Thank you everyone! I think some of the information getting to the family in the states gets somewhat lost in translation. I don't have exact bone mets info on him, but I wanted to reassure the family that they might make it sound like it is terminal when treatment options should still be explored o...

Thought I might try to see if anyone has international experience with CRC. My friends father-in-law who is Brazilian and lives there currently was just diagnosed with stage 4 CRC with bone mets. So far they are planning to do an ostomy surgery to relieve the perforated colon (fluid accumulation in ...

Your story is so familiar to mine...:exactly 1 year ago for me...I did end up with a perm colostomy mine was also very low. My surgeon told me he would need to take at least half of the involuntary sphincter muscles maybe more in surgery. He did give me the option to try and temp but I didn't want t...

Your story is so familiar to mine...:exactly 1 year ago for me...I did end up with a perm colostomy mine was also very low. My surgeon told me he would need to take at least half of the involuntary sphincter muscles maybe more in surgery. He did give me the option to try and temp but I didn't want t...

You are already superwoman in my eyes :shock: Your brother in laws are turd faces for being so self abdorbed...you need a coming to Jesus meeting with them.... If need be list out all the things you do on a daily basis then take them through a whole week in your shoes then describe the exhaustion yo...

I'm sorry you are going through this. You should tell whoever you feel comfortable telling and definitely try to keep it normal. My son was almost 8 years old and my daughter was 8 months old when I was diagnosed last year. I too had a spot on my lung which ended up being benign...I did luck out exc...

I had the same problem my Ostomy nurse told me to use the lotrimin powder and it cleared it right up bought it OTC. Then on top of the powder I unused the stoma crusting powder with it to protect from the wafer adhesive

Thank you Lois!! My surgeon is following me he said they just changed the guidelines this year but because I was Angiolymphatic invasion positive he asked me if I wanted to follow the old guidelines which is more surveillance and I said yes every 5 years sounds right. He is a good surgeon! I got luc...

my initial symptoms were irregular BM's for years...then it lead to blood streaked stool and pencil thin stools for about two weeks before I went in to see the doc. I have a history of hemorrhoids...but the blood looked different. It was maroon and ribboned into my stool. If getting a colonoscopy wi...

so I have my first post op colonoscopy next week, my 1 year from surgery. After this I will have one in 3 years....then well i'm not sure. Does anyone know? Do i get a scope every 5 years for awhile? I know a good question for my doc but I'm kind of in a weird spot being diagnosed at 33 and with sta...

i have had my colostomy for almost a year now...i have had almost zero issues. I haven't had adhesive issues due to sweat or anything I think that maybe a matter of finding the right product or manufacturer. I don't know if its possible for you to get a reversible colostomy? My uncle had one due to ...

So is it benign? They told me a week for my results.....my GI doc called me the next day to let me know it was cancer before the full biopsy report was done....so I'm assuming its all clear for you?

I am stage 1.....my surgeon monitors me. CEA checks every 3 months CT then 6 months colonoscopy then CT yearly. My PCP is also in the know on my situation too. I still don't understand why you aren't having chemo though? You may want to get a second opinion on that.

its really such a good sign that you have no blood detected in your stool.....I wouldn't immediately think of cancer, it really can be any number of things going on. Does your doctor recommend a colonoscopy?

Thank you Ladies! That's very encouraging:) I feel really lucky about my diagnosis....all except for the LVI, that really bothers me and I have that nagging pit of my stomach feeling that this cancer business isn't over for me. I know I will get over it eventually but I don't want to be to overconfi...