Thanks for posting Xndman I can relate to your circumstances and it's always interesting to read posts of similar experiences. Mine was a low rectal tumour (resulting in rectum removal along with half the sigmoid colon and half the anal canal). Following ULAR surgery I had a temporary illeostomy &am...
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...
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...