Search found 692 matches

Go to advanced search

by KimT
Tue Aug 24, 2021 7:51 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Any success stories?
Replies: 4
Views: 1457

Re: Any success stories?

Nephrostomy tubes are problematic and what your dad is going through is quite common unfortunately. They create a highway directly into the kidneys so infections are hard to prevent and they are easily dislodged. The person can’t see them and it’s hard to prevent dislodging them because they are on ...
by KimT
Fri Aug 06, 2021 9:26 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Using restoralax/miralax more than once a day?
Replies: 3
Views: 987

Re: Using restoralax/miralax more than once a day?

Miralax is not absorbed into the body so you can adjust the dose as needed. All it does is increase the amount of water in your stools to soften and make it easier to pass. I always use miralax to prepe for colonoscopies. I use an entire 2 week dose bottle in 64 oz of Gatorade.
by KimT
Thu Jan 28, 2021 9:52 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Non cancer issues on scan
Replies: 8
Views: 3159

Re: Non cancer issues on scan

My final surgery was a hernia repair. It was large and was giving me problems. It was the easiest surgery but the longest recovery. Recovery wasnt hard per se but it took a long time to get back to normal activities. But I followed the advice of my surgeon to a T. It’s likely the hernia was caused b...
by KimT
Mon Dec 28, 2020 5:33 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Family history of colon cancer and a polyp in mid 20s...follow up?
Replies: 3
Views: 1516

Re: Family history of colon cancer and a polyp in mid 20s...follow up?

We are not doctors. We are colon cancer survivors or loved ones of survivors. We cannot give you advice one how often you should get colonoscopies. Follow the advice of your doctor or get a second opinion. Good luck.
by KimT
Fri Dec 04, 2020 7:54 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: COVID-19 vaccine thoughts/concerns
Replies: 25
Views: 7749

Re: COVID-19 vaccine thoughts/concerns

No vaccine for me or my family. The vaccine has never been done this way before and the long term effects are unknown.
by KimT
Sat Nov 07, 2020 9:25 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Cancer scare/symtoms.
Replies: 4
Views: 1309

Re: Cancer scare/symtoms.

Every thing you have described is associated with ulcerative colitis which you know you have. When it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s just a duck.

Perhaps you need to address your anxiety about your health with your doctor. Good luck.
by KimT
Tue Oct 06, 2020 6:07 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Urinary issues after chemoradiation ?
Replies: 8
Views: 2698

Re: Urinary issues after chemoradiation ?

My aunt had pelvic radiation for cervical cancer and it damaged her bladder. She lost her ability to fully empty her bladder and would ‘leak’ as her bladder filled and was no able to hold the urine. Eventually her kidneys failed and she was on dialysis the last 18 months of her life. I would get in ...
by KimT
Fri Jul 17, 2020 10:02 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Covid and the non-believers
Replies: 18
Views: 3465

Re: Covid and the non-believers

This is a colon cancer support forum, not the mask debate forum.
by KimT
Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:09 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: O/T - surgery a few days ago, it hurts and need advice
Replies: 4
Views: 1383

Re: O/T - surgery a few days ago, it hurts and need advice

My son had pins in his elbow when he broke it at the age of 6. He didn’t even flinch when the doctor pulled them out in the office after 8 weeks. They were really long too, like 6 inches.
by KimT
Sat Mar 28, 2020 10:06 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Nuelasta Injector
Replies: 7
Views: 1633

Re: Nuelasta Injector

I would think they would agree to keep you out of any treatment center as much as possible. Everybody is trying to eliminate non essential visits to any medical facility. My husband would fill my prescriptions while I was in the chair and we took it home with us and put it in the fridge until I was ...
by KimT
Sat Mar 28, 2020 2:27 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Nuelasta Injector
Replies: 7
Views: 1633

Re: Nuelasta Injector

I gave myself Nuelasta injections with a regular syringe and needle in the stomach. I would think it would be an option for you unless it has changed in the last 8 years since I did it. I got a prescription and filled at the hospital pharmacy. It came in prefilled syringes that I kept in the fridge....
by KimT
Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:43 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Stable Colon Cancer and Now New Uterine Cancer
Replies: 2
Views: 1204

Re: Stable Colon Cancer and Now New Uterine Cancer

I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer 18 months after my colon cancer diagnosis. It was frustrating in that the gyn oncologist is very compartmented. They only deal with female cancers so I still had to follow up with my regular oncologist. Treatment is very different for the female cancers. I did not...
by KimT
Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:57 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Gall bladder diagnosis
Replies: 1
Views: 816

Re: Gall bladder diagnosis

We are not doctors, just colon cancer survivors or loved ones of survivors. These are questions to ask the GI doctor. Best of luck.
by KimT
Wed Feb 19, 2020 5:41 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: growing concerned about care
Replies: 5
Views: 1634

Re: growing concerned about care

I think what you have described is typical for stage 4 treatment that is inoperable. This is a marathon, not a sprint so there is no reason to panic just yet. The fact that his cancer has only metastasized to the liver makes him a possible candidate for surgery if the liver Mets can be gotten under ...
by KimT
Wed Feb 19, 2020 11:49 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Colonoscopy?
Replies: 5
Views: 1117

Re: Colonoscopy?

Only a colonoscopy can diagnose colon cancer.

Go to advanced search