Stage IIIC--5 out of 20 nodes positive.......cancer free since 2/2004......6 plus years now. Radiation, 2 rounds of chemo, and 4 surgeries later!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Stay strong, Beth

Yes a survivor from day one........and now it has been 2,252 days of surviving!! WOW.
Stay strong, Beth

Matt, I'm a 5-1/2yr IIIC rectal cancer survivor. The bathroom issues were really tough at first butt they seemed to normalize a little as time goes on.(what is normal??) I really tried to watch the amt of fiber I ate at first because too much would put me in the bathroom all day. Fiber supplements f...

I had a temporary colostomy after surgery from an abscess and too needed further chemo. The bowel issues from the oxaliplatin were much easier to handle with the colostomy, the got the reversal after chemo. Good luck, Beth

Karma, I am a 5 year and 3month survivor of stage IIIC rectal cancer, I had a low ant. resection and I DO NOT have a colostomy. Unless your tumor is totally gone after radiation and chemo the best chance of survival would be surgery to remove the rest of the tumor in my opinion. I also had 5/29 lymp...

Karen and Matt, still laughing out loud. Beth

GO SPARTIES!!!!!!!! GO MSU!!!!!!!!

Phenergan
Compazine
Zofran
Kytril
Ativan--my personal favorite! Worked when nothing else did
Marinol
Reglan
Tigan
That's all I can think of off the top of my head............Good luck, Beth

Hi Nanette, I went to the fabric store and bought 2 peices of foam about 1-1/2 inches thick and took a glue gun and glued around 3 sides and kept the one of the long sides open and would put the pump in there at night and set it on a chair next to the bed. It had a pretty long length of tubing so it...

I swore by Ativan during tx when all else failed.....the only drawback was the 2-3 hour nap after taking it.......but was good at bedtime. Correct me if I'm wrong on this but is not the whole idea behind smoking pot to 'get high'????? Stay strong, Beth

It's a great word!! Beth

Dottie, I'm 4 years out and am sorry to say, me fears it will never be 'normal' again, it really can't because most of the rectum is gone. i can honestly that it has improved greatly from the first year or so. I use Lomotil on those days when I can't get out of the bathroom, and on the days when i d...

I was diagnosed 5 years ago at age 44 with stage IIIC rectal cancer. Beth

Ditto all previous posters---S-hook and plastic wrap with tape....works great. But i kind of had a different name for my pump.......I called it the "killing machine" Beth

Eve, Hang in there and stay strong, Beth