Interesting. I hadn't hear of this before, but the research so far seems to point to it being effective in the short/near term. Nice one. -s ... View more

Hi Annie66, There are a number of people on here who have experienced things not different from yourself. How are you feeling about this so far? Do you have a support network and other people that you can discuss this with you?   Good luck for tomorrow! -sch ... View more

Thanks.  I'll have a look through these tonight! ... View more

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Hi tina80,   Congratulations on getting so far in both beating cancer and in recovering from the effects of chemo. It is quite an achievement to get through the surgery and the chemo. I am surprised that if you had stomach pains and blood in your stool for sometime, that they didn't do a colonscopy a lot sooner. But I'm no doctor.   I was 40  (I just looked it up - almost 2 years ago!) when I was diagnosed with bowel cancer, and had a total colectomy and 12 cycles (6 months) of chemo. My last month of chemo involved some nasty side effects. Most of the feeling has come back to my fingers (most, not all) and I have about 70% of the feeling in my feet. Oh well. One of the things that has been proven to help with neuropathy in your feet, is walking and running. This really does help.   Yes, the fatigue is still there. Glad I'm not the only one here with it still. I was beginning to wonder...   As for the bowel habits, in my experience I've find that I had to play around with a few variables. Eating different foods and different amounts of fibre in the food. Timing when you eat Training your bowel I found that some foods are processed at different speeds in my bowel and I'll need to go to the toilet quite quickly. Work out what these are and avoid them if you need to sit on the train or attend a work meeting. For example, I love weetbix. However, they are "in and out". WIthin 20 minutes of eating them, I'm on the loo.   Work out what foods are processed at different speeds, and then if you have a meeting in an hour, avoid foods that are going to be processed quickly OR eat them well before your meeting starts. This way you can try and time and plan your toilet breaks/stops.   Let me conflude by saying that I believe in you. I believe that you can strive for more improvements. I think you will find improvements by exercising where and how you can. This might be just be by walking. Also try some meditation and doing things that you enjoy.   Let me know if you have further questions. -sch     ... View more

Hi LeeRoy, This is tough.  While I haven't been exactly where you are before, I've been very ill and thought that the end of my life as I knew it was here. Do you have family nearby? Where are you based?   -sch ... View more