Excellent! We should always celebrate the milestones and happy news!!!

Great news!

I know only too well about possibly postponing life plans like that. We were in the middle of buying a house in the caribbean when I got diagnosed. Talk about putting your life on hold.....

So get out there and enjoy!! Think of the wine you'll be able to enjoy!!!

Is this related to the ongoing research into oncolytic viruses?

Frankly I'm quite fascinated by this whole direction of research....I think that is the future of cancer treatment; ie: assist the body's immune system kill the f--ing thing...

Like Belle...I couldn't wait to go home and pig out....I was STARVING after my last two preps/scopes ....however....I do recall that my first one (THE one!) I was so dumbfounded by the bad news that eating was the last thing on my mind. But I was staying with my parents and my mom is big on cooking/...

Eating Yogurt May Reduce Colorectal Cancer Risk (May 23/11) This prospective study on 45 241 (14 178 men; 31 063 women) volunteers of the EPIC-Italy cohort showed that men and women whose intake of yogurt was in the highest tertile were 38% less likely to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer when co...

Anti-Cancer Grilling Tips (Jun.10/11) According to the health education manager at the University of Texas’ Anderson Cancer Prevention Center, the following measures can be taken to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer while grilling on the BBQ in the summer, • Skip processed meats altogether - Res...

I found this page gave a great summary....esp for the yp stuff:

http://www.informedicalcme.com/colon-ca ... groupings/

Next month it will be 2 yrs since I finished chemo. I still have on/off tingling in my feet and hands, and yes, my joints ache. I try to exercise regularly and it does help...somewhat. Like Gaelen said....it's the gift that keeps on giving....

Congrats on your survivorship! And thanks for being inspirational to the rest of us!!

Sorry to hear that you are getting such a runaround at your hospital..... :roll: Things that make you go, 'grrrr.....' I'm with CRGUy/Brownbagger....be the squeaky wheel if you need to be. It's your body and it's your life. Be your own advocate. I am not sure if adding a pic of your lungs to the pic...

Pretty much the same list as you Tammy..... :roll: And as well: taking vit D supplements now (when I remember! :lol: ) exercise daily I lost 20lbs! yeay!!! am careful with how many Xrays and other ionizing radiation scans I receive stopped taking Tylenol, have switched to aspirin (works well, so why...

LOVE you CRGuy! Keep postin'!!!!

I guess we all experience side effects differently. WHen I was on 'the bag', I had a pile of symptoms but hand/foot was not one of them. While on Xeloda, I did not experience the nasty nausea, cold sensitivity, etc of Folfox, but I did develop hand/foot....albeit quite mild. It's important to keep t...

HI, A friend told me that the June 13 issue of TIME has several interesting articles on cancer. In The Screening Dilemma, there is apparently a statement that says, “no long-term randomized trial has shown colonoscopy to be more effective at saving lives than a FOBT or a sigmoidoscopy.” WTF?? :roll:...