Re: send the good vibes please/follow up

Hawki63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

top posted

thanks to all of you for sending the good vibes....apparently they worked!!

Glad to hear it.




tho yesterday was a longgggg day.....he did fine...they were able to do it laprascopically...which he will appreciate in the recovery period..as no 8 inch scar down his belly...

surgeon of course says the section of colon and lymph nodes have to go to pathology before the all clear...but he is convinced there is no spread....

plus..he has a PCA pump filled with Fentenyl.....which keeps him pretty much pain free...

again...thanks for your caring....

this is a great group for "support"...regardless of the flames and fires..etc...


<Hawki63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:5WGTf.56438$H71.56079@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"Puddin' Man" <pudding.man@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:vn8u12hjfm13fqfvadf5v6dl24qrotn5qi@xxxxxxxxxx

On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:21:41 GMT, "hawki63" <hawki63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


I have always counted on this group...to share the pain of their fellow
man.....and to offer support...

SOOO.....please send some prayers etc to southern calif tomorrow
morning...as my sweet baboo is having colon cancer surgery...

Ouch!


all indications are that it was caught VERY early...and that a colon
resection should be all he needs..

Thankfully. "Very early" counts for a lot.


not that any abdominal surgery is a walk in the park....but it is the spread
that scares most of us...

They're equipped to deal with a lot more than they could
handle years ago. You likely know much better than I.
I know it's serious, but it's not like pancreatic ...

my reaction precisely...or lung ..just look at Dana Reeve?? when she announced in Aug of her diagnosis..I said she would be dead in a year...




Good vibes duly directed his way. Wishing y'all the best
tomorrow and henceforth.


get your colonoscopies guys!!! this was found on a routine colo..no
symptoms..and 8 years after a perfectly normal exam..he had ELEVEN suckers
in there....half were "pre malignant"..and big..one was malignant...

Family history of such?



actually yes...his maternal aunt and her daughter both died of colon cancer age 60...



just goes to show ya...

I'm pushing 60 and have been trying to figger -how- to get
a colonoscopy done for 6+ years.

Scheduled one years ago. Followed their regimen for pre-proc.
(laxatives, no solid food, etc). Woke up in severe pain (cramps,
etc) at 3 AM with my GI tract turned upside-down. Had to
cancel.

Thought by now the ins. might spring for virtual colonoscopy.
Nothin' shakin'. Don't even know if it'd work if my GI
can't take the regimen.


you may need a gentler..longer prep...we used to do a 2 day prep for that reason..

not too sure how accurate the virtual ones are...plus...they still cannot remove polyps if they find them...so you would still need a colo...



Thought I had a Gastro/Liver doc I could depend on. Kept
an appointment with him 2 weeks ago, intended to discuss
colonoscopy. He didn't even show, now resides in my
"Derelict Doctors" folder. Had a good rep, too, as far
as I could tell.

Best,
Puddin'


best advice...find a nurse who works in a GI lab..and ask who THEY would go to!!!

thanks for your message




.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: send the good vibes please
    ... morning...as my sweet baboo is having colon cancer surgery... ... resection should be all he needs.. ... might spring for virtual colonoscopy. ...
    (alt.support.chronic-pain)
  • Re: send the good vibes please/follow up
    ... morning...as my sweet baboo is having colon cancer surgery... ... might spring for virtual colonoscopy. ...
    (alt.support.chronic-pain)
  • Colonoscopy Concerns? Take a Friend With You
    ... One Doctor Suggests Easing Colonoscopy Concerns by Sharing the Experience ... And each and every time I ask how this could happen, when today we have the ability to diagnose colon cancer years before it will spread -- and often in a precancerous polyp stage. ... Except for lung cancer, which is usually caused by smoking and diagnosed in late stages because there are no reliable early screening tests, colon cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in men and second only to breast cancer as a cause of cancer death in women. ... However, if you are a healthy 80-year-old with no serious health problems, talk to your doctor about getting screened. ...
    (soc.senior.issues)
  • Re: send the good vibes please
    ... morning...as my sweet baboo is having colon cancer surgery... ... might spring for virtual colonoscopy. ... Sad to say I connected with the no-show by asking the nurse ...
    (alt.support.chronic-pain)
  • Re: Boating and Colonoscopies
    ... me for one of those [colonoscopy]. ... Early detection is what makes colon cancer curable! ... I have a very lucky brother in law. ... carrying a "bag" or wearing diapers the rest of his life. ...
    (rec.boats)