Living primally after chemo

Praying things settle with a good eating and avoidance of all sugars. Happy that nothing has spread, that part is awesome news.

Hugs

Colonoscopy on 27th December. At least I get to 'take part' in this as they have an extra screen set up so the patient can watch. Some of the doctors will talk you through it. I did meet one who wasn't interested in me, just my insides but the others have been great.
Follow up a week later - January 3rd.

Yikes. When I had mine done 3 yrs ago, they knocked me out. Don't know if I would want to awake while they probe my large intestine.

I watched a sigmoidoscopy once. It really was interesting.

Wishing you a great outcome.

That’s interesting. I too was knocked out, but it might be fun, but I’m weird that way.

I’m sure the relevant bits will be well numbed, I think it will interesting!

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Last time I saw the staples where they joined me all back together - fascinating! I  remember the surgeon teling me that the inside staples were done through the back passage - I had piles for some time after that. Not surprising if they put a staple gun up there!

We had a Christmassy weekend with DH playing with the brass band on Saturday and a church carol service, carol concert and get together for the junior band, which DH teaches, on Sunday.
I have made a good friend through the chemo treatments - sitting next to each other once every three weeks and being on the same treatments - and he was so happy to be well enough to sing with the choir in the carol concert and DH and I were honoured to be his guests.

That is a nice story about your chemo companion.

My friend, breast cancer in treatment, has not made any friends and she goes every week.

So sounds like you are lucky to have made an acquaintance and a friendship with someone going through the same thing as you. It must help to have someone like that to speak with.

....and luckily my DH can put up with us talking about medical things! Once we've talked ourselves out with chemo issues, though, we are quite sociable!

My friend decided today she would let me take her to the drs. office Thursday for her treatment.

Hi - just want you to know I'm following along and wishing good test results for you!

The weekend sounds spectacular. So happy you could make some new friends.

Still crossing fingers all the results come back good.

Thank you!
Pam, I thought I had replied yesterday! I hope your friend is better with someone she knows. Maybe she isn't comfortable with just chatting to anyone. I am terrible for striking up a conversation with people I don't know but I have learned this since we moved to the country.
Thank you for all the crossed fingers! I can relax now for a few days. The last event I organise for the year - the village singalong - was last night and great fun. We are quite old fashioned here - 60 people came to the draughty village hall to be together to sing Christmas carols and songs, drink sherry and eat mince pies. It was heart warming!

the sing a long sounds lovely.  It is the polar opposite of ours where  people bring their picnic blankets to the park lawn and light candles while the city band plays carols on the stage beneath the trees.


carols by candlelight

How lovely! It's just good to all get together at this time of year, isn't it? I bet the band sounded great!
I'm definitely getting into the Christmas spirit now

Both celebrations sound lovely!

Merry Christmas, Jean!

Happy Christmas to you. Happy thoughts for a healthy new year.

Thank you, both of you! I am looking forward to a busy and healthy 2018. There won't be time for illness!

Sounds like a very positive lead into the New Year

I had the colonoscopy today with two very good doctors. They found two new polyps in the ascending colon which looked to me like the benign ones from last year but they were just removed and sent for biopsy so I just have to wait and hope. There was also some growth at the scar site and the consultant did say he thought that was granulated tissue from the healing. Part of that has also gone for biopsy so hopefully I'll get some answers in a couple of weeks.

I am glad that is behind you, hope you get your results soon.

Hoping for an all clear from the samples sent. Glad that test is over for now.

A quiet day today, I think, after all the excitement yesterday. I am very hopeful that we will go clear this time. The polyps were not at the site that showed up on the scan and I don't think the consultant would have committed himself unless he was pretty sure that the other was just granulated tissue.
Today, in the middle of the UK, we have sunshine and a covering of snow. Very pretty but not a nuisance. A day for wrapping up and getting out - I have so much more energy these days