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Hello everyone! Thank you for the encouragement, prayers and positive stories. I continue to improve! My...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1316513/

Discussion: Just diagnosed: Surgery not an option, looking for hope

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: May 30, 2025

Managing bowel habits has dictated my life since 2021, when I was first treated with chemo...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1254701/

Discussion: How to manage unpredictable, rapidly changing bowel symptoms from LARS

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: Mar 10, 2025

Hello Ed, the doctor mentioned that this part of the body has bothered you till you...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/169478/

Discussion: Ostomy: Adapting to life after colostomy, ileostomy or urostomy

Support Group: Ostomy & J-Pouch

Posted: Apr 27, 2018

Hello @fpdm I am sorry to hear about your diagnosis, and I know exactly how you...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/954735/

Discussion: Adenocarcinoma - just diagnosed

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: Oct 27, 2023

I was diagnosed with Rectal cancer in June 2019. My treatments included 2 (6 treatment) rounds...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/783341/

Discussion: My journey with rectal cancer: What's your experience?

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: Dec 10, 2022

I have never posted before! However, I feel compelled to comment on this topic. I was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1449341/

Discussion: Surgery at Mayo or Locally?

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: Nov 29, 2025

Hi all, I was diagnosed with rectal cancer, T3 tumor, stage IIa in mid-October. I finished...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/813784/

Discussion: Stage 3 colon cancer: What's your experience?

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: Feb 19, 2023

like Denise I have recently been diagnosed as having rectal cancer x 2. treatment has not...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1412354/

Discussion: Newly Diagnosed Colorectal Cancer

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: Oct 10, 2025

Really a great challenge which all of us are forced to cope up with.Though mine was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1398142/

Discussion: Living with long-term bowel side effects post anal cancer treatment

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: Sep 21, 2025

Hi Denise, Stage 3 rectal cancer from Australia, diagnosed 6 weeks ago with some lymph node...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/795817/

Discussion: Newly Diagnosed Colorectal Cancer

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: Jan 12, 2023

I had chemoradiation for 6 weeks in April-May of this year. The treatment included 30 radiation...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/953661/

Discussion: Anyone doing Chemoradiation?

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

I was diagnosed with stage 4 squamous cell cancer, and I’m not sure if was rectal...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1420650/

Discussion: Anyone else have Anal cancer: What treatments did you have?

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: Oct 21, 2025

Hi @joan19. I'm weighing in as suggested by Kanaaz to give you another concerned member to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/272855/

Discussion: Anyone else have Anal cancer?

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: Aug 22, 2019

Thanks for sharing @pkanders52, and I wish you complete recovery! My cancer story is quite similar...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/946109/

Discussion: Just had a colonoscopy and have a mass on my sigmoid colon

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: Oct 11, 2023

I was diagnosed with stage 2a rectal cancer last October, with a T3 tumor. I did...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/926042/

Discussion: Stage 2A Colorectal. 50-50 on doing chemo. Any thoughts?

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: Sep 7, 2023

I had a rectal polyp on the anterior wall of the rectum. It was pre-cancerous at...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1065554/

Discussion: Has anyone seen a gynecologist after CRC treatment?

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: May 10, 2024

Kidney surgery went well. My father was discharged the next day, but we had to return...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1044850/

Discussion: Rectal Cancer - Hospital Recommendation

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: Apr 3, 2024

Thank you Isadora 2021 for you insightful recommendations. My brother has been given medication for the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1103707/

Discussion: Brother diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: Jul 11, 2024

I was diagnosed with rectal cancer in 4/24. I did 6 weeks of oral chemo (capecitabine)...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1318130/

Discussion: Stage 3b 2 positive lymph nodes one year later metastatic to liver

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: Jun 1, 2025

@prettyeyes6 You could have your mom join the forums here on Mayo Clinic Connect, so she...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1047640/

Discussion: Rectal cancer diagnosis very low in the rectum

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: Apr 9, 2024

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