Sorry you have needed to find this site but agree with everyone else. People on here are knowledgable resources who can help you know which questions to ask your doctor. The first days after diagnosis are hard as you know. With your plan in place, you will feel better. And you have this site for sup...

Nausea is the worst and that sure is a boatload of staples. This is the last surgery you will need! I concur! Hope tomorrow you are able to eat a little better. Glad you've had a successful enema.
Hugs,
Laura

Glad the surgery is behind you! How has the non enema life been working? Hope to hear you are on the road to recovery.

Take care.
Laura

Good one BB. You can sing it from your garden.

Seriously, your news is great! Maybe the cancer is finally going to give up. I can't help but think the biking has something to do with it. I'm surprised the doctors aren't studying your blood.
Congratulations.
Laura

Jane, my surgeon does not do those procedures. But the chief of the grouping Dr. Remzi is amazing. If I had anything tricky that needed done, I would go to him. My roommate up there had an amazing series of repairs for an issue and got her life back. She had had RC complicated by a fistula and faile...

Hi! I don't know if you are anywhere near Ohio, but the colorectal surgery department at Cleveland Clinic is one of the best in the country. They often repair other doctor's mistakes, I learned when I was there.

Hope for a great outcome for you.
Laura

Hi! Congratulations on the complete response! I was in the exact position 4 years ago, same clinical staging and then complete response. My oncologist wanted me to take Folfox, surgeon said I needed no chemo. Following advice on here and a second opinion, I decided to take the Folfox. However, after...

I asked my oncologist about seeding also, and he said it is really rare. I also checked on the Grace Cancer sight because that is where a lot of good lung info is and they also say seeding is rare. I am having a nodule watched that looks more like lung cancer than a met, therefore, a biopsy would be...

Don't know about your onc but congratulations for your great news!!

Wow!! This is great news! Congratulations! Stay well

I am three years past my last surgery and it was on my scans in the spring. I don't notice anything either.

This sounds like my experiences as a preschool teacher. Allowing open-ended exploration (with some parameters) then expanding on it is the best! Kids are amazing and that is why I had the best job ever! I still love my volunteer time. Reading this makes my day. I can tell you get it, recognize their...

I hope this procedure worked and you can get back to living your life. It sounds promising. Good for you to advocate for yourself!

Thanks for sharing your great news, Jane!!

Good luck to everyone else.

I am one of the regular enema users on this board. Upon recommendation of my surgeon, I use the regular red enema bag with tubing and clamp. He recommended using a quart to quart and a half of warm tap water, every day for best results. Early on I tried the fleet bottles with water, there was never ...