Glad you are doing well.
Sending MEGA Cheers for continued success !

CRguy on the Journey

I agree, other OSTOMY specific sites have great info ... BUTT :shock: Have you talked to your own ostomy nurse ??? Best info I had years ago was to be in the care of first class ostomy nurses post-op. FYI I used Hollister / wafer / supplies as determined by the nurses I dealt with ... or maybe ... :...

Our long time friend here, stu has posted that her dear Mum has passed away. She has updated us in the following posts which OSM has provided for us. Sincere sympathies to you stu and all your Mum's friends and family In Harmony CRguy Stu's Mum Re: Stage IV multiple metastatic sites Stu's Mum Re: ST...

Hey colorectalcancer Welcome to this forum ... which is the BEST forum NOBODY EVER wants to have to join ! :shock: Lotsa' Canucks here = me included Spreading the WORD everywhere ALL the time ... TO EVERYONE ... Will ... get us all to NED N o E vidence of D isease at screenings N o E vidence of D is...

beach sunrise has let us know of the passing of
Skimom

Sincere sympathies to her friends and family
Respectfully
CRguy

utahgal7 has just informed us, that our former member Chris, has passed away.
Re: prayingforccr

Condolences to his friends and family
CRguy

Many congrats indeed Sleen !!!! best wishes moving forward. Grouseman, I believe Maia is still active through the FightCRC initiative with her CRC Trial Finder https://fightcolorectalcancer.org/about/our-team/research-advocacy/maia-walker/ and sadly yes, we have lost many over the years. Cheers and ...

Welcome to the forum Catlady If you care to peruse my summary in the topic post of my Review of my Journey so far -> ⓊⓟⒹⒶⓉⒺ May /2024 you will see I had a recurrence at about 2.5 years after initial resection, had a port implanted and was DE-ported :shock: about 3 years later This is my experience w...

The endoscopist did not say, “you don’t have cancer.” She said, “We removed a small polyp, no diverticulitis and otherwise your bowel is healthy.” Why would they do 4 other biopsies if healthy? I’m worried. How would they know it is healthy WITHOUT having done those biopsies ???? Biopsies "LOO...

Hi cindyz welcome back ! The forum has a decent search function so you may want to try sorting through some of your own posts and also defined search terms for the whole forum, for follow up. I know insurances are protean and variable depending upon coverage and carriers, BUTT... ( you knew there ha...

Love Peace and MEGA Harmony coming your way Cappy

Keep on kickin' BUTT and takin' names

Cheers
CRguy

Generally speaking, excessive inflammation anywhere in the body, could potentially increase CEA
BUTT ... especially in the chest / lungs
So IMO, I would expect CEA flare with a positive Covid test and any active Covid disease.

CRguy

In keeping our tradition of honoring members no longer with us here,
Bianca10 has started a remembrance for our friend Rock Robster

My condolences to his friends and family
CRguy

Thank you Bianca10 for sharing this sad news with us here. To say Rob will be missed is an understatement He was one of the first people I spoke to when I joined this forum. He was so kind, patient, considerate and knowledgable. He always took the time for others and had such grace. Let this be his ...

Hey buddy Happy Fourth May the Fourth be with us all ! :mrgreen: Up north it depends on the docs involved : wife, daughter and I used Pico Salax for our last scopes over the past 2-3 years. BUTT ... My son just had his first, this spring with another GI doc, and used the dreaded gallon of PEG :shock...