you've gotten some great advice here. All i wanna throw out there is my kpouch situation. i truly feel it's a really good option that doesn't often get brought up by surgeons, so i'm taking it upon myself to be a kpouch cheerleader. ;) Cuca, at age 25 i learned i had stage III rectal cancer, and aft...

ooooh! lookie lookie, i've been summoned once again from the murky depths of the colonclub lurkers.... Johnny. Let me tell ya, i know what you're going through. I was gonna just tell you to check my past postings, but i'll give you a (hopefully) brief summary of the inigma that is me. was diagnosed ...

if you want to continue swimming, you should definitely get the tattoo's. They should do it right there in the office, takes only a moment, just a tiny pin prick. to be honest, i don't see mine. i mean, if i look for em, but it just is a dot. on either cheek. and one on the top of my butt crack. it'...

Aahh...I see I have been summoned from the deep dark depths of the message board. Firstly i MUST correct something. I'm only 26!!! i'm not 30 yet, don't age me! ;) Anywho, Shel, the absolute best advice ever is to be VERY careful what you read online. in fact...stick to sites like these...And of cou...

what's wrong with this site for info and advice? i had stage 3 colorectal cancer. so it was rectal, but at first everyone just refered to it generically as colon cancer. i mean, your rectum is essentially a part of the colon....heh. anywho, i had chemo and radiation, and finally total removal of col...

yea, when i asked my doc. if i could be switched to xeloda, as i thought it had the same effectiveness as 5FU, he alluded to the same thing, which was that yes it's as effective as 5FU, but they don't know how it is when combined iwth the Oxaliplatin, and that it may just be the same, but until ther...

first time around (with six rounds of folfox and avastin) my hair thinned out like crazy, and yes, it looked just plain fried. (but then again i had literally just bleached my hair blonde for the first time ever literally a month before getting diagnosed. which is alot of stress for dark hair to go ...

I finally started a blog. after lots and lots of nagging by family friends doctors n the like. i finally got around to doing it. soooo...link me, or bookmark me, or just comment me. something! make me feel loved! and read! http://thecolonchronicles.blogspot.com/ (i'm trying to be nice but some of yo...

Heya! I'm am SO filmworthy material! heheheehe... either way, i think it's a great idea, and i myself was thinking/hoping of doing something similar. though admittedly, it would appear you have much more experience at it. Anywho, read some of my past posts, you can see a bit of my story and all that...

Oh my god Ketel, you made the right decision...trust me. first off, PICC lines are a pain in the ass, you can't keep em for as long as a port, and they get infected alot easier. now, thats not to say i love my port. i hate it. i'm really thin (REALLY thin) and it's right above my right breast, so th...

i'd like to add to that...especially if you give her free reign of your computer and internet this weekend (and she doesnt' normally have internet) be KEENLY aware of what info she reads online. and for yourself as well....be very very careful what you find online. i'll tell you firsthand when i was...

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jeez...i'd hope that has already been done. any doc. that can say she's the youngest person with this type of cancer (which i agree, is NOT true...) should also know to have other people checked. but if not, yes, everyone else should be tested. hey molly...hm..i didn't get an offer of a free colonde...

Heya, Welcome to the site (and if she's up to it, please encourage your friend to come check it out herself) Anywho, i was 25 when i was diagnosed with familial polyposis and also stage 3 rectal cancer. that was in february of this year. all summer i did chemo and radiation, and in september i too h...

oh yea, i sent the link to your site to everyone in my 'young adults w/ cancer' support group at gilda's club. i'm sure they'll appreciate it (p.s. i also love the "all your cancer are belong to us" banner. i think i'll put that on my site :wink: ) ah cool! i can have a picture avatar. schweet