Hello, As you can see per my signature I was diagnosed with rectal cancer in 2012. I had a clear colonoscopy in May 2013 and then in June of 2016 during the colonoscopy they found (& removed) 3 pieces of adenomatous colonic mucosa and 3 pieces of colonic mucosa with no significant histopathologi...

Mine has actually gotten worse. I also have a lot of lower back pain which the DR said "could" have been exasperated by the radiation. Luckily no menopause for me though.

No she didn't give me any thing other than "some polyps". I have an appt on the 21st so keeping positive until then. Glad yours turned out benign!

I had my one year follow-up May 2013 which was totally clear. I just had my 2nd since and this time they said there was polyps which they took for biopsy and also some tissue from small intestine and stomach. So now just a wait and see.

I am 4 years post resection and still have gas pretty bad a lot of the time and still have near misses with bowl movements. It sucks, I know!

Good luck w/your colonoscopy! Mine is June 30th for my 3 yr follow-up and I have to do the dreaded Golytly so I hope whatever they give you is better than that and easier to handle.

I have the same issue, tired as heck all the time. I have talked to Dr's and they keep saying Iron. I keep taking Iron, Folbic (Folic Acid + B's) and nothing is any different. Nobody understands and they just don't get it. I am also alone and do most everything on my own.

That's pretty much the same thing my DR. said. I have multiple lymph nodes that are enlarged and have uptake in the PET Scan. When they did a biopsy of the largest one it came back negative. Now he said it is just a wait and see what happens. He is going to do a CT in 6 months.

I scan this Friday at 11am. Crossing fingers for us all!

I still have chemo brain. I have managed to cause my garage door and car to meet twice and hit a parking pole 1 since chemo. Very expensive boo boos. I never really attributed it to the chemo but after reading all the posts I think that may be the culprit. I have tried to slow down and pay extra att...

It has been a little over 3 years since chemo/radiation, started having lower back pain about a year and 1/2 ago finally got referred to pain management who is going to do a procedure to hopefully relieve some of the pain. She did say it was mostly likely either caused or exacerbated by the radiatio...

I take 3 stool softeners w/stimulant daily. I still go between constipated and at least once a week running to the bathroom and barely (or not) making it in time. I was always very constipated before I started having symptoms and could hold it if I was not at home (yes I had an issue with going in p...

I still have problems also. Constantly going between constipated and having accidents. I never know what kind of day/hour it is going to be. I take 3 stool softeners a day just so I can go at all and then it is usually 6 or 7 trips to the bathroom and at least once a week an accident or near acciden...

I had a small spot on my lower back that came back as basil cell, and to tell you the truth I am not sure if I have ever even mentioned to my dermatologist about having Rectal Cancer.