Looking forward to colonoscopy on 10/12! LOL

earied
earied Member Posts: 22
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
This will probably be the only time I am looking forward to my one year colonoscopy. I having bowel control problems and tired of "crapping my pants"! The surgeon who is doing the colonoscopy thinks that the radiation my have shrunk the surgical opening and things are getting backed up. I had state 3 rectal cancer, they took out half of my rectum on November 5th and resectioned it. Had 15 rounds of radiation because 1 lympth node out of 12 had cells, had 5FU pump with it Monday-Friday. Then did 8 rounds of FolFox with 5FU pump for 48 hrs. I am also to each 20 grams of fiber a day, take the benefiber and probiotics 2/day. It has been helping some. The diarrhea is alot better than what it use to be. The diarrhea did me in when I first started the radiation/5FU and put in the hospital for 5 days the week of christmas. They cut my chemo in half then.

Ann

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  • usljh10
    usljh10 Member Posts: 85 Member
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    I'm not looking forward to it
    I'm not looking forward to it.I go in next Tuesday for my 1st colonoscopy. I'm having pressure in the rectum area all the time. Just wondering what were some of the tings some of you were experiencing??

    Lisa
  • earied
    earied Member Posts: 22
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    usljh10 said:

    I'm not looking forward to it
    I'm not looking forward to it.I go in next Tuesday for my 1st colonoscopy. I'm having pressure in the rectum area all the time. Just wondering what were some of the tings some of you were experiencing??

    Lisa

    colonoscopy
    Lisa I had blood in the my stool, no other symptoms. Wish you well.

    Ann
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    earied said:

    colonoscopy
    Lisa I had blood in the my stool, no other symptoms. Wish you well.

    Ann

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  • usljh10
    usljh10 Member Posts: 85 Member
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    unknown said:

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    My symptoms

    Hi MR.R
    My symptoms haven't really came fast. I don't have a lot of constipation, although i feel like I'M not threw with my B.MS. I do have a lot of gas, but I'm eating more fiber. I feel like i could sat on the tolet all day. The pressure is what bothers me. My Mother said before she had her hesterectompy(?) she had pressure in her rectum. Maybe that's what I need. I'll go next Tuesday for the test.
    Thank you so much for your input. It really helps!!! My prayers are with you.
    LISA
  • Shayenne
    Shayenne Member Posts: 2,342
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    usljh10 said:

    My symptoms

    Hi MR.R
    My symptoms haven't really came fast. I don't have a lot of constipation, although i feel like I'M not threw with my B.MS. I do have a lot of gas, but I'm eating more fiber. I feel like i could sat on the tolet all day. The pressure is what bothers me. My Mother said before she had her hesterectompy(?) she had pressure in her rectum. Maybe that's what I need. I'll go next Tuesday for the test.
    Thank you so much for your input. It really helps!!! My prayers are with you.
    LISA

    I Never had.....
    ....any kind of symptoms. No blood in my stool or anywhere, no BM problems, I was always regular, maybe some weight gain, but no weight loss, never was queasy, or vomiting, I was always fine, and just going doing my daily routine, when I just felt a "hardness" or "Discomfortness" when I bent over to tie my shoes one day, waited a week to see if it would go away, and it didn't, went to the ER room, got X-rays done, and that doctor was the one who told me the hardness was a mass in my colon, and there was a mass in my liver, and transferred me immediately to a more well reputable hospital that treats cancers, that was 2 hours away, and they then took me in and I been with them ever since. It only took a day with them to know what I was facing, but they took tests to also make sure it wasn't...and it was what it was....Stage 4 Colon cancer with a met to my liver, I mean, all I thought was "Where was Stage 1,2 and 3??? my gyno said I didn't need a colonoscopy till I was 50! I'm only 43! it came up on me pretty quick with no warnings. Sneaky damn disease it is.

    I wish you all the best with your colonoscopies!! may they come out negative!

    Hugsss!
    Donna
  • usljh10
    usljh10 Member Posts: 85 Member
    #7
    Shayenne said:

    I Never had.....
    ....any kind of symptoms. No blood in my stool or anywhere, no BM problems, I was always regular, maybe some weight gain, but no weight loss, never was queasy, or vomiting, I was always fine, and just going doing my daily routine, when I just felt a "hardness" or "Discomfortness" when I bent over to tie my shoes one day, waited a week to see if it would go away, and it didn't, went to the ER room, got X-rays done, and that doctor was the one who told me the hardness was a mass in my colon, and there was a mass in my liver, and transferred me immediately to a more well reputable hospital that treats cancers, that was 2 hours away, and they then took me in and I been with them ever since. It only took a day with them to know what I was facing, but they took tests to also make sure it wasn't...and it was what it was....Stage 4 Colon cancer with a met to my liver, I mean, all I thought was "Where was Stage 1,2 and 3??? my gyno said I didn't need a colonoscopy till I was 50! I'm only 43! it came up on me pretty quick with no warnings. Sneaky damn disease it is.

    I wish you all the best with your colonoscopies!! may they come out negative!

    Hugsss!
    Donna

    Thank you to all who replied
    Thank you to all who replied, boy you just don't know...do you. Better to find out what it is. Maybe.... It's nothing but a little minor hemoroid in side my rectum. Let's cross our toes and fingers.I've already had one type of cancer. This would be a whole new ball game. Thanks for all the answers to some questions I've had. I know something is just not right.
  • lisa42
    lisa42 Member Posts: 3,625 Member
    #8
    usljh10 said:

    Thank you to all who replied
    Thank you to all who replied, boy you just don't know...do you. Better to find out what it is. Maybe.... It's nothing but a little minor hemoroid in side my rectum. Let's cross our toes and fingers.I've already had one type of cancer. This would be a whole new ball game. Thanks for all the answers to some questions I've had. I know something is just not right.

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    Hi,

    I wish you well on your upcoming colonoscopy.
    I have a colonoscopy on Oct. 7th. I know the routine well already, but it's never something I look forward to. As you mentioned, the "crapping the pants" is certainly no thrill. Although I'm on chemo now, I've been wondering if the radiation I had in the past has had an effect on my bowels- I'm sure it has, actually. It will be interesting to see if they have any comment about radiation changing the colon/rectum area. Although I've been dealing with this two years, I actually haven't had a full colonoscopy in all this time, so it will be interesting.
    Wishing you well on yours.

    God bless,
    Lisa
  • sfmarie
    sfmarie Member Posts: 602
    #9
    Shayenne said:

    I Never had.....
    ....any kind of symptoms. No blood in my stool or anywhere, no BM problems, I was always regular, maybe some weight gain, but no weight loss, never was queasy, or vomiting, I was always fine, and just going doing my daily routine, when I just felt a "hardness" or "Discomfortness" when I bent over to tie my shoes one day, waited a week to see if it would go away, and it didn't, went to the ER room, got X-rays done, and that doctor was the one who told me the hardness was a mass in my colon, and there was a mass in my liver, and transferred me immediately to a more well reputable hospital that treats cancers, that was 2 hours away, and they then took me in and I been with them ever since. It only took a day with them to know what I was facing, but they took tests to also make sure it wasn't...and it was what it was....Stage 4 Colon cancer with a met to my liver, I mean, all I thought was "Where was Stage 1,2 and 3??? my gyno said I didn't need a colonoscopy till I was 50! I'm only 43! it came up on me pretty quick with no warnings. Sneaky damn disease it is.

    I wish you all the best with your colonoscopies!! may they come out negative!

    Hugsss!
    Donna

    No symptoms
    Like Donna, my sister had no symptoms whatsoever. She had severe stomach pains which landed her in the ER. Her tumor grew outside of her colon, spread to her liver, ovaries and peritoneum. She is only 39! It is a sneaky damn disease. I pray your colonoscopy finds nothing, and it is a small price to pay for a beneficial test. If only there was a less invasive way to detect colon cancer earlier, we would not be battling stage IV right now!
  • pcs1453
    pcs1453 Member Posts: 75
    #10
    I'm With You
    In a way, I am also looking forward to my 1 year colonoscopy. It is 10/28. Maybe I can put away my fears when it turns out OK. (knock on wood) I started my journey 1 year ago and have been NED since surgery last November and 18 weeks of chemo. I have had my bowel problems and nuropathy in my feet but that seems minor compared to what you are dealing with. I wish you the best and pray for all of us to enjoy good health.

    Paula
    Sacramento
  • Shayenne
    Shayenne Member Posts: 2,342
    #11
    pcs1453 said:

    I'm With You
    In a way, I am also looking forward to my 1 year colonoscopy. It is 10/28. Maybe I can put away my fears when it turns out OK. (knock on wood) I started my journey 1 year ago and have been NED since surgery last November and 18 weeks of chemo. I have had my bowel problems and nuropathy in my feet but that seems minor compared to what you are dealing with. I wish you the best and pray for all of us to enjoy good health.

    Paula
    Sacramento

    Good Luck Paula!!!
    I hope everything turns out well on your colonoscopy as well, and have many more years of NED, you will be in my prayers as well, I'm sure everything will be just fine :)

    Hugsss!
    ~Donna
  • earied
    earied Member Posts: 22
    #12
    Bowel Control
    Since I posted the first time and eating the 20 mg of fiber a day I haven't had any other accidents so that has been good.

    Also did blook work and I am in menopause so I got a low dose hormone and that has been helping.

    Still getting tired in the afternoons even after being done with treatments for 4 months.

    Ann

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