sending prayers your way. Glad they are taking action, and hopefully they get it figured out ASAP.

Aideen

I agree with CRguy, if you're having a lot of stomach pain you need to see a doctor ASAP.

Aideen

Canuckian eh CRGuy?? I like it

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Wow Angie! What an ordeal :( I remember absolutely freaking myself out when my GI doc came up to consult with my surgeon just as mom and I were about to get my CT scan results just after I was diagnosed (the ones that would tell us whether it was likely that the cancer had spread or not)... but at l...

Congrats Bussman!!

Here's to many more years celebrating being cancer free

Aideen

I too have a story similar to this, I was having some symptoms (bleeding and change in bowel habits), I was too embarrassed to go see my family doctor, but the symptoms were getting in the way of training for my first 1/2 marathon... so I finally worked up the courage to at least corner my aunt (who...

Tammy and Canadianmom, I'd love to share a coffee (okay so despite having worked at a Tim Horton's until going back to school, I don't drink the stuff ;) but I'd have hot chocolate) with both of you, maybe someday. Canadianmom, Thank you so much for your kind words :) My family tends to tell me the ...

Hi all, A friend shared this on Facebook. Don't know where it came from originally, but I've found that this is so true. We sometimes can forget when life gets hectic and we could all use a reminder from time to time, so here you go :) The Mayonnaise Jar When things in your life seem almost too much...

Hi Kelly, Welcome to the best club that no one 'wants' to join :) Wish you didn't have to be here, but glad you found us. You'll find lots of good information here and lots of amazing people. thank you! I'm trying hard to not google so I'm not sure what questions I have yet! the waiting game is toug...

I mostly check in daily, although this can vary depending on how much I've got going on with school and medical appointments. Don't post all the time, but I read a lot.

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You're not over-reacting with being scared/nervous. I had no family history and I was still very nervous.... I think that's to be expected. From what I've heard of the prep (we have a different prep up here in Canada thankfully) it won't be fun, but that should be the worst of it. For myself the col...

The sheet said have a light breakfast, then fluids after that until 'x' time, Well sometimes sheet happens ! So far so good, going again in March and I plan on being a "lean, clean, colorectal preppin' machine"....clean as a whistle ...as in, cue Bobby McFerrin "Don't worry be happy&...

I have to agree with all the advice to scale back food for better chances of a proper clean out. I just do the flexible sigmoidoscopy, since almost all of my colon was removed when they went in to take the cancer out (hundreds of polyps throughout so it was the only option). So my prep is different....

- it takes awhile for people to read what it says. Thanks for starting this thread, I have learned a few things already. I heard it was intended to look like an ECG tracing to kind of catch people off guard at first ! Yeah, I think we can shake some cobwebs out of some bureaucrat's heads if we all ...

Yep mine was definitely better, which I'm really glad for, because for a couple of months starting about 4 months after surgery I was doing them every 6 weeks, then we moved up to 3 months between the last few, and now 6 months. So needless to say I've had a few. They're not the most pleasant thing ...