Hi ldsell, Sorry for the delay in responding, I got really busy at work and at home so it's taken a while to login and respond. I did meet with my surgeon a couple of weeks back to have a scope and discuss the blood in my stool. In addition, while I was there he also examined the anastomosis site. H...

VodKanockers I am reading your post about blood in the stool. What ever happened? I was diagnosed rectal stage 1 May 2017. LAR July 2017, reversal 9/23/17. Been having blood in stool off and on. I am worried, but surgeon doesn't seem concerned. Since your bleeding occurred a year later I was just w...

Thanks Darkness. The colonoscopy went really well and he didn't see anything of concern although he did take a biopsy at my anastomosis. There was a little redness there, but I think he did it only because he was in there. However, I didn't get a definitive answer on what caused the bleeding. Part o...

My most recent colonoscopy, CT and blood results have been nice and boring, and I'm about to go in for my next scan and blood work in Dec. When was your last colonoscopy? My first thought would be hemorrhoids. 8) I'm coming up on a year in December since my last colonoscopy. Both the GE and onc sai...

Hi Lee, Thank you so much for sharing your experience - I'm so glad to hear it was nothing in your case. Hopefully it is nothing more than hemorroids or something similar for me. Since I can't have cancer anymore, I am for the most part able to avoid freaking out. It's kind of like what I felt right...

I've been feeling pretty great this year after the bad year with dx and all of the treatment of last year. My most recent colonoscopy, CT and blood results have been nice and boring, and I'm about to go in for my next scan and blood work in Dec. A couple of months ago I had a little blood in my stoo...

I am coming up on a year in October since I finished FOLFOX. I started getting minor neuropathy mainly in my feet around rounds 6/7. I noticed it get significantly worse in the weeks after chemo ended. My feet were numb and felt like they buzzed, especially at night. Fortunately it seems to have imp...

One other item I thought might be worth a mention as a possible positive of the treatment - many of my symptoms that led me to a dx were greatly diminished during the course of chemorad treatment. In the weeks/months leading up to dx, I had way increased BM frequency, tenesmus, pencil-thin stools, e...

Hi folks, I'll be meeting w/ the Rad Onc doctor this week. Odds are he'll recommend the tried and true 28 sessions of radiation along with Chemo. I've seen a lot of posts about the post-op chemo experience. However, besides AppleTree's excellent diary, I've not seen a lot of comments about peoples'...

Thank you all for the responses and information.

I was pointed to Chris's site by many in my family who are totally against the standard treatments. They also continue to send me information on a whole lot of other alternative treatment approaches. I found this analysis of Chris's story interesting. I guess it helped me feel better about my choice...

I just wanted to take a quick survey of what some of the rest of you have been experiencing with respect to monitoring after your treatment has ended. So far my recovery from chemorad, 2 surgeries and more chemo seems to be going pretty well, other than new bowel habits, some neuropathy and the impa...

I noticed something very similar a few weeks after my neuropathy really kicked in, which was after round 6 of 8 of FOLFOX. When I'd tilt my head forward, I'd feel a twinge that would travel down into my fingers and feet. It was a weird feeling but not painful. I was happy that sensation went away af...

Hi Susie, I'm sorry that you need to be here but in finding this forum you have found a great resource for information and place to talk with others who are going through what you have been. I wish you good luck in this fight and although I can't offer much help I know there will be others here that...

tif2112 wrote:I scan this Friday at 11am. Crossing fingers for us all!

Good luck!