newbie from australia

hi all this is my first post although i have been looking around here for a few weeks.my name is Steve and i live on the Gold Coast in Australia. my story thus far is that back in june last year i visited the doctor with problems with my bowels and he did a bit of probing and pushing and then told me that i have diverticulitis and here is a script for antibiotics. 1st mistake no colonoscopy. in the 2nd week of october i was discharging what looked like mud from my bladder and so that day i went to emergency at hospital and told doctor what was going on and she just checked me out without taking onboard properly what i was saying, she sent me home with more antibiotics saying i had a bladder infection. 2nd mistake not checked properly. next day when urinating i was also blowing wind out my penis. went to another doctor and explained to him what was going on and by this stage i had worked out that i had a fistula and he agreed with me after 2 minutes of conversation, sent me for ct scan and gave me some medication to keep infections at bay. returned to doctor 2 days later for scan results and was sent straight to hospital. i was admitted to hospital with cafferta inserted ( bloody hell they hurt when inserted,pain comes when going through prostate.) had another ct scan and colonoscopy and end result was yes i had fistula and the bowel and bladder had fused together. dr comes in on the 2 morning and says i,ve got cancer, my reaction was **** happens and he was horrified by this but as far as i was concerned cut it out and we will see what it looks like and how bad it is before i start worring about cancer and the remerforcations on my health. had the surgery and they told me they took the S bend out and the fistula was about the size of my palm. ok it had 3 polips out of 38 with cancer cells. had my operation on the 27th november and finally i feel like my old self now. started cemo two weeks ago and doing second round this week. dont like the week i do cemo it is **** to me mainly because i dont get sick in normal life but this **** makes you feel like ****. basically it,s the nausia i dont like and i do know it will probably get worse from what i,ve read on this site. i smoke the mary jane to releive that and get a appertite as well. not a person who takes medication all that much. my first blood tests came back as 100% good so hope the blood results i get back tomorrow are the same. i have a 100% positive outlook on what is happening inside my body and as far as i,m concerned this is just a hicup in life. i,m glad i havent been through what alot of you guys on this site are and have been through and wish you all the best of luck with treatment and sucsess in beating your cancer. you sometimes wonder why this happens to me but i suppose this is the journey the big fella upstairs gives us to see how we handle it and it,s our path in life. doctor and nurses and freinds and family are totally blown away by how well i look and i put that down to my positive attitude and the fact i,m not letting it bring me down.