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Rectal Cancer
UPDATE: Apparently I'm [peri]menopausal. Dammit.
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Wishing you a good day!
Vivian
ps. I'm off to check out your blog!
I am not sure when I will start chemo...I see my surgeon Wednesday. My oncologist emailed me (in reply to my question of when we will start) that he is going to talk to my surgeon about the lack of bowel movements etc, because he wants me to feel as well as I can before they start. I hope it doesn't delay too long. My last CT was clear, but that was before the takedown, and I don't want any of those micrometastases that are probably floating around to get a chance to land and start to grow.
I will definitely check out your blog re FOLFOX.
Thanks for keeping in touch, it helps.
My docs are a little bit baffled at why I am still have rectal pain, but it could just be still from the surgery (they did after all cut most of my rectum out). I find I am ill in the mornings (my stomach bothers me) and tired a lot of the time. Could be that I am not moving or doing enough. I have definitely had a rough time with all of this, physically and emotionally. Little ashamed that the emotion has had such presence, and that I haven't been more positive. I guess I just keep waiting to be "done" with it, and keep getting more evidence that I won't ever really be "done." There are lifetime effects that will/may never go away. So I need to work on accepting that and living my life anyway. My boyfriend yesterday told me that I don't really have a life outside of this...and while he can't quite understand (no one could) how hard it is to be "up" when you don't feel well, he is right. I haven't been to work in months (luckily I have a great boss who is covering for me), and I don't really get out of the house much. Just feel too tired most of the time. Of course, I have also had surgeries every 6 - 8 weeks for the last few months, so I guess my body is kinda worn out. And here I head into another surgery in 3 days. Then 3 weeks later, start the FOLFOX. I am hoping I tolerate it well....I feel like crap so much of the time and I am not even on chemo! :)
So - my challenge is to start to live around and within all of that.
How are you doing?
Jane
But anyway...eating more whole foods, trying to keep processed, packaged stuff (or have ANY fast food) to a bare minimum is definitely healthier for the body. I even agree with juicing as a medicinal supplement to healing or a nutritional supplement..just not as a replacement for eating a variety of foods and enjoying foods!
I worked in hospitals where traumatic injuries were abound and can happen/change life instantaneously.....so basically I feel finding the middle ground is a good way to go. I think the "Mediterrean" style of eating/living is a huge step alone in the right direction for so many of us in the US. Food that is tasty,less processed and can be enjoyed....life has no guarantees even if you kick cancer's ass.....so if food is a pleasure....I say enjoy it and don't over-analyze it or worry about it too much as long as you are making regular smart choices. So if its a piece of berry tart dessert with a little chocolate sauce drizzled over it that was made with unrefined/bleached flour and sugar....but not a technically "raw" food....I say go for it. It's too much to obsess that much when the risk of a car accident is just as great if not greater than getting a disease! I hope you have a piece of something you enjoy now and then ...even while going through all your treatments (if you even feel like eating anything at times).
Rooting for you ...you have a great outlook on life, like Kris,.....I am here for support if you need it and want to talk or bounce off to someone who can understand and just listen without having (luckily) any of my own battles to handle right now.
thought I would check in, see how you are doing,tell you how I am, etc. As I think you know from my carepages, my pathology report was pretty much the opposite of yours, and they found all sorts of cancer still alive and kickin'. I've had to wrap my mind around that. Still doing so.
One of my sisters is in town from Alaska to help take care of me, to give Doug a break, my brother arrives for a visit from Wyoming today, and my other sister takes over on the 17th as caretaker. There is an overlap from the 17 - 19 when all 4 kids are here together, so that will be nice. My bro is just visiting, he is on Spring Break with his 3 children.
Anyway - I move a little better each day, just gotta keep walking and moving and resting.
I have had an ileostomy bag since Feb 29 - bad reaction to radiation swelled up my insides and nothing could get out. So i had to get one to save my life, basically. Is yours temporary? I am going to check out your carepage. I have one too, called JanesHealingJourney.
I just saw this message - how did your surgery go?