Facing 2Nd Chemo On Tuesday - Have Questions

On 7/25/2007 Sweet Blessings wrote:

 

On 7/25/2007 Snowmom60 wrote:

Thanks sweet blessings!  I'm going to have the colostomy bag permanently also.  I'll then be getting 6 mos. of folfox.  What stage were you?  After your surgery were you the stage that they thought before it?  How are you doing now?  Did you by any chance ask them how they check the remaining colon for polyps/cancer after you have the bag?  I'm thinking and annual CT or MRI.

Thanks Terry and God Bless you too!

Hello Snowman:) was glad to hear from and and the many questions.  Which I really don't mind answering.  I hope I could be of help to you and any others that read along their journeys. When will you have your surgery?  Make sure they mark you correctly where you will have your bag at.  I know of some men that have trouble wearing jeans or other nice clothing because of where their bag is.  I also know of woman that have the same issues.  So make sure they mark you and you are comfortable where the bag will be.  I understand that it's different for men and woman and they mark where they do for different reasons.  Just make sure you understand why they mark you where they are going to.

I was told that my staging really didn't matter because it had spread to they lympnodes, so I had to have every thing cleaned out.  Since the surgery, I have had my first colonoscopy.  They put me in a twight sleep and checked me through the stoma.  You don't feel a thing.  One still has to do the cleansing just like you would the "normal" way.  Every 6 months for the next 3 yrs.  I have to get a CT scan done.  then after that every yr. for the following 2 yrs.

As for how am doing now am doing okay the costomy is doing fine.  I did have some problems that developed later but that is another chapter.  If you would like I will share some other time.  I have taken up plenty of space.

 

Take Care and God Bless. 

 

OMG, So Sorry,  I guess it's time for new glasses:{