Hope your surgery went well and you are safely home recovering! I'm a big believer in karma, so hopefully it will bite your husband where it hurts most sometime in the near future.

Sorry, I meant to add that I've added the question about local reoccurrence to my list for when I meet with the oncologist this week. I will certainly want to hear his answer to that and I'll report back once I've heard what he has to say. Thanks for pointing that out and if anyone can think of othe...

Thanks for the quick replies. What both my surgeon and oncologist told me, as well as articles I've read on the trial itself, is that the treatment before surgery is mainly to shrink the tumor and the treatment after surgery is to prevent future recurrences, so since both sets of patients receive po...

Hi, Peanut! I've read and enjoyed many of your posts. Thanks for the warm welcome! I'm in the Philly suburbs, but the clinical trial is in Phase II/III and is being offered across the country. You have to fit the criteria to apply and then a computer randomly picks 50% for standard care (chemo/radia...

Thanks, Steve. I've had four major abdominal surgeries over the past eight years including an emergency bowel resection for an obstruction caused by adhesions. I don't remember what "normal" restroom routine feels like, which is probably why it took me awhile to realize there was something...

Hi, everyone. This is my first post, although I have been lurking here since my diagnosis on April 2. I can't tell you how much it has helped me to have this place to hear from all of you who have been through this experience. You are all very supportive, kind, and offer such helpful advice. Thank y...