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by Tupelo honey
Tue Dec 03, 2019 9:12 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Please help, input needed
Replies: 82
Views: 27563

Re: Please help, input needed

MRI results Impression Stage T3bN2 rectal adenocarcinoma. No evidence for sphincter involvement. The circumferential resection margin is clear of tumor. No evidence of extramural vascular invasion nor suspicious node threatening the circumferential resection margin. Heading out to the CT. Pretty cl...
by Tupelo honey
Mon Dec 02, 2019 5:47 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Rectal cancer (Stage 3A) diagnosed late June 2017
Replies: 1760
Views: 496980

Re: Rectal cancer (Stage 3A) diagnosed late June 2017

Hi Mike- I take probiotics daily in two doses, morning and evening. I also take digestive enzymes before meals. I will keep that in mind. I'm going to stick with once a day for now and will have to decide on experiments with prebiotics after current experiments. If the probiotics work out well, the...
by Tupelo honey
Wed Oct 23, 2019 5:13 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Help with bowels
Replies: 69
Views: 12865

Re: Help with bowels

Too much miralax def causes softer bms for me. I use a half dose daily. I’d try less miralax and more Nopalina if I were him to try and firm things up. Tweak the doses to find the best amounts for him. And remember, time will help too!
by Tupelo honey
Wed Oct 02, 2019 1:18 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Tenesmus Pain
Replies: 5
Views: 1489

Re: Tenesmus Pain

I’m not sure what treatment your husband has had or is currently going through but here’s a thread I posted when I was at the height of my issues. I don’t think too many people experience this and so I really did not get a lot of answers. http://coloncancersupport.colonclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&...
by Tupelo honey
Wed Oct 02, 2019 1:06 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Tenesmus Pain
Replies: 5
Views: 1489

Re: Tenesmus Pain

I had this, along with rectal bleeding from the need to push. It was very compelling and uncomfortable. Sometimes in the bathroom doing little or nothing except pushing 25 times in an hour or two. As I mentioned before, with no help or diagnosis from the doctors, I took a combination of Imodium and ...
by Tupelo honey
Fri Sep 20, 2019 3:16 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Rectal cancer (Stage 3A) diagnosed late June 2017
Replies: 1760
Views: 496980

Re: Rectal cancer (Stage 3A) diagnosed late June 2017

Done in about 30 minutes this morning. I also got a good night's sleep. So about four good days in a row. It's actually pretty amazing when you're so used to waking up three to four times in the middle of the night. I am still undecided about the Miralax. I was originally planning to use it just to...
by Tupelo honey
Tue Sep 17, 2019 12:25 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Help with bowels
Replies: 69
Views: 12865

Re: Help with bowels

... Also when you do this are you taking the miralax, napolina and the immodium all at the same time or the napolina and immodium at the same time?? Yes, I take all three in the morning- around 8 or 9 Am. I use the powder (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01880VNIQ?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_t...
by Tupelo honey
Mon Sep 16, 2019 11:54 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Help with bowels
Replies: 69
Views: 12865

Re: Help with bowels

Two people posted that they use a combination of Miralax, Nopalina and Imodium. Imodium slows things down while the other two speed things up. I can't take Imodium because I also have a small bowel obstruction. The percentage of people that get the GI problems is small as is the percentage that get...
by Tupelo honey
Sat Sep 14, 2019 10:29 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Help with bowels
Replies: 69
Views: 12865

Re: Help with bowels

Thank you, I'll maybe have him try a suppository. It just seems that he is going such small amounts and its no where near enough for what he is eating and it's causing him a lot of stomach upset and nausea when this happens. What about fiber capsules have you experienced with those at all? I had a ...
by Tupelo honey
Sat Sep 14, 2019 4:02 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Help with bowels
Replies: 69
Views: 12865

Re: Help with bowels

I also wanted to ask if that constant "urge" to need to go ever gets better? That’s tenesmus, and yes, it does but slowly and prob not nearly as soon as he’d like it to! It’s a gradual improvement. The article linked above suggests there’s a medication called Bentyl that helps. Wish I’d k...
by Tupelo honey
Sat Sep 14, 2019 8:52 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Help with bowels
Replies: 69
Views: 12865

Re: Help with bowels

That’s an excellent article linked above. I wish I’d had access to that information when I was struggling with tenesmus and clustering the first year after surgery, since the docs weren’t familiar with the issues and thus not able to help much. Many of us forged our own solutions over time based on ...
by Tupelo honey
Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:25 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Those of you in Japan - PSK Mushrooms
Replies: 47
Views: 6866

Re: Those of you in Japan - PSK Mushrooms

I took 5 capsules of 500 mg each of Mushroom Science's "Turkey Tail Coriolus Super Strength 500mg" from Dec 2015 to Sept 2016 - actually during my active chemotherapy. I did end all supplements about the time I ended chemotherapy. At the time I leaned heavily upon the Life Extension websit...
by Tupelo honey
Sat Aug 31, 2019 2:14 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: I don't have much longer.
Replies: 11
Views: 2497

Re: I don't have much longer.

Got back from a surgery last week. Took a bit of time to recover. Results came in - not looking good. My kids are young (son and daughter just started grade seven) and my wife is scared to death, but who could blame her? Hoping to spend as much time as possible with my family. The doctor says aroun...
by Tupelo honey
Mon Aug 19, 2019 7:19 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Those of you in Japan - PSK Mushrooms
Replies: 47
Views: 6866

Re: Those of you in Japan - PSK Mushrooms

Ehut wrote:I used PSK for 2 years after my chemo ended. I bought them here: https://mushroomscience.com/coriolus-super-strength/


I also used Mushroom Science to purchase PSK and used it as a adjuvant treatment.
by Tupelo honey
Sat Feb 09, 2019 7:19 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Folfox protocols
Replies: 9
Views: 1983

Re: Folfox protocols

I was at UTSW too. Here’s a cut and paste of my supplements... I was able to get through the full chemotherapy regime with no reductions in doseage. ... I used Alpha lipoic acid and glutamine from a day or two before infusion to a few days after - prob 5-6 days each cycle. I usually took 15 grams of...

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