Great news on the Scope!

I hope you can find the answers to your health problems!

God Bless

Who is your oncologist at MSK? I went there in November for a second opinion and saw Deborah Schrag, do you know here?

My case of cancer has been strange and complex, I was finally diag with rectal a month ago after thinking I had Ovarian for 6 months, you can read my story at http://www.runlizrun.com. But what I want to say here is this. Even if you remove your ovaries you can still get ovarian cancer. Yes it is tr...

Kelly....do you happen to have an ostomy? I do an ileostomy and it is very hard to regulate any medication I take because of absorbtion that is lost in the ostomy. I have not slept through the night since I have had an ostomy, last May, even taking sleeping pills and pain meds. It is getting to the ...

I have a stoma, ileostomy, and when I received my initial in hospital care instructions they explained to me that I have two openings. THe main opening on the stoma and then when I lift my stoma up there is an opening that really is not part of the main stoma. I was told that it was part of the whol...

I have rectal cancer and have found this board very helpfull!

You can also find support on the American Cancer Society website and the forum's, they have one just for colo/rectal, here is the link: http://www.acscsn.org/

God Bless!

One good thing about living in Arizona....sunlight. A friend is staying with me for about a month and yesterday she dragged me outside and said I needed to be in the sun, if only for 20 minutes. I have been sick this week, on top of the cancer, I have a nasty cold. But being out in the sun for those...

Have them try it with Sprite. Fleets soda has a lemon taste like Sprite does and it masks the taste.

Good luck to them!

Liz
Tempe, Arizona
www.runlizrun.com

Hi Kelly! Yes I have had surgery, two of them. You can read my journey on my website: http://www.runlizrun.com/journey.htm I have been through the ringer so to say! :) I have been through two other types of Chemo and radiation prior to surgery. THe Oxiplatium/5FU is what they call a "Mop Up" CHemo. ...

I have become my own expert about my ostomy. I am not sure how much medical support you all get, but I have found it is very difficult to get here in Arizona. I have home health care, but getting an ostomy specialist is hard and it seems only my surgeon knows about ostomies. I have made many calls t...

Hi Tia! I am new posting here and am post resection and tumor removal. They want to do a "mop up" Chemo like what you are doing. I am Stage 2-3, unsure because my nodes were radiated and were clear, but unsure if they were clear prior to radiation. Are you also post tumor removal? I read a story of ...

I just spent 16 days in the hospital in Arizona and I am here to tell you massage is fine. The hospital I was at in Arizona even has free massages for their cancer patients, and aromatherapy is at a reduced price and I did both. I had a massage before surgery and I could lay on my stomach, and now I...

I love this website and I now have a new goal, to be a "Colander Girl!" Perhaps 2008??? Here is my story! I was released from the hospital Friday, May 19th, after 16 days........I knew something was wrong first part of April and started seeing doctors, no one could figure out why I was "leaking" out...