Good luck with your wife's recovery. I didn't let it stop me (back to work & even traveling by plane for work), but for me, it took a good 5 weeks from surgery to feel pain free. Sorry for this graphic, but it felt like someone was shoving something up my butt for most of the 5 weeks. I had my e...

I'm looking for comments & advice. My post-surgery baseline bowel function is 5-6 dumps per day. During FOLFOX (have had 6 of 12), by day 3, I'm very constipated (I think from the anti-emetic Aloxi), usually have to take Milk of Magnesia or Senekot (already take Colace all along) to unplug, and ...

This article was entirely & exactly what happened to me. I had a routine screening colonoscopy at age 52 in Jan 06, no issues of inadequate prep, and declared clean. In June 07 after noticing occasional slight pinkish staining on toilet tissue, my gastoenterologist suspected hemorroids, but made...