Moni, hope your pain goes away very soon. I'm going in tomorrow for urine test and having ct scan soon. Hopefully it is just uti and I can be put on correct meds. I really think if it weren't for this pain I would be pretty darn good. I'll keep my fingers crossed for both of us

Dana

Prayers for Katie and you. ♡

Peanut, yes I am taking a probiotic. I started taking them after my first round of these antibiotics.

Big mike -

Thank you, Aime. I will call tomorrow. I hope your husband finds the right antibiotics and feels better soon.

Dana

Thanks, Michael. I just started taking them again. It helps

Thanks everyone for your responses. I haven't had any tests at all, which I thought was weird. I just told my surgeon what was going on each time and she said "infection". I had appointments with my oncologist and radiation oncologist right after each of these incidents and each of them as...

I am 5 1/2 weeks out from l.a.r. and temporary loop ileostomy. I went back to work last week and it was pretty miserable. I have a desk job so nothing strenuous, but just getting there and sitting up all day wiped me out. I started having more mucas and discharge along with more pressure and felt li...

Thanks again for your input. Skifletch - thanks for breaking it down. That was very helpful.

Thank you all for your responses. I really appreciate all of your advice and sharing your experiences. I have an appointment in 2 weeks to discuss my treatment. My main concern is my rectum and local lymph nodes are gone so I don't understand the need. Obviously there is a need because it's standard...

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Thank you for the well wishes, coppercent. I appreciate it

Take care,
Dana

Thank you, Pog. I appreciate your input. We'll see how it goes - take care

Thank you for that... I love reading positive posts. Here's to you and many more happy years

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