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Sory to hear about you. Melanoma of the intestinal tract is cancer of the colon, the lower part of your intestinal tract. Anal cancer is cancer of the intestinal tract. Together, they're often termed as intestinal tract malignancies.Most cases of intestinal tract cancer begin as little, noncancerous (benign) sections of tissues called adenomatous polyps. Over time some of these polyps become intestinal tract malignancies. Polyps may be little and produce few, if any, symptoms. For this reason, physicians suggest regular testing assessments to help prevent intestinal tract cancer by determining polyps before they become intestinal tract cancer.Early prevention is the way to cure from cancer, some symptoms are blood seen in the stool, abdomen pain, excessive weight loss or weight gain. problem in bowel movement.
I am a kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma stage 3) survivor myself. I had a radical nephrectomy of my left kidney in April 2009 and have been clean for the past 4 years. I know what you are going through and I still have the fear of it returning to this day. A good source of support can be found on cancercompass.com...I found alot of support there. I am on this site now because I need to lose weight from all these meds i am on and my doctor said the WLS may be the answer. Remember, its ok to be scared...cancer is scary...just get a good support team of family, freinds, and health professionals that are there to help you along the way! Prayers your way!
Congrats on your four years of being cancer free
. I just had my one year scan and I'm NED. Its been a rough year because I've had other health issues and have had five surgeries total. It's been horrible but it will get better. It's been an emotional roller coaster ride thats for sure. The fear is not as bad as it was when I first found out. Thank you for your reply.
I am a kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma stage 3) survivor myself. I had a radical nephrectomy of my left kidney in April 2009 and have been clean for the past 4 years. I know what you are going through and I still have the fear of it returning to this day. A good source of support can be found on cancercompass.com...I found alot of support there. I am on this site now because I need to lose weight from all these meds i am on and my doctor said the WLS may be the answer. Remember, its ok to be scared...cancer is scary...just get a good support team of family, freinds, and health professionals that are there to help you along the way! Prayers your way!
on 3/19/13 12:46 pm
Good to hear from your victory. That must really be hard for you. Just don't loose hope and continue cooperating with your doctors as what they are recommending to you is for your own good. By the way, have you heard about news and studies about the benefits of sunlight to cancer patients? Try reading about it, as it could also help motivate you more.
Thank you! I appreciate your kind words. I hope it gets better and I'm glad to hear that you don't really think it's RNY related! I'm really not worried about weight gain or loss at this point. Just have to get through this leg of the journey and then I will confront whatever weight concerns there may be!
Please keep in touch - especially if you think of anything else to fill me in on!
Patti
Patti
Hi Patti,
For me I had no vomiting at all. I didn't feel like eating but I couldn't chalk it up to stomach upset, I just had desire to eat ANYTHING. Towards the end of the three weeks right after my chemo I would slowly gain wait to get back to my normal weight, then BOOM chemo would happen and I'd be down 10 pounds in almost a week.
I think chemo and herceptin is a very individualized thing. What I experienced even with the same sort of regiment is not what you may be feeling when you have it. I volunteer at a local oncology center and I have seen people do much better than me and others who suffered with every side effect in the book. Be kind to yourself, get plenty of rest and hydration. Remember to get out in the fresh air and WALK everyday if only for a 1/2 mile. That will help you a lot.
The other thing I was going to say is that each and every chemo was different, it wasn't just the same with worse side-effects. Chemo number 1 I was very loopy and groggy. Number 2 it was diarrhea and I couldn't be away from a bathroom long, number two was itching. The weird thing was, after my next chemo whatever side-effects I had from the previous chemo would go away and I'd have a whole new side-effect. Weird I know.
Hang in there, hopefully things will get better XX
10 pounds loss pre-op
Thanks so much for posting this. I am 4 yrs post RNY and just started chemo and feel like I am having more effects from 1 treatment than typical. I appreciate your insight!
Patti
Patti
Hi - I am responding to this old post because I too was recently diagnosed with ER+PR+ Her2neu+ breast cancer and started chemo last week. I wasn't really expecting much in the way of side effects but boy was I wrong. It has been a week of hell between diarhea, nausea, vomitting, hermorhoids, stomach pains, you name it. Every GI upset I could imagine. Today is one week and I feel like I am managing it better with Zofran. Pepto Bismol and flat ginger ale. Do you think chemo is worse after having gastric bypass surgery? I had roux-n-y surgery in May 2009 and have maintained a 120 lb weight loss but I have lost 5 lbs this week because of all of the diarhea and vomitting Not much of anything stays in me. Any ideas for coping with this? Is it going to be worse after future treatments (5 more to go)? ANy input would be greatly appreciated!
Congratulations on your completion of the treatment!
Fondly,
Patti
Patti
Thanks everyone for sharing there experience about thyroid cancer as my aunt is suffering from it and is going to diagnosed next week.
Hi Cathy Ann W,
How are you doing? My sister's lifelong friend also had gastric bypass surgery early in 2012. Now in february 2013, she was diagnosed with kidney cancer-stage 4. She is on dialysis, and very sick. I'm just reaching out to you because your experience is similar, although i hope you are doing well. Is there any advice you can give me to help me support her, and improve her quality of life? She is like an older sister to me, so any experience or knowledge on the subject would be greatly appreciated.
