Words can't describe the feeling of loss. I last spoke to Heather two weeks ago. While her voice was weak, it was clear her spirit was still there. Heather could light up a room with her smile and infectious laughter. She asked me to remember her as smiling, laughing and running me ragged playing te...

"He walked in the room and saw DH's bag of cheetos and proceded to tell me it was my fault I had cancer because of my unhealthy diet. " It must have been quite hilarious watching that doctor walk out with a cheeto shoved up each nostril! Geeze, what a jerk! Once I reached my 20's, and really learned...

I once showed up with a set of those fake rotten teeth and waited for my infusion nurse to ask if I was having any problems. "Well, yes. I've had this strange side effect that's really screwed up my teeth", I said with a rotten toothed grin. She just about wet herself laughing and then took turns sh...

This scar? Oh, did you ever see the movie "Alien"?


Actually, I have no choice but to tell the truth. My scar's on a colondar for all to see!

Ray

Helen, It took five surgeries to finally correct my anal fistula. I had three prior to my resection, one during resection and the final one almost a year to the date of the first. My first surgeon was a general, the second was my oncological surgeon who referred me to a colo-rectal surgeon who almos...

Sumit22, I was in for 7 days and pretty much pain free by the time I got home. Sure I was uncomfortable but I'd say by the 10th day I was well past the point of needing heavy duty pain meds. By the middle of the third week, I was able to walk 3 miles up and down hills at age 47. By the 5th week, I h...

Debz, I'm glad to hear your sigmoidoscopy went well but I'd strongly suggest you have a complete colonoscopy! I had similar symptoms at age 44 with bleeding, narrowed stools and mucus. A sigmoidoscopy found nothing but a bleeding hemorrhoid and the GI doc stopped shortly after finding it saying "You...

Gina,

I'm so sorry to hear of Michelle's passing. It's wonderful she was able to share her story and raise awareness of this awful disease.

Losing a member of the colon club family hurts.

I hate this disease.

Ray
(Nov 2008)

Molly,

I'm so there.... wherever it is!

Ray

Will wine ever taste the same again?

No. It'll taste better!


Ray

For the last week or so I have just been depressed about the whole cancer thing. I don’t like having to accept the “new normal”. I still have the dam fistula ( We will do surgery beginning of dec no guarantee it won’t be worst then it is now but we have to do something . People says it’s a small pr...

In addition to the excellent sessions, it's just a fantastic weekend. You get to meet, in person, all the friends you've made here and on other online resources.

As I posted on another board, I had afterglow.


It's like meeting your long lost family and loving everyone!

A study has shown Neurontin to show no benefit in controlling oxaliplatin induced neuralgia. It doesn't surprise me. http://www.fightcolorectalcancer.org/news/2007/10/neurontin_fails_to_show_any_be.php I've taken it for other types of nerve pain and found it to be completely ineffective. It did make...

Something went wrong with this posting. I'm not sure what happened to the rest of it but it was more than just one word "yuck!"

I'm sorry if I inadvertently offended anyone but I really don't know what went wrong.

Rui, I felt like I was floating on air after my last chemo. I had the mindset that the chemo had done it's job and I could move on! Of course, there's anxiety with each scan and CEA test but, in time, that does diminish. The waiting for results was awful. I'd think every little twinge or pain was a ...