a CF patient also had lung cancer, they wouldn't know it till it was probably too late. My reasoning? Many of us have lung bleeds quite often (a sign of lung cancer in normal people), so we would associate that with our CF. Even if we went every 4 months for a checkup and got chest x-rays, they might not find it because we have so much scar tissue and congestion, it might lead them to think that is what it is when indeed it would be a growth. Pretty scary thought. I maybe see the doc once a year, so i'd be dead pretty quick if I had lung cancer.