Thank you for the replies. My father was recommended surgery but has declined at this time and has instead decided to "ride out" his condition. I do not live in the same country as he does so cannot effectively persuade him in any particular direction. He was given an estimate of 1 to 5 ye...

Hi Everyone, Around 4-5 months or so ago I posted that my 86 year old father had been diagnosed with colon cancer. He is stage 3 with a "well differentiated" tumor of about 4 centimeters, plus some lymph node involvement. Since that time he has undergone chemo-radiation treatments with the...

Hi G! I too was scheduled to have 28 total treatments of chemoradiation. After week 4, due to bad burns and much pain my doctor "delayed" treatments for 1 week. That week off landed me back in hospital due to excruciating pain while attempting to have a bowel movement, after a few good pa...

Hi All, My father (86 yrs old) is going through chemotherapy and radiation treatments for rectal cancer (Stage 3, well differentiated tumor). He had 3 "good" weeks so far but last week he complained to doctors that there was discomfort/soreness as a result of the radiation so the doctor(s)...

My sincere condolences.

Thank you for your reply. Interesting that some people have had good results with just chemo-radiation therapy. Any other replies appreciated.

Regards,
GeoChicago

Hi All, I'd posted several weeks ago that my father, who is 86, has rectal cancer, Stage 3 (T3N2 I think it is). There's about a 4.4 cm tumor and it's quite slow growing they said ("well differentiated" cells I think is the term). In any case, the original doctor has suggested chemo-radiat...

Hi Tracy, Thanks so much for replying. Oddly, considering he's a pack a day smoker, eats bacon for breakfast, sausages for lunch, and TV dinners for dinner,d he seems to be in otherwise reasonable health. His blood pressure is perfect, his kidneys are functioning well, his several blood tests have ...

Hi Tracy, Thanks so much for replying. Oddly, considering he's a pack a day smoker, eats bacon for breakfast, sausages for lunch, and TV dinners for dinner,d he seems to be in otherwise reasonable health. His blood pressure is perfect, his kidneys are functioning well, his several blood tests have c...

Hi Everyone, My father who is rather elderly at 86 has been diagnosed with colon cancer. He's one of these types of old school men who never would go to a doctor even when pushed to do so. Well, he has been suffering from diarrhea for about a month and finally had a colonoscopy. They found a 4.5 cm ...