Hi Everybody,
First of all i'd like to thank all the good people on here for sharing their details - it really does help to know your not the only one.
I'm 42 live in Sydney Australia got diagnosed with rectal cancer june 07 and had 6wks of chemo and radiation treatment
I had an ultra low anterior resection in oct 07 and i have an ileostomy. I'm on 12 cycles of chemo now - De Gramont.
The surgeon wants to do the bag reversal now, The onc wants me to wait until the chemo is over and my own doctor advises to have an anal sphincter test beforehand to make sure its strong enough to hold back BM's Has anyone had one of these tests?
Also I'm terribly worried about the thought of having 15 - 20 Bm's for months or even longer and not being able to hold it in!!
I'd really appreciate hearing if anyone has had good results and got back to much fewer Bm's in a few mths.
Thanks and good luck to all, Mick