How Are You Feeling Right Now?

[Lady Wolfshead]

Hope your brother does get a second opinion. Having to deal with a colostomy bag for the rest of his life is not ideal. Keep us posted.

He may not actually need a permanent colostomy bag but apparently removing that part of his rectum (which is essentially "storage") will take away his ability to delay moving his bowels. He's not sure exactly how much. Like I said in another thread he will still have his anal sphincter so accidents may not be inevitable but there will be "urgency."

I guess much of the issues is that it's not colon cancer, it's rectal cancer and the rectum is not as large as the colon. Anyway, I spoke to him and he said he will at least delay, and apparently the doctor said the area looks better than it did even 2 weeks ago when he had his initial post-radiation/chemo scans. He's not taking any medication at the moment so I pushed the tumeric a bit and said I will send him studies. I would never push the option on him but the studies are real, scientific studies done as medical research.

 

[Road to Nowhere]

It's my birthday today and not feeling well, hopefully things will get better and have a great day.

 

[SillyOldBear]

He may not actually need a permanent colostomy bag but apparently removing that part of his rectum (which is essentially "storage") will take away his ability to delay moving his bowels. He's not sure exactly how much. Like I said in another thread he will still have his anal sphincter so accidents may not be inevitable but there will be "urgency."

I guess much of the issues is that it's not colon cancer, it's rectal cancer and the rectum is not as large as the colon. Anyway, I spoke to him and he said he will at least delay, and apparently the doctor said the area looks better than it did even 2 weeks ago when he had his initial post-radiation/chemo scans. He's not taking any medication at the moment so I pushed the tumeric a bit and said I will send him studies. I would never push the option on him but the studies are real, scientific studies done as medical research.

Will keep him in my prayers. How much turmeric is he supposed to take.?

 

[1964dodge]

It's my birthday today and not feeling well, hopefully things will get better and have a great day.

i hope you have a great birthday today ... i hope your months and years ahead will find some relief and you can have joy in your life. you have been here for over 14 years and have left your mark. you have given of yourself even when you are suffering yourself. you are a wonderful person that deserves a lot of happiness on their burthday and beyond

mike....

 

[Lady Wolfshead]

Will keep him in my prayers. How much turmeric is he supposed to take.?

It varies between studies but I take Gaia herbs "Tumeric Supreme Extra Strength" (482 mg, with 36mg curcuminoids). I did some research before deciding on brand etc. I will probably buy the same one that for my brother (because he would never get it for himself). It's just a spice not a drug, so I figure why not. People who eat Indian food can eat more tumeric than that per day.

 

[cymbele]

Vacation was very relaxing and I had great times with the family in spite of my apprehension. Feeling lazy again. I really should be doing real work tonight but I think I will take the night off. Monday morning comes soon enough.

 

[I Love Tomorrow]

It's my birthday today and not feeling well, hopefully things will get better and have a great day.

I hope you have a good day and upcoming week. Maybe you can just relax and do something you like

 

[AvidFan]

In a bloody muddle again. I got a text saying my energy readings were due so I thought I'd do them before going to bed and be efficient, all was well with the electric, but when I put the gas in I got an error saying it looked wrong. I checked and sure enough my last reading was 17620, a month later it is 17615. WTF? Is my meter going backwards? So I went to check the pictures of the meter I took last time and the number is actually 17611 for last month, which would make the 17615 make sense. Somehow I entered the wrong last 2 digits last time, absolutely no idea how I made such a silly error but it will have made a mess of my bills. How the hell does a person enter 17620 instead of 17611? Another thing I'll have to chase up tomorrow. I can't be the first person to make an error like this. Unfortunately their website says if you made a mistake just input the correct one but it won't let me do that. So I'll have to brave customer support tomorrow. Like I don't have enough to do. Stupid bloody brain or fingers. 😥

 

[KM76710]

It's my birthday today and not feeling well, hopefully things will get better and have a great day.

I hope that you do have a great and good on this day. I wish your feelings and health to be the best.

 

[AvidFan]

Not certain I've done the right thing, but I've added 3 units to the meter reading and submitted it as this would reflect a lowish summer month useage. It accepted it. I figure it will be simpler to add the modestly incorrect reading, and in time it will catch up (barely use gas during the summer months!). I pay by direct debit and my account is £300 in credit so it's not like I'm trying to rip anyone off, just wait for the meter and actual use to catch up again. I did not want to try to explain all this. Things should sync up in a little while and there will be no way the minor error could be detected in future. 🤞

 

[Lady Wolfshead]

It's my birthday today and not feeling well, hopefully things will get better and have a great day.

Happy Birthday. I hope you felt better after a bit.

 

[Road to Nowhere]

Happy Birthday. I hope you felt better after a bit.

Thank you Lady Wolfshed had a great day!

 

[Lady Wolfshead]

Had some good news today and I feel exhausted but relieved. I haven't slept well for several nights so hopefully I will finally get some needed rest.

 

[Windhover]

It's my birthday today and not feeling well, hopefully things will get better and have a great day.

🌸🍰 Happy Birthday @Road to Nowhere
Whether yesterday or today: you choose!
Hope it is full of hope and joy.

 

[Windhover]

I am so tired

 

[Gonz]

Thank you Lady Wolfshed had a great day!

Happy Birthday! I’m glad the day ended better than it started.

 

[HappyKitty]

frightened. my peripheral vision is as narrow as a tunnel.

 

[Honeymoon]

I'm also worried about my brother, who is quite depressed. He was initially delighted to learn that the radiation and chemo destroyed the cancer, but the doctors still want to remove 1/3 of his rectum which will also stop him having the ability to control his bowels. It's standard procedure but they have found *no* cancer cells remaining and it seems extreme to me. I have suggested he get a second opinion. He's only 53 and having little to no bowel control may mean he can't work again. Also his favourite thing is to go to sporting events with his son. I don't know what options may be open to him but I feel like I personally would refuse the procedure. There are solid, scientific studies proving that certain things prevent and even reverse colon cancers.

Also, the doctors are rushing him to get it done because the surgeon is going away on vacation. Whereas initially they were going to watch the area for a while.

His problem is that he has too much respect for doctors and not enough self-confidence to make decisions about his own body. Such people always make very bad decisions for themselves.
Someone should really talk some sense into him before it's too late.

To me it's clear as day that those doctors don't have his best interest at mind. Rushing the surgery that will change his life because of some dude's VACATION plans + not even clarifying with him what severe consequences of the operation he will live with.

 

[Astrid78]

Not certain I've done the right thing, but I've added 3 units to the meter reading and submitted it as this would reflect a lowish summer month useage. It accepted it. I figure it will be simpler to add the modestly incorrect reading, and in time it will catch up (barely use gas during the summer months!). I pay by direct debit and my account is £300 in credit so it's not like I'm trying to rip anyone off, just wait for the meter and actual use to catch up again. I did not want to try to explain all this. Things should sync up in a little while and there will be no way the minor error could be detected in future. 🤞

This is fascinating to me, where I live the meters are synced up with the electric company, so they can do an actual reading. Before modern technology employees of the company would walk around neighborhoods and read the meters.

 

[AvidFan]

This is fascinating to me, where I live the meters are synced up with the electric company, so they can do an actual reading. Before modern technology employees of the company would walk around neighborhoods and read the meters.

Ah yes they are trying to get everyone here to have one of the new fangled contraptions! I read one of them went wrong and charged someone £10,000 for a day of energy use once! I've still got the old meters. They did used to have meter readers come round regularly, but it was in decline even before covid and then just stopped altogether during lockdowns etc. The last time any evidence was required I got a card through the door and asked to send photos of both meter readings. but that was quite a while ago. I know of people who deliberately submit lower readings all the time to cheat the companies, but in this case I've submitted readings saying I've used more than I actually have. I might fire up the boiler for an hour to make sure it's working, this should make it whizz round a bit and catch up, it's not massively out!