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Strengthtoday - Need your help  Yay! It worked. Finicky site. Well I survived my treatment and my CT scan yesterday was clean! 🤗  The worst part of my treatment was nausea and food aversions. I'm still a little "iffy" at times about certain foods but I think it's almost a mental thing now. I really turned the corner in my recovery about two weeks ago and had about five days of feeling really good. Planned to start my yoga back up and maybe visit the … more…
Type: Anal Cancer

Strengthtoday - Six weeks post treatment   Just testing to see if I can post from my iPad.  … more…
Type: Anal Cancer

Cindy - Results!!!  I went to drs   Took me end of the day. Had to snip a dissolvable stitch which body just rejected before it could dissolve.  Then Said I had a hemorrhoidectomy. There’s the reason for the pain! The two white spots grew into a  new hemorrhoid.  He noticed this in the OR. Decided to leave the old hemorrhoid. Said not good to take to much skin. So he took small area .. hemorrhoid with white spot and also cauterized the white spots. Also … more…
Type: Anal Cancer

Cindy - Hi Had procedure and surgery   Sorry had prob posting before.  So yes Nov 6 finally came. I had an old hemorrhoid for many many years. I always said take this off. He said no. Dont like to disturb skin after radiated. The last visit before procedure he said white spots got bigger. Then said I think I’m going to take off that old hemorrhoid    He said no big deal  just do it. Ok so I did think after did the white spots spread onto that area so that’s … more…
Type: Anal Cancer

Cindy - November 11, 2018  
Type: Anal Cancer

Larissa - Grab a shovel....Journal November 11, 2018  It is another day in the neighborhood.  So much junk whirling around that can bring moods of all shapes and sizes knocking on our door.  I sit here thinking of our veterans and all they have sacrificed to allow me to live a life of privilege and I am thankful!  I look in on the recent political updates and continue to pray for clarity, safety and calm in our country.   Taking note of all the illness, depression, loss and pain in … more…
Type: Colon and Rectal Cancer

Richard - NO HEAR BACK...ME PISSED  so here it is saturday and still no word..... i'll have to wait till monday now.....prob nothing....just dont like waiting keep u all posted as soon as i hear back … more…
Type: Anal Cancer

Richard - PET/CAT SCAN DONE YESTERDAY......  i had to practice some very heavy medittion shallow breathing exercises but i was able to lay completely still for 25 minutes and got the procedure done. i was really hoping to have received the " we burned/chemo'ed the cancer crap to death" message but it was not to be...... so now we wait for tomorrow. i am going on my 7th week of this CRAP COUGH..... it has worn me out....i am constantly tired day in an day out.  even walking … more…
Type: Anal Cancer

Carly - Ostomate and the City  Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte & Samantha are a cast of names you most likely know. The TV show ‘Sex and the City’ first aired in 1998 when I was 23 years old and summed up in 2004. I didn’t watch it religiously straight away but later as I approached 30 I bought the DVD collection binging it for months. My late 20’s and early 30’s where spent living in Calgary as it was a booming young vibrant city in Canada at … more…
Type: Vulva Cancer

Sterling - Two articles on Synthroid/Levothyroxine  Here are two articles that I ran across while doing some searching. This first one is very good, with good general information and a lot of common sense advice Brand Name vs. Generic Levothyroxine: What is the Difference? This next one explains why a lot of endocrinologists specify brand name Levothyroxine: Branded Levothyroxine Bests Generic for Hypothyroidism My endocrinologist is not going to be happy that his nurse called in the generic...but I'll try it.  I see him in about 3 weeks.   … more…
Type: Thyroid Cancer