I dunno. 10 years maybe. Maybe the little bio thingy at the end of my post will tell me. After all thees years all my doctor appts, etc have been wiped from my calendar on my phone and computers, I still have the CAT scan, MRI , PET scan, fluoroscope, X-ray, ultrasound, etc on my phone "just in...

i hate pink also. i just can't stand her style of music. the words of some of her songs are okay, but oh, the noise. i say bring back doowop. there are some groups like pentatonix who are both modern and show great style in their music. pink is so not cool any more. i am glad to find a music forum w...

Cherie, that sucks for sure. i can't predict the final outcome (is there any such thing with cancer?) of your treatment, but i can tell you a bit of what it is like on the other side after a world of hurt and crap. i had my dx in feb of 09. treatment began immediately after dx and life spiraled down...

happens all the time...mostly after i sleep on my right side (the side w my ileo) and i have very liquid output (typical). for me it tends to be problematic only when i have not had a mucus discharge for a while. combine poo with mucus and it can get a bit messy. i even sit on the toity for a bit to...

i had an ileo after a total colectomy. jpouch - failed reversal and a permanent ileo. my ileo is loop and now i have to deal with butt leak. i can't even stand and take a pee. my wife says that makes me a better person any ways. the intestines (jpouch, etc) make a mucus that will drain out via the a...

why, oh why, did you ditch the ranger? mine is a 2003 w only 71k miles and i still love driving it to work each day. and it is HARD to love driving in jersey!

I was foggy from chemo for sure, but what I think was chemo brain for me was like when you have a word right on the tip of your tongue and after a minute or two it comes to you, but it never does any more. I just stopped trying to come up with he word. Early on speaking was sometimes tiring. Now, ye...

I have had neuropathy for so long now I forget what my feet and fingers are supposed to feel like. It has gotten better, but the feeling varies still. Mostly no pain - sometimes in my feet. Can't feel my finger tips much, maybe never. Working in the yard I always had to check my hands to make sure I...

I had to look at my profile to remember my treatment dates. I still have neuropathy in my fingers and feet. Feet can be pretty annoying at times even now, but over time things have gotten better and I have learned to manage with it all better too. Here's to your neuropathy getting better and you get...

Eric,
You must be dong well to have a big bowel of anything while on chemo. I lost over 100 lbs while on chemo. Fortunately I had the weight to lose.
Here's to many more big bowels of shredded wheat and to finishing your treatments soon!

Rick

Sweeeeet! Great vids!

Sorry to hear about your hospital stay, both the necessity and the crappy experience. MSKCC really does spoil you. I am amazed at just how bad hospitals can be. Sometimes I wonder if we both have the same goals of getting me better and OUT of the hospital. I did not know you had a neph (spotty parti...

In March Surgeon and oncologist both said cancer was back. Sacral cancer at that. The tumor looked huge on the scans. They told me Dr Paty at MSKCC could help me if anyone could. More consultations. It looked bad, bone loss, pain and huge area of involvement. Had surgery may 2. I had a peroration in...

Ha! Eric so glad things are moving along! I love MSKCC. They are so willing to work with you and accomplish your goals and their goals. They are the only hospital I have been in that realized at some point I could get better faster in my own home on my own (okay wife's help sometimes was required). ...

My leak test was contrast and X-rays. Not that it meant anything. Sometime during the following year I had a perforation that nearly killed me. The tube providing the contrast came shooting out and they had to spend an hour cleaning the room before the next patient could come in the room. Now I am g...