I'm right-side flabby. I was an athletic 150 lbs when I was hospitalized. A month later, I bottomed out at 125 and looked like Montgomery Burns from the Simpsons. I went into weight gain mode for the year following surgery, and I topped out at a chubby 175. I'm back down to about 155 now (I want to ...

I was overwhelmed by the well-intended opinions offered by friends and family when they learned about my cancer. Holistic approaches, intense prayer, aggressive surgeries, do nothing... I mentioned to my oncologist during my first visit all the unsolicited advice I was subjected to, and I asked his ...

I've been interrupted the last two nights when I awoke suddenly with the understanding that I needed to change my pouch, so I slept until 6 and did a calisthenics day instead of running. Tomorrow is a run day, cals again on Thursday, then bike or long run Friday (my day off).

I'm MLH and PMS2 negative, and the only CRC patient in my family except for a great grandfather who got it in his 70s - but they suspect Lynch anyway. Since my resection in Dec. 2011, they've removed two more pre-cancerous polyps. I have a pre-emptive full colectomy scheduled for August. Even with t...

My CRC tattoo is placed directly over where the tumor was, my left, just below the rib cage. That's it in my avatar.

That's a wonderful day. You may forget your age, but you'll never forget how many years you've been NED! Well done!

I missed the cutoff by less than a week! Man, I can't catch a break with this disease! =) Date of diagnosis: Christmas day 2011 Stage: 2 - Probable Lynch syndrome Age at diagnosis: 40 Current treatment status: Semicolectomy. Scheduled for full colectomy and ileoanal anastomosis this August. No chemo...

I didn't have MoviPrep for my colonoscopy. My prep wasn't horrible, just busy. My anxiety was the hard part. I have a stump of colon hanging (internally) off my ostomy, and another off my rectum, so they had to go in with the scope from three different angles. I was terrified. When it came time for ...