Happy New Year Everyone!

May the New Year bring each of you the fulfillment of your wishes, happiness, love and of course good health!

I was waiting for this day to post here!

As of today, I'm officially NED for 2 years. Now counting down to the next milestone, 3 years after surgery, next March.

Traveler, my concern at the moment is not getting a sunburnt because with a good sunscreen I don't notice any symptoms on my arms that are exposed while driving. What I can't find is information regarding the port, if it can handle sun, the temperature of the body gets higher, and the port is just u...

I was wondering the same thing as the good weather is back! I was under 5FU, and ended last November, so it makes 6 months now, and I want to enjoy the sun and the beach. But I also have another question, if any of you knows the answer, I'll appreciate, I still have my port, can it handle sun? I'm t...

Yes, I would consider you one year NED. There was No Evidence of Disease on your post op scan last year. That does it for me! Congrats! Thanks for your comment Magnolia, I now just want another one to pass, and another... and being NED! It's my wish every day, for me and for everyone fighting this ...

... Next week Im going on a one week course about living after cancer, its on an island outside Gothenburg on the west coast of Sweden. I will be able to watch the horizon and plan for the future again. That sounds wonderful! A whole week in peace, just sharing opinions, relaxing, and planning your...

Congratulations!
One more person NED, one more report of hope to everyone out there!

Keep us updated!

Hi all, Today I do one year since surgery, and as my surgeon considered it as a "curative" surgery because he did not find anything on the liver as a CT Scan showed 3 weeks later. Can I consider I'm 1 year NED? Despite this question, I feel good after one year, no scars visible, let's hope it contin...

In my case I started losing weight even before surgery, so after surgery ( I spent almost a month in hospital due to complications with a NG Tube ) I had lost around 22 kilos ( normal: 70, after: 48)! During chemo I gained some weight, thank GOD! And now that I made 11 months after surgery and 3 aft...

As someone said, keep POSITIVE, you can PM me if you want.

And keep posting on this forum, there's a lot of information people can tell you!

...and I had a stricture. He had to do a baloon type inflation to open it back up. It was explained to me as sorty of like scar tissue buildup. Some people just have a tendency to heal quicker. The procedure was nothing. Carolyn I also had a stricture found on my colon around 3 months after surgery...

Nice idea, I just need to put my butt on a plain and cross the Atlantic

But I have one question, this would be done several times a year or only once or twice?

It would be great to know others

Why I got cancer? Good question... with a simple answer.
I don't know, I didn't saw it come in, and he didn't asked me nothing!

As Pam said, I just had to deal with it when it appeared!

I also suffer from chemo brain from times to times when in a conversation, and I feel so stupid :roll: because everyone keeps staring at me and I don't remember some stuff :oops: But the worst is on the computer, when I'm writing, sometimes, it seems that my brain stops giving information to my hand...

The pink reality is also a fact here in Portugal, we see all kind of activities and stuff about breast cancer, but when trying to find anything about colon cancer, nothing!

It will change! Because I will not stop until I achieve some things!

I will look for your shirt.