I have major sinus problems. Also take Mucinex (for drainage) or Tussin. Same thing only tussin tastes nasty! Is it dry where you are? if so, get a humidifier. Weird question, but did you by any chance just have chemo? The reason I ask is that is a rare side effect of oxi. I had the exact same side ...

Erika, I appreciate the way you put that into words so well. I had just emailed another poster last night the exact same thoughts, although not quite as eloquently. At any rate, you are correct. Very few older people use the computer so this random poll is somewhat skewed. That being said, I do thin...

Marg, First of all, I don't think you need to be worried about "upsetting your team". If a doctor can't understand that you would want a second opinion, then, (in my opinion) he/she isn't worth going to. As for the specialist vs general surgeon, I would pick the specialist every time. Here's why: Wh...

Joy,

Maybe all those "smacks" we gave you worked! See, we all told you there was nothing to keep fretting about. Glad to hear everything went well. Isn't is nice to be NED? Have a wonderful time in Florida. Enjoy the sun and RELAX. You've earned it!!

I have never heard of a port "flippnig" but mine shifted. Maybe it's the same thing, I don't know. Mine sort of turned and instead of being flat was on it's side. Don't know how else to describe it. It put soooo much pressure on my clavicle when this happened. I also had an infection there so I have...

First of all, thank you Terry. We talked on the phone this afternoon about the post and I thank her for speaking up on some of the same issues that I didn't want to bring up for fear of being shot down again. When I started this post, it was just to inform people that there was a small segment on th...

I've had neuropathy and neuritis for years due to surgeries on my feet. I have tried so many different drugs to help with this problem but honestly, none of them have worked. The only thing that will give me any relief is Lidoderm patches. I only have this in my feet, but these do work well. Certain...

DOUBLE SMACK!! Stop worrying. I too got freaked out at my last CT scan when I got the report. I think a lot depends on the radiologist who reads it. It would be helpful if the same one (yeah right!) read it each time. I have found that one doc does a cursory report, whereas another does a very thoro...

Hope this helps clear things up a little. After my chemoradiation, I went in for an attempt at a local excision but was told to do some more chemo to help shrink it even more. When I saw the surgeon who did my local excision, she did a small in office scope (not a colonoscopy) and was able to see th...

Ricki, As I told you the other day, my blood clots were not quite that high up, but I was told to use my arm as little as possible. The reason being that they didn't want me to break off a piece of any of the clots. I was told to use hot compresses, so I zapped one of those warm things that you put ...

Rui, I think it's easier to stay positive when you are fighting the disease with radiation or chemo than when you are finally done. Doesn't seem logical, but a lot of us go through it. The sad fact is its scary wondering if you have done enough, if all those little cancer buggers are dead or are the...

I am probably going to regret posting this but I did take offense at the very nature of Jeremiah's post. I am NOT in your position, so there is no way that I know how you feel. I can only imagine how angry, frustrated and scared you must feel and I truly am sorry that you have to be going through th...

I was diagnosed with rectal cancer on the cusp of Stage IB/Stage IIA. I was told that my tumor started at 3-4 cm up which would have made it tricky to do a resection without a colostomy. After the radiation to shrink it, the last surgeon I saw and the one who did my local excision found it to be 8cm...

I know nothing about the health care system in Canada, but I don't care who you are or where you are, if you are having problems like you are describing, you need to have that taken care of NOW. Certainly we all understand that there might have to be a wait of a week, maybe 10 days and for a ROUTINE...

I have been diagnosed on the cusp of stage I/stageII rectal cancer. Rectal cancer tends to recur so I have had extra chemo. However, I had a friend diagnosed with stage IB rectal cancer just before Christmas last year and they did a resection and nothing else. Honestly, I was quite surprised that sh...