My husband and I have had several people say to us (beloved family members included) what do you mean he has cancer? Ummm.....he has cancer. I'm sorry I will try to be more clear next time.

Many blessings for an uneventful surgery and a quick recovery time.
With much respect,
Kate

Thank you very much especially for the rainbow and unicorns

Well tomorrow is PET scan to see what the enlarged lymph node is doing. It is funny how you can't wait for the scan date to get here and then once it arrives, you feel well I can wait a few more days, but it doesn't do any good to stick your head in the sand. Appreciate all the good thoughts, good k...

I am also new to this board. My husband was diagnosed with Stage IV small bowel cancer in October of last year. I feel like we are just beginning the fight after some unfortunate findings on recent scan. He responded so well to his initial 8 treatments of 5FU that they gave him a "chemo vacatio...

Thank you both very much for your input.

My husband has had recurrence of the mets in his liver since being a "vacation" from chemo over the summer. Last year after the initial diagnosis, his CEA was WNL. Now it is 10.3. Obviously, this is due to the recurrence but my question is does the now elevated CEA, have any stronger predi...

Thank you all so much for your advice and guidance.

I am new to this site and am the wife of somebody who has Stage IV cancer. Your post has given me a renewed perspective and a sort of serenity. Thank you.....

thank you, thank you, thank you....especially to bitchslapped (how appropriate-love it). I first when I read your reply, I was like wow little harsh, but the more I think about it, I realize that I have been making this too much about how I am feeling and not enough of what I can do for my husband t...

I'm not sure if you have had your procedure yet. I just wanted to let you know that I work for a gastroenterologist, and we always use a pediatric colonoscope on our patient's with an ileostomy or colostomy to not aggravate the stoma site. Good luck.

Thank you for your reply. I was just looking up Memorial Sloan Kettering when I saw that someone had replied to my message. I will definitely look into this further.

I apologize for the length of my first post and thank you to all who take the time to read it in its entirety. My husband has had Crohn's Disease for the last 20 years. Last September, he was admitted to the hospital for what we thought was an obstruction due to the chronic inflammation. When the do...