Congratulations! This is an awesome post. Yes, it's these kind of posts I looked for after my husband's diagnosis!

I am hoping this is my last sleepless night (the last one without Ned's at least). Still finding it hard not to think the worst, although I actually had a laugh or two yesterday. We are supposed to take a family vacation to Florida just after Christmas, and I am not sure whether to ask the docs if ...

My husband was given an ileostomy after his surgery in July. He started FolFox in September and will continue until January 2. We were told that maybe as soon as 2 weeks after the last treatment he can schedule the reversal. His doctor also explained that she wanted the surgery to heal well and perh...

Hi Lou, My husband was diagnosed with rectal cancer in March 2014. We were referred right away to a cancer hospital. The way our hospital works (University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill), they assign you a team- surgical oncologist, oncologist and radiologist. The all work together and consult on e...

Kathy - welcome to our club. Sorry you had to join but glad you found us early on and hoping we can all be a good support system for you. It sounds as though your husband has rectal cancer. I might add that PLEASE PLEASE make certain that the surgeon you are going to utilize is BOARD CERTIFIED in n...

<raising hand>....been lurking for about 2 weeks now. DH (49) had a colonoscopy on 3/31/14. The doctor was absolutely sure the tumor he saw was malignant. The next week we met with an oncology surgeon, oncologist and radiologist, DH had a CT Scan and MRI, blood work and we both received too much inf...