Cancer Video | Treatment Survival & Education

catnap40 (March 15, 2008 at 9:23 am)

So, just off parallel. I had had previous prostate surgery and my rectal tumor was very close to the anal verge. The doctor explained that because of the other surgery I had too much scar tissue to be able to manage a reattachment. My guy by most accounts is either the number 1 or 2 colorectal surgeon in Ohio, so I am assured that he did what he could. Bottom line is my health is great and the ostomy is no big deal. May we both continue to have clean scans!

almitra61 (March 14, 2008 at 12:52 pm)

It has been a year for me. I feel like we are living parallel lives! My last CT scan came out OK too. I have to see my surgeon about every 3 months now. The only difference is I was lucky enough not to have a colostomy. They marked me for the ostomy, but the surgeon managed to reattach the colon.

catnap40 (March 13, 2008 at 9:42 am)

It has been a year and a half now and I am doing great. Just had a CT scan last week that came back clean and I am about to go to a schedule where I see the doc only once every 4 months! Hope your recovery is going well too.

almitra61 (March 12, 2008 at 4:52 pm)

I totally empathize. I had rectal cancer and surgery last year. It is a hell of a thing to go through. No one can really understand unless they have been there.I hope you are OK now.

upyoursdocumentary (December 8, 2006 at 6:40 am)

Wow! Thank you for this. I remember those days and how significant little things are. I'll check out your other videos. Hopefully you'll fart because then you get real (as real as hospital food can be) food.