Congratulations Helen on the twelve years and commiserations on what it has cost you to get that far. Surviving survival is not easy, Hugs Ron.

I know of several people who had gallbladder issues following crc and subsequent chemo. I was a few years past chemo (5fu and levamisole) I went to ER with severe upper abdominal pain. I had a diseased gall bladder and a small gallstone had blocked off my pancreatic duct. I had my gall bladder remov...

G'day Dori, Good to see you still going. Survival is not always easy but for some of us it just happens. I remember when you came on board and you always wonder when you haven't seen someone for a while . I am really glad you got to see your little boy grow up. I reached 20 years in Jan. It seems li...

Congratulations Dori W. I'm glad to hear that you are getting some quality life. I'm out past 20 years (stage 3c) I know that surviving survival is not always easy but some of us manage to slip through the cracks so continue to make the best of it, Hugs ron.

Congratulations Terry, My anniversary was in Jan, 20yrs clear of stage 3 into six nodes . Surgery and a year of chemo. Some of us do survive. All the best Ron.

Hi JGU1986, I'm glad you were aware of your problems and sought help early. You were fortunate in one respect that you had a tubular adenoma as the general view from GI's is that they are the least likely of the polyps to turn cancerous BUT given enough time they will. I am 20 years past stage 3 col...

Hi Soccermom, Seems to be a world wide problem . I was scheduled for a three yearly scope for my last one. I was out to three years and six months before I had it. . The GI was rather short with me . He could not understand why I was so concerned given that I had survived nearly twenty years without...

High Sunny, During my last scope they found four tubular adenomas. The biggest was 11 mm It took three of four internal staples to stop the bleeding when they removed it . My GI and nephrologist both agreed if you are going to get polyps , tubular adenomas are the least likely to have anything nasty...

Hugs to you both, well done . Ron.

Hi Steph, for years I wondered about a condition I had been experiencing. Most of the time the palms of my hands are red. I have asked a lot of doctors but none were able , or willing to enlighten me. In recent times my nephrologist has come to believe that I am suffering from auto-immune hepatitis....

Mate remission from any form of lung cancer is incredible. Congratulations. Stay well Ron.

Hugs Victoria, congratulations to you and Jim and your family , sometimes we do survive. Ron.

I am in Australia so none of the same rules apply. But if you are asking if they are preventative only the health system would be under the illusion that they aren't. Colonoscopies are rarely for looking for recurrence. That is why we have scans. Polyps are the main target. I have had around a dozen...

I had cancer over twenty years ago. That is when I stopped drinking. Ron.

G'day Debb, I will start at the end. I had 48 bags of 5Fu via canula and over 200 tablets of levamisole. At the end of it all my oncologist sat down with me and said I have never had that happen before , I said what? He said in the whole 48 weeks your blood counts never wavered ,they remained totall...