To many BMS

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  • sandysp
    sandysp Member Posts: 868 Member
    #22
    Phoebesnow said:

    Hi
    Thanks for your support. I loved the recipe and I know my husband will too.

    Carrol

    Immodium
    Martha is so right. It's a miracle drug. And she is right about the vegies. The nutritionist at Sloan cautioned me to only reintroduce one food at a time and to only eat salads in very small portions. She said to grate carrots if I didn't cook them. I am still following her instructions. I drink my greens by taking "Green Envy" which is very concentrated and has pro-biotics to help the stomach. Per the nutritionist, I eat Greek Yogurt every night before going to sleep - I like the Vanilla Yogurt and the Cabot's brand is my favorite. Hope these things help. I got a kick out of Martha and her Tequila. I was diagnosed on Cinco de Maya so no Tequilla for me!
  • sandysp
    sandysp Member Posts: 868 Member
    #23
    z said:

    Sandy
    Hi Sandy, This sounds like a very good day and night for you. I am glad you feel well enough to go into the city to see The Help, this sounds like fun to me. I hope you continue to feel well. Lori

    Thanks
    Every day is a different but still making progress. I am so grateful to WANT to go into the City. I lost all desire to do that for quite a long time before the diagnosis. If we solve our leg pains, watch out world! ha, ha, ha!
  • sandysp
    sandysp Member Posts: 868 Member
    #24
    z said:

    Sandy
    Hi Sandy, This sounds like a very good day and night for you. I am glad you feel well enough to go into the city to see The Help, this sounds like fun to me. I hope you continue to feel well. Lori

    Thanks
    Every day is a different but still making progress. I am so grateful to WANT to go into the City. I lost all desire to do that for quite a long time before the diagnosis. If we solve our leg pains, watch out world! ha, ha, ha!
  • shirlann54
    shirlann54 Member Posts: 162
    #25
    sandysp said:

    Thanks
    Every day is a different but still making progress. I am so grateful to WANT to go into the City. I lost all desire to do that for quite a long time before the diagnosis. If we solve our leg pains, watch out world! ha, ha, ha!

    have fun in the city
    I'm so glad you feel like getting out in the world and having some fun.That will be a big day for you and you need it .I know when i went in town and did some shopping i was on top of the world.i'm going to try green envy thank you.
  • mxperry220
    mxperry220 Member Posts: 496 Member
    #26
    Phoebesnow said:

    Bms
    It's the up and down of it that gets to me. Some weeks fine, some not. This whole week has been a mess. It is not diarrhea, so I hesitate to take the ammonium. I realize it is probably diet related.

    Prior to diagnosis, I would throw anything in my mouth believing that I worked out so much that I would work it off. Now I worry about everything I eat or drink. I have been eating a lot of vegetables, thought I was ready. I have backed off the veggies for the past few days, some improvement in frequency this am.

    Welcome back Martha.

    For me u r the person at the finish line, cheering u can do it.

    Thank u for that.

    Carrol

    Immodium
    I do not have diarrhea but do have 3-4 BMs daily since treatment. I normally had
    1-2 BMs daily before anal cancer. My radiologist suggested taking immodium. I am 3 years out and take 3 immodiums daily. He said these would not hurt taking them on a regular basis. Today I took 2 additional immodiums because I had 7 BMs and was going out for dinner. Thank god no accident. I think some of mine is psychological. I get nervous if I have an appointment or commitment fearing I might have an accident away from home.
  • Angela_K
    Angela_K Member Posts: 374 Member
    #27
    sandysp said:

    My last treatment was August 15th and I'm finding rest is key to everything. Before my diagnosis I don't think I really knew how to rest. I would go until I dropped. Well about the time of my diagnosis I had dropped and didn't know it. I besides Anal Cancer and a bunch of benign tumors in my "pelvic bowel" had Thrush, a spot on my lung, horrible bi-lateral sciatica, and poison ivy without having been around it - especially where I got it (lol)!. Now I enjoy resting. But tonight my husband and I are going into NYC on the city subway system to see a private screening by the DGA of "The Help". It's our first date in a long time. I went to Bible Study this morning. I had a rehearsal for the Songs of Emily Dickinson by Aaron Copeland this afternoon that I postponed till Monday because it would be just too much for one day. Thank God we have a dog that likes to rest with me because it is still so hard to do! So far I make it to the bathroom:-)

    Happy to hear you're going back to your music.
    Sandy ~ It sounds like you are well on your road to recovery. Haven't thought about Copeland in quite a while. Performed his EE Cumming's "I Carry Your Heart with Me' waaaay back in college. I found my music to be so healing . . .and it was the first thing that really added some normalcy to my crazy "****" life following treatment.

    You are right about the rest. Your body, mind and spirit need to recover from the brutality of it all and that takes time.

    Please let me know about what you're doing musically as time moves on.

    Blessings ~ Angela
  • mp327
    mp327 Member Posts: 4,440 Member
    #28
    sandysp said:

    Thanks
    Every day is a different but still making progress. I am so grateful to WANT to go into the City. I lost all desire to do that for quite a long time before the diagnosis. If we solve our leg pains, watch out world! ha, ha, ha!

    Hi Sandy!
    Watch out world, indeed! I think you're on your way!

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