I have add a difficulty time with veggies too. I peeled my eggplant and it was okay. Butter lettuce also is easy to digest. I find I have a night of emptying and two days of just little stuff. The gas is probably the most uncomfortable thing. I honestly think the colonoscopy and aragon gas treatment...

Ps Iron saturation in off again as well.
Susan

I just got my blood work back, Auto Eosinophil Percent was high, has always been normal, monocytes is high also.. I am one month out from reversal.
Susan

The radiation shrunk my tumor almost completely, there was just scar tissue when they went in for surgery. My staging was considered high 2 by one, but another said 3. As I mentioned Miaderm and prescription Biafine were great. There is a study from Wash U Barnes Cancer Hospital published last Octob...

I am sorry you find yourself here. The whole thing is a shock and menopause on top of it is just not cool. As you can see from my signature, I am older but with same staging as you. I wasn't told by my doctor that my periods would stop but by the radiation tech when I came in on my period, he said,&...

Yes thanks Adele. I have to drink plenty of water, keep things moving. I have been taking one gabapentin daily for safety. I enjoyed fresh asparagus and strawberries today without any problems so far. Pretty much normal life except thinking, worrying about bathrooms.
Susan

Happy Mother’s Day. Glad we are on this side of it, hope we stay clear.
Susan

I went ten weeks between 2 and 3. It was great, got to enjoy time with kids. This was post chemo/radiation and surgery. I have had two clean scans.
S

I found CBD gummies helped with chemo side effects, cramps and nausea. I used CBD cream for hand and foot pain. I wouldn't risk my health on it as a cure but worked better than any prescription nausea meds.
S

I am sorry for you and your day. Hope you find some comfort in knowing You were heard.

Experiencing some pain as food moves past the site of the anastomosis. Trying to remember to chew, chew, chew. Is this a problem anyone else has experienced? I can literally feel the food move down through lower colon to rectum, gives me a since of when I have to plan a trip to toilet. I have contro...

This was explained to be a the body's response the treatment. It is a trauma and no one talks about it, ie not the doctors. The razor blade pain was explained to be a fissure. I stuck to a low residual diet, added both a bidet seat and now post reversal a squatty potty stool. The PA said elevating y...

One of my friends who had a reversal said she felt the single worst problem for her was stress. She noticed that it made everything worse and then things keep building on it. I definitely notice pain inside where staples are I assume but the bidet helps with the clean up and actually seems to stimul...

No, a pediatric occupational therapist I see kids full time during the school year, part time in summer. Birth to 21, so it can be physical, unpredictable work. After chemo I had a lot of pain, struggled to get on and off floor, struggled with squatting but found that turmeric tablets helped. I know...

At my appointment yesterday, telemedicine, a squatty stool and psyllium . Start small. I am just so grateful to sleep all night but that’s also when stuff sneaks out. She suggested changing what I eat and when as well. Sticking to low residual diet and adding a few things every day. I planned this f...