Get a prescription for Caphosol. I don't think it's the magic mouthwash because I believe that is just a lidocaine, mylanta mixture (I could be wrong), this will actually cure your mouth of the soreness. It's also called prescription saliva. I used it for two days and the mouth soreness was gone up ...

O.K. here's my dilema. I saw my board certified colorectal surgeon today and he gave me two options. Option 1: Have an AP resection with a permanent colostomy. My cancer is so low it's almost on the outside so there's no chance for a reversal. Chance of the cancer NEVER coming back again 90+% and th...

Or chewing on your hair like my mom yelled at me for;) I hope it's all gone for you, I"m sure your nervous. Try to do something tomorrow to keep yourself busy all day.

I think most of use "self diagnosed" ourselves with hemorroids and then were diagnosed with polyps/cancer. I did have hemorroids since giving birth to my first child when I was 19. I had been having heavier than usual (usual with the hemorroid) bleeding for several months and convinced myself it was...

I originally went to a general surgeon. He's one of the best and came highly recommended. I'm a nurse and my recommendations came from other medical professionals that would use him for themselves or their family. After taking time to think about it I decided I wanted a board certified colorectal su...

I saw the report on GMA this morning. I told my husband about and said to him, you'd be surprised at how many in their 20's and 30's are on the sites I go on with colorectal cancer, and late stage at that. I thought I was to young and I'm 47. I think they do need to do something at a younger age bec...

I'm a nurse and worked in a clinic for years. If I told a patient that a test was stable I would mean it was negative or nothing was found. Your right until you walk in these shoes nurses or doctors can't even imagine the things that run through our minds. I thought I had bone cancer a couple of wee...

Endurance? Believe me you should still take pride in your endurance. Fighting cancer takes tons of endurance. You'll be caught up to everyone else in a matter of months plus faught this battle.

When I first saw my oncologist I had read up on all the treatments and statistics and he gave me the same information that I found. He gave me options (surgery, no surgery, post chemo) and I went for the works. He told me he thought that was a very wise decision. He said with doing everything the ch...

Shake it off Helen, your bringing yourself down. The more you focus on the negative things the more you will depress yourself. When you start to think of one of those anniversaries get up and do something more pleasant (evening ironing:). You have to keep yourself from obsessing. I had a severe case...

I worked with a nurse years ago that had a big problem with this. Apparently, she had quite a big tear. She never had any children and didn't have cancer but was about 250 lbs. overweight, whether or not that had anything to do with I don't know. Don't be embarrassed it does happen and I'm sure it c...

Hi again Flora, I guess your probably confused by the different replies. From your post you really didn't say whether you have colon cancer or rectal cancer. They are actually handled differently if I understand correctly. For colon cancer I guess they do surgery first so you would definately want t...

I think they should make it a national policy to give cancer survivors the results of their follow up tests the day of. I'm sure your very frightened. I haven't gotten to that point yet since I'm still in the treatment phase but I can only imagine how scarey it is. I'll pray for you to have positive...

Wendy, They like to do endoscopies on people with heartburn because the acid can eat away at the esophageal lining and if not controlled for a long time can cause cancer. My husband has had heartburn for years and they just tried to do one on him but they were unsuccessful due to him fighting them, ...

I had six weeks of radiation simultaneously with continuous infusion 5FU. The worse part is that your bung hole gets really dry and cracks. Jaynee (soccermom) above gave me a list of lotions to use which I got approved by my radiologist oncologist (Johnsons 24 hour moisturizing, aloe vera and cocoa ...