Hi Michelle , My gi cracks me up(no pun intended)on her wall she has two cartoons one is of an endoscopy in prehistoric times with the witch doctor sticking his head down this guys throat. The other is of a prehistoric colonoscopy,I'll leave it to your imagination.If you know anyone artistic perhaps...

Hi Dave, If you believe in something and your Doc says it won't hurt,why not. But when it comes to ca I believe in the scorched earth policy. I used everything my docs reckoned would help. Trouble was by body did not like it too much and I finnished up having a veryold regime of 5FU which has been a...

Hi Michelle, I have a long involved history with irritable bowel and now a long and involved history with colon cancer. The only thing to give me any relief from the trotts has been Buscopan (also sold as donnatabs in Australia) It had remarkable results for me during chemo and pretty well saved my ...

Hi Michael, I was dx with st3 colon ca .It had invaded 6 of 13 lymph glands and was at the top end for aggression. My doctors gave me little or no chance as a matter of fact my onc suggested that when it finally takes off I would have mets from the tips of my toes to the roots of my hair. Well it di...

Hi Jan,
I had 6 of 13 lymph nodes involved . They gave me intravenous chem every tuesday for a year. They monitor your blood constantly and alter doses and medications to compensate for individual conditions. I will be 9yrs clear in Jan ,give your mum my kind regards ,Ron.

Hi Cheryl,
I lost most of my descending colon to stage 3 colon ca,6 regional nodes were positive. That was in Jan 98 and I have been ca free ever since. Best of luck to your husband and you. Fight hard and win. PS I am now considered cured..............Ron.

Hi L2S, I had real problems with the inside of my mouth splitting and bleeding. An older chemo nurse suggested I mix a spoonful of salt and a spoonful of sodium bi-carbonate in a glass of water and use it as a mouth wash morning and evening. I certainly worked for me ,regards . Ron.

Hi Jane ,
Welcome, so sorry that the shared interest had to be cancer. I'm from the Sunshine coast in Queensland. I was dx with st3 6/13 nodes involved, back in Jan 98 ,have been ca free ever since . Good luck for the future only time will ease the fears,Ron.

I've just booked in for a scope,it will be my eighth in nine years(I know how you feel Holly) My first scope was when they found my cancer and because it was so advanced and in danger of completely blocking off, I was in surgery the next afternoon so I finished up not eating for two weeks. And what ...

Hi Karen, I was dx stage 3 with 6 nodes pos. My surgeon described the tumour as frightfully aggresive and gave me little chance for long term survival. Jan 07 will be the end of my 9th year ca free. Put your fears on the backburner and concentrate on doing everything you can to survive. Good luck to...

For those that don't know my story I am a 56 yr old survivor of st3 colon cancer 6/13 lymph nodes involved. I was dx in Jan 98 so this nextJan will be the end of year nine. I had a very old regime of chemo. 5FU and a anti parasitic drug called levamisole. I know of three other survivors who had this...

Hi Bird, I was dx stage 3 6/13 lymph nodes involved , in Jan 1998. Congrats on your 10 yrs as you can see my 9th anni is coming up in jan. I also had 5FU and levamisole ,so you have my sympathy. What dreadful stuff that levamisole is. I have had no signs of recurrence since surgery but I have had a ...

Hi Eileen, It's funny my doctor looked me in the eye and said "I'm sorry but I don't think you can beat it ,there is too many lymph glands involved and the cancer is frightfully agressive". Nearly nine years later I still think about that comment and wonder "why me? What made me survive". I still do...

Hi cancerdad, I was 48 at dx lost most of my descending colon,6/13 lymph nodes positive. I had surgery straight up because I was close to stricture which meant gangrene and peritonitis. I had 48 sessions of chemo(every tuesday for nearly a year). It was a very old regime of 5fu enhanced every second...

G'day John, Comiserations mate what happens to us in hospital isn't pretty and it sure ain't nice. My wife was horrified when she saw I'd been carved from sternum to crotch,WHY she cried? Big gut Big cut was the reply from surgeon Leo. The trial does not end when you leve hospital either. You know t...