DO NOT feel bad about writing a long post. We get it here what you are going through especially at this moment in time, this is a crash course in medicine. We have your back here. Most people here are patients, butt many of the people here are care giver, and they have walked in your shoes. Feel fre...
Thank you, i understand better know. Not sure where you are living, butt consider getting a second opinion at a major cancer hospital or cancer center. They tend to be on the leading edge of tomorrow's standard care. Because of her age, they can throw the kitchen sink at her. Has anyone mentioned a ...
So my fiance was having some bleeding and diarrhea over the summer , nothing too bad. We chalked it up to stress with work and covid. Finally , she had enough and saw a GP. Mind you this woman has never had anything wrong before , other than cold or stomach bugs. Did some tests , suggested she get ...
So my fiance was having some bleeding and diarrhea over the summer , nothing too bad. We chalked it up to stress with work and covid. Finally , she had enough and saw a GP. Mind you this woman has never had anything wrong before , other than cold or stomach bugs. Did some tests , suggested she get ...
I get scoped every 3 yrs, & yes they usually find 1 to 2 polyps each time. Guess my body likes to produce them. Generally harmless but a few nasty ones. From what I understand, it generally takes about 10 yrs for a sessile polyp to turn cancerous. If (& that is a big IF) one of those polyp t...
. . . The location of my tumor means that I would probably suffer from incontinence if I didn’t have a permanent bag and they think the quality of life would be far better with a colostomy. . . Best advice I can give you, "Give it all you've got the 1st round", don't look back with regret...
Me I had no symptons. Many years ago, my mother ended up in the ER, rectal bleeding & lots of pain. They did a colonoscopy, no cancer, not even one polyp, just a bad case of diverticulitis.
Hi, sorry for the reason you are here. I am a 16+ year survivor of stage IIIC rectal cancer. I too have a permanent colostomy bag. Yes there is an adjustment period, butt after awhile it is a part of your life. My friends know I have one, very open about it, butt my friends tell me they would not ha...
. . . . Resting at home after today’s transanal excision (“TAE”) and can report the following: The op itself was short, with generally mild post-op pain so far, mostly from the anus getting “stretched” to accommodate the instrument tube (I have a suspicion that they ran a mobile rocket launcher or ...
Getting to once a year is a good sign & a major milehstone. I wanted to continue to see my Onc once a year forever, butt at the 11yr mark, she dropped me. Said I was "cured" & there was no reason for me to keep coming back. I have been told, with rectal cancer, they like to monitor...
I am so sorry you are dealing with this type of issues, considering all that you when through with colon colon cancer. i hope ( & pray) the medicals professional can find a solution to your problems.
I agree with boxhill here. I was 46 when I was diagnosed (5 yrs older than your DH), again stage IIIC. My team threw the kitchen sink at me. FOLFOX & Avastin were experimental drugs, had not been approved by the FDA for stage III yet. My Onc got me on board with FOLFOX through a trial. We had Ma...