Meg, It wasnt an easy dessiccion, the week that I had to make it, my stress level went to the roof, but than it came to me , why am I stresing myself, should be the opposite, was lucky , cancer is no longer detectablle. I took that week off just to concentrate on that, my surgeon mention to me , tha...

SMH Toronto, storry about W&W apptoach: Some patients have such a dramatic response to chemotherapy and radiation that there is no detectable tumour at the time of surgery, said Dr. Fahima Dossa, the study’s lead author and a surgical resident at St. Michael’s Hospital. These patients, termed co...

Every little counts, some times it might mean surviving or not. Chemo after surgery in some studies didnt make much difference in survivall rate, but still might give some people push over the edge. Activity during therapy gave 12% edge in survival, comparing to non activity, as per some studies. Ju...

Study from Habr-Gama "Habr-Gama reported that extending the duration of the chemotherapy post-chemoradiation increased the complete clinical response rate (cCR) of 48%, achieving an overall complete response rate (i.e. including cCR and pCR) of 65% [27]. Recent studies have tested the hypothesi...

Congrats, nice!

This is not original W&W approach, in original studies patients didnt have chemo after chemo/rad, actually for this extra approach where we get folfox after chemo/rad, there is no current studies, I think they are in progress. I found one small studie where people received 3 rounds of folfox aft...

I was diagnosed with T2, N0, M0 rectal adenocarcinoma on 3/21/17. After many discussions with surgeons and oncologists, I have decided not to have surgery and go with chemo radiation wait and watch approach. Studies have shown that with early stage rectal cancer, you can have a complete response an...

Radiology dep. gave me printed stuff to avoid antioxidants, so I avoided even green stuff, avoided vit c, whatever boosts imune system counteracts chemo/rad, buy boosting imune system one boosts cancer cells at same time, point of therapy is to kill it.

Good luck!

Nothing unusual, just took beta glucan before chemo/rad, dont think it had much to do with final result. My activity was normall, walked every day 4-5 km, rain or shine, was off work during therapy, so that was my main job for time being. Gym,first time over killed it, felt it for 2 days. Avoided an...

Thx prs for advice, extra weight easy come, but hard to go, specially since I crossed 50 :) This folfox is not easy, it is my first round, and I am alerady tired and weak, but hey thats part of the package. Will try to stay active as much as possible, doubt that will see much of the gym, learned my ...

Couple of interesting links, since I am off, started folfox, got plenty of time on my hand. First study is interesting, I wish I've seen it before, would ask for folfox tretments right after 25 rounds of chemo/rad. With this approach , "51% achieved sustained cCR that never required surgery for...

Started folfox, have 5FU infusion for 48 hours, after initial oxaliplatin and leucovorin infusion.
As soon as I walked out side of hospital my voice changed, didnt expect reaction that fast, outside temp was 7,8 celsius, with cool wind.
This drugs are really powerfull.

Things have improved, it will get better from here. There is no guarantee, surgery or no surgery, with surgery oddss are in favour of being cancer free. There are so many studies out there, its confusing, one could support any theory. W&W approach is fairlly new, offered to very small percentage...

Go one step at time, see how you respond to chemo/rad, have ct, mri and scope couple of months after, re-stage it, than go from there. Your stage is considered curable with surgery. W&W approach is risky, but every thing is risky in life, you have to be able to live with it. 25% of people respon...

Made my dessicion, will go for W&W, going to see my oncologist this week, would like to start folfox asap. Had mri and scope couple of weeks ago, negative, surgeon is pushing for W&W, I was hopeing for this outcome at the begining of therapy, but one never knows. Sorry to hear ronjay about y...