I'm stage 3b, sometimes i get worried about recurrance, i have random aches and pains and immediately think its something bad :( I STILL get them. One time it was from a kidney stone. Another was my gallbladder aching. I mentioned my aches and pains to my onc at one point and he gave me some sage a...

RP, Thank you for that thoughtful and helpful reply, very interesting. It brings to mind a couple of my own thoughts and questions. First, before settling on my current team of doctors I did engage a team from Memorial Sloan Kettering in NY. Initially their plan included Total Neo-adjuvant therapy ...

Hello! I underwent 12 sessions of FOLFOX regimen 8 years ago. Neuropathy first appeared after the 11th session, but then disappeared, and I was strongly advised to go through with the last session. I was told that since neuropathy appeared so late in the treatment, it will disappear again. But when...

Hello survivors! I remember when I first came on this forum, scared to death, I found a post of a women who was a IIIc and 5 years NED. She said she irrigated, put a waterproof bandage over her stoma, and wore a bikini on the beach. The idea of her living life, smiling, and having fun in the sun on ...

it seems a lot of people had reoccurrences :( Not me!! Going on 11 years NED. When I was diagnosed, I was told I was as close to a stage IV as you could get without actually being a stage IV. The radiation oncologist told me my chances were 50/50. It was very scary and for months I believed I was g...

Oh same here. Bev seemed "famous" to me when I first posted on here. I was so honored when she wrote at length to answer my questions about radiation. I had a horrible surgery recovery and was on a wound vac for three months. I couldn't move, I was in so much pain. I would spend all day re...

Hello all, I personally found it incredibly inspiring to hear of a IIIc who was five-years cured and back to living life when I first was diagnosed. The image of having a bandage over my irrigated stoma in a bathing suit laughing on a sunny beach was #Goals for me (although I'm super lazy about irri...

Any advice on the side effects from the chemo and radiation after treatment. Like swollen feet and leg And any diets besides high fiber Any ideas on celebrating CRC anniversary it's my 1st on Sunday. Thanks Today marks the 8th anniversary of my ileostomy reversal. Yes, there are things that rectal ...

Team, This is my first post, but I have been a long term reader and I really appreciate all the knowledge transfer and supportiveness I have gained from reading everyone's posts... I had my first colonoscopy ever at age 55 (which was the first unfortunate event) and I wish I had a time machine to h...

I was also staged at 3c and I interpreted what I read online to mean that only 25% of 3c patients were even alive in 5 years. Either way, I like 60% much better. This always perplexed me. US Seer data and whatnot show Stage IIIc survival around 28% but Canada, for example, shows a survival rate of ...

I know that PeteLostAtSea was on a keto diet for quite a long time with supplements, etc. but still had cancer spread and died. This is what you typically find with real-world examples of people who apply things in books like this. The people who are successful are never someone you know or don't ha...

I had this happen my first time going out to dinner. I was doubled over with pain the next day, and almost the whole day. My daughter's friend came over and was very concerned that it was cancer. No, I just ate too much. From what I understand, the colon shrinks some after this kind of surgery, so t...

Each stage has it's own general recurrence percentages. You won't get a good gauge of that on this site because people usually come here who are just getting started or have had a recurrence. Generally, 80 to 90% of people who are stage I, II, and III go through standard treatment and are cured. The...

Hi All, It's been a long time since I have posted. Life has been cruising along for the past 6 years, running around after a energetic 6 year old, working and just enjoying life. And now it's all come to a crashing halt again because after almost 8 years, my cancer has come back. What we thought wo...

Hello! I haven't been on here in quite a while. I'm not sure what made this site pop in my head just now. I was terrified of Oxi because of the risk of permanent severe neuropathy. My oncologist only did 6 rounds (I think), and my research showed that some trials included data from patients who only...