Connect
Public Support Group 384 total results
Discussions (81)
How to manage unpredictable, rapidly changing bowel symptoms from LARS
At age 80, I am 39 years out of low anterior resection for stage 1 rectal cancer, pelvic radiation, and ostomy takedown. Doing well with...
Severe nutrition issues after LAR surgery and stoma reversal surgery
I am a 59 year old female.I had a lower anterior resection surgery for rectal cancer in Oct 2023.This was with a temporary stoma.Followed this...
Advance stage 4 Colorectal cancer.
Hey everyone. My father was diagnosed with Advance Stage 4 Colo/rectal cancer. He starts chemo Tuesday the 6th. Will be treated with a port. Any...
Realistic CEA Perspective Needed
New to the forum. Hoping I can find someone out there with an opinion. 35yo Male (at time of diagnosis) Diagnosed 1/16 with T3n1 colo-rectal...
More Young People Than Ever Will Get Colorectal Cancer This Year
I'm gifting this article from the New York Times, so you can use it to raise awareness and encourage your relatives, friends, and acquaintances to...
Rectal tumor pain from chemo?
Hey everyone thanks for allowing me to join the group! I got a question that I could use some insight on My father was diagnosed...
Chemo or surgery: decision point, seeking perspectives
Hi friends, On October 19, I had my first colonoscopy following symptoms of bright red blood in stools that had appeared over the summer. A...
Anorectal Squamous Cell Cancer w Protruding Externally From Anal Verge
Hello, I am a new here, 64 yr old female diagnosed with Anorectal Squamous Cell Cancer back in February of 2026. By report, my tumor...
Options other than transection of rectum
My husband recently had colonoscopy to remove a large polyp from rectum. 6 cm . It contained a cancer tumour that grew 3 cm into...
Rectal Radiation and Nutrition: Anyone have plant-based diet advice?
Hello, Long story short, I had a large polyp discovered and resected from the rectum at age 41 last year. After finding 2 cancers (main...
Persisting abdominal pain, bloating, gas, clustering
Hi everyone- My husband was diagnosed with T2N0 rectal cancer in late 2017. He underwent chemo and radiation treatment prior to his robotic taTME TATA...
Lingering side effects over 2 months after radiation completion
I have colorectal cancer, & completed chemo, then radiation treatment. The rectal pain & vaginitis from radiation persists over 2 months after treatment ended. My...
Targeted Therapy (tucatinib & trastuzumab) for stage 4 CRC
My cancer had spread to liver and a lesion was found in lung. Standard folfox 6 cycles , two liver resections and then Radiation +...
Discharged from being followed for cancer
Has anyone else been discharged from being followed for anal cancer? I was diagnosed 7 years ago and ended treatment a few months later -...
Rectal tumor, constipation, bowel impaction (partial), burning pain
Hello everyone, I am writing this to ask for help for my elderly mom with a never ending burning pain in her bowels for 3...
Life expectancy: Fearing, but preparing if chemo doesn't work
Hi my husband was diagnosed with rectal adenocarcinoma 6 weeks ago, it has spread to his liver and lymph nodes tracking towards the aorta (...
Just diagnosed: Surgery not an option, looking for hope
Went in for my first colonoscopy in December, F age 58. Had negative Cologuards for the last 4 or 5 years. My PCP gave me...
Rectovaginal fistula after rectal radiotherapy
Last December I had a transanal resection of a polyp clase to the anus and sphyncter. Biopsy revealed positive margins for adenocarcinoma. So I had...
Post Ileostomy reversal surgery - pain under the right rib?
Hello,Has anyone experienced pain under the right side of the ribs after a colon surgery?I am on day 6th post Ileostomy reversal surgery and I...
Ovarian & fallopian cancer: Life is hard since bowel resection
High-grade serous ovarian & fallopian cancer Stage 4bHelp needed. I am a 62 yr old, 57 days post debulk (7/3/23), have had 1 of 6...
Connect