Hi,    I saw your reply on nausea medicin during chemo. You're writing "cannabis oil". May I ask what kind of oil that was? The ratio of CBD/THC, the percentage. Do you know of what cannabis strain the oil was made?   How was your dosage, per day/occasion? Did you ever try smoking cannabis for this purpose?   Best regards ... View more

   My best wishes to each of you going thru treatment for colon cancer. I was diagnosed with an aggressive stage 3 c tumour into 6 of 13 nodes. My surgeon and onc did not give me much chance for survival  . I was 48 at dx . I went thru surgery and 48 sessions of chemo over nearly a year. I am now 66 and nearly at the end of year 19 of survival still cancer free. 22nd of Jan I start year 20. My best wishes to you all ,survivors caregivers , friends and family. Surviving survival is not always easy but it beats the options. Ron. ... View more

I am so sorry to hear of your relational pain with so many health challenges as well. I can imagine that there are so many components to this for you and your loved one. One of the things that sustains me in my involvement with my mother's care is that we can draw on so many joyful memories as we interact with each other. Your partners willingness to embark on this journey with you with little foundation of shared experience and joyful memory making, appears to be a real sign of her deep commitment to relationship and to you. It sounds to me that your partner has just become incredibly exhausted, and that your relationship has become focused on the illness rather than each other. Is there a way you can engage more support so that she can step back a bit from the physical aspects of care, so that she doesn't always feel like she is looking after you? Are there people in her life who look after her? Have there been any fun times for you in this last year or so? Is there a counsellor with cancer care experience that you could see together that would allow you to work these things through? You have been through so much and sound so courageous and positive about this new chance at life you have. It sounds like the caring load may be a little less as your health stabilises. You have had enough loss in your life, and cancer has taken a relational toll. But although I don't know you, your words make me feel confident that you have it in within you to fight for your relationship just like you have fought cancer. Let your partner be honest about her feelings and needs. Cancer or not, we all make clumsy mistakes with communication in relationships, particularly when we are tired and overwhelmed. I hope and pray that things get better for you, and regardless of the outcome with your partner you remember that you are never alone, support and care is out there. ... View more

Hi Dave thanks for your reply its much appreciated, i have gone though the same journey almost, i was having pain in the stomach and got to a point i couldn't deal with it, so i visited my GP who organised some blood test to find out from results i was anemic with an iron levels of 2 which stayed like that for 3 months, I was then sent to Emergency department and after a long night in excruciating pain and lots of pain medication nothing helped so they then decide to have a colonoscopy where then the cancer was from in the lower part of the colon, so on the 25th August i had the operation to have it cut out and also had it rejoined so yeah no colostomy bag which i was very happy when i woke up. so its now been a month and so far so good but going to see my oncologist tomorrow to see about my chemo sessions coming up as the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes so hopefully they can reduce that and onto a fully recovery. thanks for you time good to hear from you again All the best for your Chemotherapy session ... View more

Good luck Dave. I've been fighting since original tumour removed in April 2013, 4 left in lungs now with signs of necrosis Smile I've been through a lot and still doing chemo but I will continue to fight. Stay strong. ... View more