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@ernierogersquamus123 I think we all want to feel better quickly after cancer. Unfortunately, that usually doesn't happen. The treatments affect each patient uniquely and the remedies are also unique in that what works for one doesn't necessarily work for all or even one other.
In my case as in many other patients here on Connect, it takes years to get to a place where one feels "normal". And this isn't usually the old normal. It is often a new normal. It is hard to say that the point of normalcy is where we stop improving or where we just get used to our maladies. For example, here I sit twenty-six years out with a painfully sore gum, the result of having my mandible rebuilt, the result of the tissue continuing to grow around my prosthesis and being irritated until once per year I have the excess tissue ablated, which will happen next month. Very annoying but I learned to ignore this for the past five years, best I can.
I hope you start feeling better soon. The nausea you have might need to be seen by a gut doctor. It could be anything from a bile duct issue to a chemical imbalance to lack of good gut bacteria. Time seems to be the best healer unless there is something medically wrong that needs repair. Just because you had cancer doesn't mean you can't have another issue. Courage.

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Going for a Endoscopy as soon as the insurance company covers the procedure . My problem is the fact that I lack intestinal fortitude plain and simple. I have to stop whining.

@hrhwilliam This is a very good response. While each patient has similarities what makes us unique is the combination of the factors such as type of cancer, treatments, age - then and now, etc. Yet we can all learn from one another which makes this Connect so helpful. We are not alone. Twenty-three years ago I made the statement "Cancer didn't change me." Looking back, I'd say cancer and the treatment for it changed the directions I planned to go (several times); the activities I can and could do; how I get nourishment; my immune system; my sociability; BUT my persona hasn't changed nor will I let it. It's not easy but I'm not out here to beat cancer I'm here to live, laugh and love. As ever...