you are an inspiration. I love your outlook on life. I have been through the 5fu and radiation and have been on folfox for several months but I can see the end of my treatments I have only three more to go if everything works out as it should. I know it's hard but your outlook on life will bring you...

I started my folfox wednsday june 4 and had my pump on for 48 hours. I was very nervous about what the outcome might be. I drank plenty of water and I took some ritz crackers with me. I found out that I made myself more sick worrying about the treatment than the actual treatment. I never got sick in...

I want to thank everyone for your input. I think I'll wait until my first treatment before I fully deside to go back to work. I still have a little time left on my short term disability and I guess I'll go ahead and get my first treatment and decide after that. I can't thank you enough for all the h...

well I finally got to get my pump removed and just one day to go on my radiation. I grew very weak during my 5 weeks of 5fu but I get to start on folfox I think that's how you spell it. Can anyone tell me how yours went. Is it worse even tho I only take it for 48 hours every two weeks? or will I be ...

I have the port. I would not have the picc line because my brother was a cystic fibrosis patient and he got the virus mrsa from his picc and it was the last thing his frail body needed and he died in just a few days of the infection. I don't think this is common but I can't get passed watching his b...

hello feel alone I am sorry for what you and your husband are going through. When I was diagnosed I woke up to my wife, daughter and my mother in tears, of course I was out of it and made light of everything I guess thats just the way I look at things. My wife has been such a rock during my illness....

I,m glad to hear you are doing good with your treatment. I am in my fourth week of a five week treatment of 5fu and the only side effects I have is I feel tired all the time. I,m on a pump 24 hours a day and am also taking radiation. If you are taking rdiation be sure to eat right because it will ef...

Great!!! It's always good to hear such great news. You can't get any better than 100% now can you?

keep up the good fight.

come on in Sally. I was diagnosed january 08 and had a lower antetior resection and I'm just two weeks in my 5 week radiationand 24/7 chemo treatments, so welcome to the club. I may not have any advice for you at this time but after 10 years wow thats great news I,m sure you will be a great help to ...

I am glad you decided to post. It has helped me in many ways. I have been on consant chemo using the pump 24/7 it was very annoying at first but it has gotten better. I was nervous to see how I would react to it but after two weeks I am doing ok. I have to go for radiation evey day I have to do this...

way to go, just hearing news like this helps all of us fighting colon cancer. I just started my chemo this week and hearing your news makes me want to fight that much harder. Keep up the good work.

It's great to hear that your sister is doing good after her surgury. I had my lower anterior resection in febuary this year 9" and these guys are right, walk. The best thing she can do now is wear the tiles in the floor out walking. I know it's hard getting up but it gets so much better. Just get yo...

everything went well. I took along nap after I got back from my onc. They were very good to me and ya'll were right, the anticipation was worse. yea this fanny pack is a nuisance but I took a long nap with the darn thing and I made it alright. I'll be sure and drink lots of fluids and try to be sure...

thank you thank you thank you I am on my way to get my chemo started this morning and I will take this advice with me and use every bit of it. I will ask for an extra battery thanks, because I don't like being unprepared. Ya'll have helped me so much I feel like I'm ready so here I go. thanks again

I can't thank you enough for your advice. Just reading the questions and answers by so many people that have gone down the same road makes me stronger. It gives me the courage to stand up and fight with everything I have.