Hi there, Initially, it seemed to be the only thing I thought about....it was always there, the worry, what if it comes back? However, with time it did get better. I remember thinking, wow, I haven't thought about cancer for a few hours...but I think that that was quite a few months after I finished...

Hi Lisa, First of all, don't be too hard on yourself for not having a colonoscopy earlier, what's done is done. I had a colonoscopy nine years ago due to blood in my stool. My GI doc knew straight away that my tumor was cancer by the look of it. My surgeon saw me in the recovery room and I was refer...

Mine wasn't a pump as such. It looked like a baby's bottle with a condom inside :) It made no noise. At night I wore it in a fanny pack around my hips quite loosely. I could still sleep on my side if I wanted too. I was given a steroid just prior to my chemo treatments and this is what would keep me...

You need another opinion and someone who will treat you aggressively. I'm not sure where you are but I feel that you need to do this or have someone help you with it, especially as you are so young. I've heard lots of stories where one doctor offers no hope but another will.

On the morning show on television here, a couple of weeks ago, there was a segment about the Paleo diet with Pete Evans and they talked about a documentary called The Magic Pill. I have been looking into doing Paleo only because I have put on weight and I feel that I am eating too many carbs. Anyway...

There have been discussions on here in the past about sugar and cancer. I thought that avoiding sugar, or adopting a low carb diet, would not necessarily lower your cancer risk or help as a treatment. Just wondering what people thought about this https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/673f/e1fa28d32b3ba76...

Hi Diane, I was diagnosed in May 2009. I don't visit or post here much anymore, but try and help when I can and still check in. Unfortunately, many who I connected with on here are no longer around. It has been a wonderful resource and place to find support, inspiration, knowledge and understanding....

A cancer diagnosis is extremely unsettling.Have you just found all that out from your current stay in hospital? What a lot to take in. My heart goes out to you at this time especially while you take it all in and find information on treatment etc. Have you had surgery as yet? Best wishes to you

I had 12 treatments of FOLFIRI. Never had FOLFOX. I was told that irinotecan is harsher on the digestive tract, harder on neutrophils and more hair loss. I didn't really have diarrhoea but apparently it is quite common. I had bad nausea from day 1 to day 3. I also had a "funny" feeling in ...

Hi Capri, I was diagnosed at age 44 and had a similar diagnosis to your son. Males are a bit different to us females and tend to just get on with things, my husband is like this anyway. I was paralysed with fear at times and the best thing for me was feeling "normal" and doing "normal...

I had annual CT scans and bloods every three months. My onc/surgeon didn't recommend that I have scans more frequently.

I hated chemo...loathed it. I was super anxious throughout the infusion and was very ill...unable to take my head off the pillow ill for the first 3-4 days. I couldn't sleep due to the steroids and didn't have an iPad or smart phone to distract me. TV or movies didn't interest me either. Friends and...

Thank you for letting us know Tracy. I can't believe she's gone....so very sad. I thought she was doing better but the surgery must have really taken its toll. She went through so much and just seemed to take it all in her stride, with courage and strength. Such a very special person. She will be mi...

That's great! I would start to feel "off" usually on the way home from chemo. The next morning, I would feel nauseous (nausea set in overnight) and would continue until I got my 5FU disconnected. The nausea and general yuckiness was quite severe. I would then start to feel better once I wa...

I don't come here as much anymore but I just wanted to say Yay!!! Larry has been evicted!! Such great news Beansmama and I am so happy to hear that you're doing well. You're surgeries were not a walk in the park and it will take time to recover. You have been through a lot but it's all upwards and o...