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Replying to: Wife just diagnosed thank you so much for your post. My husband is having surgery this week and I am so worried about it spreading. I can not believe that it went to your liver but you were still able to overcome it. I bet a lot of it was your mental strength to fight it. Please stay well friend

Replying to: Colon cancer at 27? Thanks for the reply. It's just the fact that it was a lot more than just streaks on the tp that worried me. I'm sure hoping it is just due to constipation, but I'll see what the doctor says first. As for stool softeners, I don't know if that would be a good idea. Laxatives seem to affect me differently then they do other people so I'm thinking a softener would too. I've tried...

Hello - My second post related to my father's case. He has a 3.5cm tumor that is about 6-7 cm from the anus. The surgeon is nor sure if this will be a resection or colostomy case because it is so close to the rectal muscle. Can others please tell me of any similiar cases? What were the determining factors for going resection vs. colostomy, etc.? Thank you in advance!

Replying to: Possible obstruction developing? I have been having similar symptoms recently. Did you ever find out the true cause?

Replying to: handassisted lap anterior resection Hi Jennie, I am sorry to hear of your diagnosis. It is tough anytime, but it adds a lot of additional worry to holidays. My husband was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 48. He had the resection you are having. He was in the hospital about 5 days and was eating soid foods within a couple of days. The surgery went smoothly and he was off work about 2 weeks. During the surgery they will remove...

Replying to: handassisted lap anterior resection Thanks for the reply. I know that everybodys case is different but it helps to know what you experienced. I have heard nothing but good stuff about my doctor and i liked him the moment i met him.I guess im worried because I know my life is going to change even more than it has sense i was told i have cancer. my life was in limb from the time i was told i had a mass til i found out how bad it...

Replying to: Colon cancer at 27? If you have bright red blood on the toilet paper when wiping it's nothing to be too alarmed about. When you are constipated the stool is hardened and can tear the walls of the rectum and the anus and cause it to bleed and get on the toilet paper. If you suffer from constipation often, I might suggest a stool softener taken daily, or increase your fiber intake, or try a stool softener such as Muralax....

know a woman who wants some info before she asks her doctor. she has been having radiation therapy for a tumor in her pelvic area, and last year had her colon and rectum removed. she only has two treatments left and all the sudden last night she began to bleed from her colon. what can this mean? is it a side effect of the radiation?

Replying to: Colon cancer at 27? Hello- I'm a very young 58 year old male. I seemed to be mostly healthy until I lost my job 4 years ago. I believe being seditary for all these years caused me to develope diverticulosis that in turn, 2 years later ( after living on 'Miralax' suggested by my gastrointerlogist, I had to have surgery due to an obstruction in my colon near my rectum. The biopsy showed I had developed cancer in some...

Replying to: Wife just diagnosed hi sorry to hear tat I am now just recoverin from surgery due to colon cancer tho I went to doctors n to er from july till oct when they did surgery..drs n nurses didn't tak me serious until I finally went off on a dr n er n from tere it just moved fast tellin family was the hardest thing to do I had one son who worried too much my daughter was sayin noway ur not supposed to hav nthing wrong n other son...