Seeking information on Colorectal cancer and CDiff infection regarding surgery

Welcome to the forum

I am sorry to hear about your husband's diagnosis. It is a shock, and you have entered into a whole new stage of life, one that cannot be prepared for.

Time to do some study online, but be careful, as many web pages have information that is years out of date. Reaching out here, is also very good. People can help you with advice and guidance.

One thing I always suggest is a good old notebook. Write down EVERYTHING. Everything your husband feels, mental, physical, emotional. Write down questions. Any and all questions that you feel you need answers to, as you go forward. And, then, when you are in with the Oncologist, write down - or tape, with permission, what they say. So much information is unloaded when you are first diagnosed. Information overload.

Look forward, but not too far, and not back. No regrets. If you feel like you did something or didn't do something, let it go, it is in the past.

I am a surviving Stage IV Colorectal patient eight years next week.

It will be a long journey, and not easy, but move forward with positivity and hope.

I do hope others share their advice. the forum is so slow, it hurts. They changed the format last year, and we lost allot of long-tern survivors, who had much to offer.

Stick with us and we will stick with you.

Tru

If you want to record your visit, be sure and get permission from your Doctor. In some states, it is illegal to tape conversations without permission.