I am fairly new here. My husband was diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer a year and a half after we were married. He is 32, I am 27. He had a colonoscopy mid Dec 2010 which confirmed dx of cancer. He had an ileostomy 12/28/10 and started 5fu and radiation Jan 2011. He was supposed to have a res...

My husband's tumor from his rectum to sigmoid was 15cm in length. He is stage 4 with attachment to his bladder and spread to liver and lungs. His is considered very large.

My husband has stage 4 colorectal ca. He was put on Afinitor (RAD001) for his first round of chemo with Folfox and Avastin. Standard treatment is Folfox with Avastin, so we figured it couldn't hurt to try it.

My husband has had an ileostomy for about a year now. He has had the same problem with very runny output. They have been giving him IV fluids right after his chemo to try and prevent some of the dehydration. He mostly drinks juice and gaterade to get some extra electrolytes. He tries to eat oatmeal ...

My husband is on this clinical trial with RAD001 (Afinitor). He will have his 3rd treatment Friday. We get a new PET scan on June 20th. We have a blog curtisandshan.blogspot.com that I keep updated about treatment and scan results if anyone is interested in following him in the trial.. I would be ha...

I had lapband surgery 5 years ago and have had many problems. I had to have the port replaced last year. I am essentially unable to eat in the mornings and can eat anything in the evenings. If I could go back, I would do the gastric bypass. I know many people have had great success with the band, I ...