Mine was "Less than 1 mm", to quote my surgeon..............My results were late to my surgeon because the lab was going over and over trying to establish if anything was positive on the fringe, there was discussions of further chemo etc though nothing further was done.............this fol...

Nice to see an old familiar name doing well when I made a rare visit to this site - good news stories are always great to see - good luck for the future.

@ Darkness embraced - thanks @wifeandmum - thanks Dorothy, please to see you are going well, I think of you from time-to-time and your reports on your reversal (just prior to mine) were a great help and gave me strength when I was feeling low @Horizon - another name I recall well, all the best @ CR ...

Thanks everyone @ Sophy - Pleased to see that your treatment is going good (NED) as well. @ Chrissyrice - remember you from way back - see that you had a recurrence to deal with, good luck and keep battling Chrissy @sams wife - Thanks, pleased you got a smile, all the best for your Hubbie @Jens22 - ...

For the record, pleased to provide a positive report: 5 Years today Post ULAR - No Evidence of Disease - enjoying good health and Bowel Function It's not always been an easy road despite being diagnosed as stage 1 which doesn't seem such a big deal in comparison to many on this forum - initially a m...

Thank you for sharing Kathleen It's my first visit to this site for some while so it is only now that I am saddened by the news of Dicks passing, my condolences. I didn't know Dick, but recall a little of him through some of your posts when I first came to this club - a guy who loved life and the Su...

A rare visitor to this site nowadays it was with shock and sadness that I learned of Ashlee's passing - Ashlee, one of the 'names' and regular contributors to colon-talk.

You are still in the early stages - don't give up yet It took me 12 - 18 months before things settled down (and my chemo-rad was pre-op) During the first 18 months I was a regular metamucil user and on high fibre diet - only wholegrain bread - this kept me regular and was generally good for the guts...

It's a three year thing for me - that's the norm' here

Prompted to Log on today for the first time in ages (following a PM message) and spotted this sad news.

I remember Julie for her vibrant positive and interesting posts and could not anticipate how close she was to this.

Deeply saddened

Best wishes to her family



John

We are all different

For me 2 x weeks (but I work mainly from home anyway) - I think it is better if you can take a month off.

Mike I just replied to your PM and answered the points you raised regarding experience as best I can. It prompted me to log-on here for the first time in several months and I read this post - In doing so I realised that I misunderstood your question regarding operation experience and answered in rel...

Congrats on the milestone - encouraging stuff for cancer sufferers and all.

How did you manage it?

I sense a 'BrownBagger comes clean with Oprah' Interview on the horizon.

FWIW I have suffered chronic back pain (mainly thoracic) more or less since diagnosis almost three years ago. The pain can develop by sitting at a computer station, driving, standing long periods or doing heavy lifting. I have had during this time: 2 x spinal MRI's; 2 x Bone scans, 3 x CT scans and ...

Sorry that you had to find yourself here Overall my IMRT rad experience was not bad - and nothing at all in the way of soreness during the first few weeks By the end of my six week treatment I had a sore anus and genitals and my bowel control was not the best (my tumour was very low which may not ha...