Hi there I can completely understand where you are all coming from and i wouldnt wish any of this to my worst enemy however i have been there as a cancer sufferer and during treatment i suffered those horrible out of control moodswings and i didnt even like me! It is awful i dont really know how to describe it but you cannot help the things that come out of your mouth, i felt like i was almost trapped in someone elses body saying disgusting hurtful things to my husband its out of your control. I thank him these days for putting up with me and still makes me feel sick to of treated him like that and i still dont know what came over me, i was smashing plates, throwing things, screaming crying it was not me at all. I dont blame any of you for feeling selfish and wanting to tell the person to get over themselves as thats how i would be if this was the other way around, I am just giving you "the other side" of things to see if it helps to make things a bit easier to understand. Hang in there hopefully once these awful drugs are out of the system things will return to normal. ... View more

Hi there I can completely understand where you are all coming from and i wouldnt wish any of this to my worst enemy however i have been there as a cancer sufferer and during treatment i suffered those horrible out of control moodswings and i didnt even like me! It is awful i dont really know how to describe it but you cannot help the things that come out of your mouth, i felt like i was almost trapped in someone elses body saying disgusting hurtful things to my husband its out of your control. I thank him these days for putting up with me and still makes me feel sick to of treated him like that and i still dont know what came over me, i was smashing plates, throwing things, screaming crying it was not me at all. I dont blame any of you for feeling selfish and wanting to tell the person to get over themselves as thats how i would be if this was the other way around, I am just giving you "the other side" of things to see if it helps to make things a bit easier to understand. Hang in there hopefully once these awful drugs are out of the system things will return to normal. ... View more

Helen I am so sorry to hear of Tims passing, it almost feels as though i know him from reading his lovely comments on here. What a gentleman. My thoughts are with you at this sad time. ... View more

Hi there I have a port in my right hand shoulder, i did the iv thing from home when i was having my three days worth of chemo, folfox was the one aswell! You get a cool little carry case (well in WA you do not sure about other hospitals and states) i would make sure i had plenty of cord hanging from the port and wrap it around the cassette in the carry bag and i would sleep on my back with the carry case on my stomach, i am lucky that i have always slept on my back so didnt really roll around, i think if you are worried, you sleep but you are still very aware that you dont want to rip anything out so tend to sleep in one spot does this make sense. Goodluck with it all, i had a continuous chemo for six weeks with radiotherapy at the same time, then the operation to remove my tumour then six months worth of chemo, i didnt find the neuropathy to bad but i made sure i didnt eat or drink anything cold or touch anything cold. A bit of advice for the shower, go to bunning and buy a hook that you hang pot plants on the hang the cassette on when you have a shower, i found that the best way, i would put it in a plastic shopping bag and hang it on the hook so i didnt have to worry about it getting wet. I wish you all the very best with your treatment. Kind regards Stacey ... View more

Hi there These tablets are great for helping you, the doctor wouldnt prescribe them to you if they were to harm you. My advice is to take them at nightime before going to bed, this is what i was told by my doctor as you are then getting most of the bad side effects of the tablet while you are sleeping mine were making me extremely tired and nauseas, so i do that and they dont worry me, only when i forget to take them!! Goodluck dont be too hard on yourself and try to think of this as your new life, no one has to know you are on them if you are a little embarrassed, only my husband knows about mine, i am a much nicer person mother and wife with these tablets helping me through this awful cancer process I hope you find things get a little better. Goodluck ... View more

Tim, I have just read all your posts. I just wanted to wish you all the best of luck for the upcoming weeks, you will look back and probably realise the worst part was the bit you are going through right now. Thats what i found, the waiting to actually be diagnosed and find out which path you are heading down was the worst for me. Once i had a diagnosis and knew which treatment i was having etc i found i could get my head around it all, only one step at a time though. I didnt actually discover this site until after my treatment etc had finished and wish i had found it earlier, its almost like a new little family that can understand completely what you are going through. Goodluck for the next few weeks, we are all thinking of you. Stacey ... View more

Hi Valerne I am 31 years old and i was diagnosed with stage 111 bowel cancer in June 2010. It was very hard at the beginning waiting on results from the tests and scans to determine which stage i was at and what treatment i would be having. I wasnt really given a choice i just went with what my doctors suggested, i guess i had complete faith in them, they told me that i would be having an operation to get my ovaries out of the way for radiation and a port put in my shoulder area for chemo. I then started six weeks of continuous chemotherapy and radiotherapy, this involved moving my husband and kids to the city for six weeks, not an easy task but one that had to be done. I then had a six week break and waited for the operation, i knew i would be waking up with a bag but i didnt know if it was to be permanent or not, after the operation i then had more chemotherapy. Now i look back i think what a year, i also feel very sorry for my very supportive husband, he was fantastic but i warn you now it would not be easy being that person, unfortunately all my anger, frustrations etc were taken out on him. This cant of been easy for him at all. I think i made all the right decisions in regards to my treatment, it was a long hard journey but one i would do again if it meant i had a life to live at the end of it all. I wish you and your partner all the very best for this hard journey think of the end outcome though, it isnt easy but i chose to take each day as it came and i would have it in my head in a six week block, get through that block then worry about the next step. Goodluck and im sure you will be fine, its amazing how you manage to cope thru lifes tricky situations. My thoughts and prayers are with your family ... View more

This is lovely to read good on you!! What a champion fighter you are keep up the good work! ... View more

Hi There Moni How are you? I live in country WA & have just spent a year going through treatments and operations for bowel cancer and just thought i would say hello What stage Cancer do you have? Do you have any children etc? Kind regards Stacey ... View more

hi there i to have just been through treatment for bowel cancer, i dont know what its like to have secondaries but if you dont feel right i strongly suggest ringing your doctor and getting checked out, there is no point waiting, i know its stressful but its better to find these things early than not. How long was it since your last checkup? I hope that everything is ok? Can i ask what type of symptoms you are having? Kind regards Stace ... View more