What Were My Colorectal Cancer Symptoms?
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- čas přidán 6. 06. 2024
- What were the symptoms that I experienced leading up to my Colorectal Cancer diagnosis? I’ll share with you what those symptoms were, the timeline of when those symptoms popped up, and what I tried to attempt to fix them.
If you’re experiencing any kind of changes in your body (and it doesn’t have to be potentially cancer-related) here is the list of important things to keep track of for talking with your doctor in order to help figure out what is going on:
1) when did the symptoms start
2) is there anything you do that makes it better or worse
3) what is the quality of the symptom or pain (such as is it dull or sharp pain, is there blood in the toilet or in your stool)
4) if there is pain, does it start in one place then radiate to another
5) how severe is the pain
6) how long the symptoms have lasted
Here is the link to the site I mentioned in the video on the rise of Colorectal Cancer in young adults: www.cancer.org/latest-news/st...
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0:00 Intro
0:34 My first symptoms
1:57 My physical
2:21 The symptoms return
3:50 What to do if you're experiencing symptoms
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Cancer free one year today!!!
That’s awesome, Brandon! Congratulations 🥳🎉 Hope you’re doing something special.
@@SurvivorJelena oh yea
I have my reconnect scheduled for January 4! 😄💙😊
@@brandonshaw7619what cancer
@@SurvivorJelenaam besten dein Kiefer einrenken lassen. Tut dir nichts weh?
GOD be PRAISED🙏🙏…bless you
Oh God I can relate to this too much. I had bad stomach issues then regularly started crapping my pants. My stomach got so bad I was canceling plans. I had mucus, blood ect and was always having really foul smelling poops that never made me feel Empty.
I finally saw a doctor. Had stool samples taken, blood work and when was nothing was found I had a scope.
Alas there was a bleeding tumor. I was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer at age 25.. I still wish I aware of resources and people to talk to when I felt like I would never feel normal again.
I had two rounds of chemo and , a round of radiation and two surgeries. I had diarriah 10-20 times a day for 5 years and then gradually my bowels calmed down.
I can't say my stomach is ever going to be great but it got better and hey, I'm alive.
12 years cancer free❤ congratulations to you❤❤
Congrats on making it 12 years cancer-free! I'm glad to hear things have improved for you over the years. 💙
Stool samples you mean FIT test?
You had diarrhoea after stoma reversal? For 5 years? How could you cope with it? I think you must stay home all day long!
My Mum has been that way for getting on 10 years now - and yes she rarely ventures out too far. She usually needs to 'go' within about 15 mins of a meal. She had a stoma for about 6 years following bowl cancer and sometimes says things were far better then, before she was 're-plumbed' as she puts it.
@@maxthelab8457 I'm kind of curious. What kind of diet can your mother handle? Are there certain foods that aggravate or alleviate her condition?
And if the OP is reading this, I'd like to hear about her diet, too.
I was diagnosed stage 4 colon cancer by the end of 2019 at the age of 39, undergone 13 cycles of chemo, 25 sessions of radio theraphy, 4 operations and atleast 3 more to go, to resolves complications. But i am cancer free now. Thanks be to God!
Thank you for sharing your experience
Yeah, thank you god for the cancer!
Thanks be to those awesome professional Doctors that are currently saving your life. Glad you are cancer free!!
@@kf91274dr.s just care about the loot.
Wow, may i ask how did you get diagnosed? Did you simply started to have symptoms and went to the doctor?
@@davidgrana1268 2nd quarter of 2019, from time to time i had blood in my stools,not much but enough to make me worried. Late Oct 2019, i always felt bloated, by Nov went to ER for assessment and thats the start of many treatments and surgery
I had similar symptoms. But luckily it was IBS, haemorrhoids and stress that were causing it. After a colonoscopy, it was luckily confirmed it was nothing serious. At the end of the day, it's better to rule out something serious than assuming that it's harmless.
Yes, definitely! Not knowing is worse - once you find out what you’re dealing with you can start to help/solve the problem. I’m glad to hear you found out what was causing your issues and that it wasn’t cancer 💙
Same. I still worry sometimes though its not like the IBS is getting better.
@theguynextdoor4978 how you checked that please reply..
I have problems with my colon for years. Sometimes there is also a little blood. But I think it's something else because it was the last time maybe a year ago and I feel very healthy.
But still I think I have a high risk for colon cancer. Maybe I should go to a doc but I am afraid.
My GI told me it's just IBS after losing 20# in ¹4 days. Luckily, my service dog is smarter than him and alerted me that it was a gallbladder issue. Within 48 hours of the visit with my GI, I was undergoing am emergent gallbladder removal because it was necrotic. I was only a few hours from going septic
20 years since diagnosis and colon resection. Still here!!!
Congratulations 🥳
I had absolutely no signs but got diagnosed during "50" colonoscopy, thankfully 5 years cancer free May 2023, thank God.
Congrats on being cancer-free for 5 years! 🥳🥳🥳 You’re the poster child for why it’s so important to get screened on time.
Thank you for sharing . I almost died of colin cancer Aug of 2023. The cancer in my colin was a hugh mass that was ready to burst. If I wouldn't have gone to the hospital that night it would have burst and I would have died. Iam still doing chemo. I finished my radiation and doing well. Please pray for me! I will pray for you and again thank you for sharing. We need to inform more people of this horrible cancer.
I pray für you! 👍🙏🍀
Díos te bendiga. Amén 🙏
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I like it that you get straight to the point with no side stories. Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome!
I had the same symptoms and diagnosis in 2015. I had stage 3 colorectal cancer at age 41. It was a very difficult fight but im still here in 2023. Thanks for sharing your story and remember to live your best life every day. God bless you.
Thank you for sharing and I'm so happy you survived. Glad to have you alive and well in this world. All the best.
@Vestu thanks alot!
What did you do while having colon cancer?
Thanks for sharing your experience with colorectal cancer, as unpleasant as it was. It is so important to catch cancer early. I'm a cancer survivor too. I was in my mid-40s when I was diagnosed. Thank goodness for Obama care or I wouldn't be here to write this.
I’m glad to hear yours was caught early enough too that you’re still here 💙
Thank you for the symptoms etc. Very important to get the word out to everyone.
I’m glad you found something to smile about!!So sorry for all the pain from UC which you had!!
Thank you for sharing! You are helping countless people by doing so.
Thank you for sharing your videos and I hope you feel better soon and you are not alone there are some of us are going through something and my heart goes out to you. And the greatest Christmas present I wish for is that cancer and heart disease and all these diseases be cured and taken away from us.
Congrats on you progress! Your a fighter and a survivor
Thank you for sharing your story and congrats on your healing ❤❤❤
Hi Jelena-I’m really glad to find your channel-at first I thought well she is showing every one else’s stories so I’ll just check out someone who is willing to share his/her own story.
But NOW- I’m SO impressed with how much you are helping me to understand anatomy., symptoms etc that I really want to thank you!!
One thing is that you said there would be a card you were going to put it “above” then you pointed to the air space behind your head where people put video links -but there wasn’t anything no video link that I could click on. Is there a link somewhere else to find the information that you were speaking of?
Thank you so much for everything you have put up on the Internet about CRC stories and how to get help and about screening 👍🌺🌈🙂
Thank you for sharing and I'm so glad you survived. All the best to you. The takeaway for me was that the serious possibilities should be ruled out immediately when there's blood involved.
Thanks for sharing your symptoms with me/us. Hope you are doing well today, November 18, 2023. 😊
I’m glad you are here helping people with your experience. Keep rollin Sister👍👍👍👍👍
Can relate. I was diagnosed Stage 4 carcinoma rectal cancer after my first colonoscopy on July 27, 2023 (just turned 51 a day after my birthday). I had most symptoms like rectal bleeding, frequent bowl movements, fatigue, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, and diarrhea now into fecal incontinence (wearing adult diapers due to loss control of bowel movements).
My FML and health insurance come Dec. 2023 is expiring soon and had been denied of government help (state health insurance and SSI). Added stress; soon to be unemployed. Right in the middle of chemo treatments and IVF for dehydration.
As I can see looks like a chemo port implant.
I’m so sorry to hear that but happy you survive!! I feel I have to take care of myself because I’ve been all my life constipated
This type of medical care is UNHEARD OF where I am. Your doctors listened to you and got you in very quickly after trying something for a week that didn't help.
Great Video ! Especially those who are young ! Thank you for spreading Awareness ! Sending love 💗
Thank you so much!
You fell into my CZcams feed today for some reason (I haven't event looked up this kind of info on yt)! I have my colonoscopy tomorrow because have had the symptoms. Thanks for sharing your story and hope you are well!
I am doing well! I'm glad you happened upon my videos 😀 I hope your colonoscopy went ok 💙
Sorry thar you had to go through this. Thanks for posting this information.
Thankyou for being so down to earth x x
Thankyou ill share my story one day 😢
You’re welcome 💙
All the Best for you, prayers ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💙💙💙💙💙💚💚💚💚💚🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀
Bleeding from your rectum and the nurse practitioner didn't do a rectal exam or immediately schedule a colonoscopy. Shaking my head, this is the 2nd time including myself that a nurse practitioner failed to recognize common cancer symptoms. I had uterine cancer and a nurse practitioner sent me home with an antibiotic!
Healthcare in the US is terrible and way overpriced. It's the level of care you can expect in a for-profit system. I've started going to Mexico for care.
She saw a nurse practitioner not a doctor.
Agreed. Bloody stools are never normal
Ya and when she went back, the nurse practitioner thought maybe she was allergic to gluten???? Really?? Gluten caused her to bleed from the ass? The girl is suffering from digestive symptoms and you want to just tell her to start cutting foods?
Absolutely UNACCEPTABLE. How can they be that incompetent? In fact. It's more than incompetence. It's evil. It's simple apathy and evilness. I swear people are worthless.
Hi Jelena that s pretty cool that you have overcome the cancer. I thought we only could contract this kind of cancer at the age of 40 or 50 years old
Thanks for sharing this! Very important information! 💯
Glad it was helpful! 💙
Your channel is the most informative one I’ve ever seen in relation to colorectal cancer, Ostomy, Ileostomy, Cancer in general and all the related treatments and side effects. I went through much the same as you in the last three years although my ileostomy hasn’t yet been reversed (fingers crossed that will happen next year).
Thank you so much! I’m so flattered to hear that you think so highly of my videos 💙
Good Evening Maam. May the Almighty give you many more years of a HAPPY, HEALTHY, LONG and a PROSPEROUS life. Stay blessed, ALWAYS and EVERYWHERE.
Your videos were so helpful for me while my brother was going through it thanks 🙏❤️
You’re welcome. Hope he’s doing ok now, Zee 💙
I appreciate this honest, open, humble video.
I had colonoscopy today because of some symptoms.
Something no one talks about is that 1in 7 men is colorblind and can’t judge his own stool.
I've never thought about the color blind thing before, but you're right!
Something else no one ( I mean men mostly ) ever talks about is Penile Cancer, which I had at 54. It took 2 years to be correctly diagnosed after me pestering my GP that I just KNEW what I had was not right, which was a patch of ulcerated skin that just wouldn't heal on my togger. I knew it wasn't an STD! He gave me no end of creams to apply all with no improvement. It was raw and bled whenever I touched it, and it was getting bigger. Eventually, I insisted I see a skin specialist who sent me for a biopsy straight away. Once the biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of cancer I was sent for surgery right away within days. The first bout of butchery didn't get it all so I had to go under the knife a second time. The second time they were confident it had all been removed. Luckily I didn't have to have chemo, my oncologist suggested we see how things go before going down that route. That was 6 years ago now and all's well - best bit, I still have a togger that looks normal and works as it should. I said at the start that if it meant chopping it off, do it! but fortunately, my surgeon did a fantastic job saving my little man. My Mum had Bowel cancer twice and is a 15-year survivor now.
This is an outstanding video which delivery done remarkable well.
Thank you so much 💙
I think you are wonderful to do these videos.
Cancer should be a standardized initial test. After that clears then check for nothing else. At best!
Wow, those stats you gave at the end are truly frightening. Thanks for sharing those.
You’re welcome.
Scary.
God bless you!
Thank you for doing this. You are a blessing.
You’re welcome 💙
Valuable info. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
My symptoms were...one day I had bloody diarrhea that resolved itself in a couple of hours, ten months later I had it again and it was getting worse. Both times I had no other symptoms, in fact, I felt great. That 5/20. Right hemicolectomy, Stage 3C, 12 rounds of chemo and have had NED since 1/21.
Jelena I love you thank you for this. You’re an angel ♥️🙏🏾
You’re welcome 💙
Prayers for you.
Thanks for sharing your story
You’re welcome 💙
Glad you're okay
Thank you for sharing, very very informative ♥️
You’re welcome 💙
I'm 56. I had a colonoscopy at age 4 and enemas throughout much of my young childhood, which traumatized me, so i'm not going to have another colonoscopy in my lifetime. I was AWAKE in 1971 when i had one and vividly remember it. Instead, i recently had the Colonguard test, which came back clear.
I’m sorry about your traumas. 💙 I just did the ColoGuard and mine came back positive. 😩 So scary. Now I have to do the colonoscopy anyway. I know there is like 14% false positives with ColoGuard and it doesn’t catch like 8%. Make sure you do this every few years if you stay that route.
Love your channel those were my beginning stages no blood that I could see had my first infusion last week, only side effects so far the cold liquids glass feeling going down my throat , I’m 51 and they found mine started capecitabine fourth day just fatigue so far been able to still go to work part time. All your tips have really helped.
Best wishes to you as you go through treatment. 💙 I’m glad to hear it hasn’t been to miserable for you.
If you have no symptoms for the love of god get a second and third opinion!!!
Thank you for sharing your story. My son was diagnosed in 2019 with appendix cancer. Yes you can get it there. Your appendix is part of your colon. It is almost always found as stage 4. My son was stage 2. I'm so thankful for that. If you are ever told that you have a fecalith in your appendix request your appendix be removed ASAP.
I’m glad they found it early in your son. Hopefully he’s doing ok today.
Your demeanor is lovely
Ugly in my 👀 eyes.
Thank you for sharing! Hope you’re doing well. I had my colonoscopy screening a few weeks ago along with an EGD. Colonoscopy came out great! I highly recommend if people are 45 and over or have a family history to get it done.
I'm so happy to hear you got a colonoscopy! And even more so that it came out great (and hopefully means all looked good). 💙
@@SurvivorJelena Thank you! Yes, my father has long history of colon polyps so I knew it had to be done. Also, my sister is in remission for adrenal cortical carcinoma and her cancer was found incidentally during a nasty bout of diverticulitis. Luckily, they found it in time. 💚💚. And she’s doing very well. Thank you again and I hope you’re well. 💚💚
About 4 years ago I read a WebMD article about younger folks getting CRC. Scary stuff. The woman's was caught in time. The man's was caught late but he survived; sadly, he will be using a ostomy bag for the rest of his life. Horrible thing.
You can't be too careful...
Very informative ❤
Wow this video is very informative!
Thank you!
God Bless you all. Love yall
Solid advice as always
Thank you 💙
Thanks for sharing ❤❤❤❤
You're welcome 💙
Any rectal bleeding is cause for alarm. Bleeding from the Vag after meno also cause for uterine/endometrial cancer - get checked asap and do all screenings annually
Shocking that a "Nurse Practitioner" decides, what to do after month of bleeding ... In Germany You would instantly see a real MD and he would (hopefully(!) send You to a gastroscopic investigation... I am so sorry for You - all the best!
At the minimum, she should have been sent to a gastroenterologist. It might have been hemorrhoids.
Lost my husband to Colorectal cancer at 57, a friend at 53, the following year and another at 39.
I’m so sorry to hear this.
And my husband at 61.
Glad you survived it ,if hadn't who tell the story x
Very good video, if you save just one person, it is a phenomenal job👍
Wonder why the sudden increase post 1990? Must be processed food?
Researchers are hopefully looking into this. There are a lot of environmental things that have changed in the past 100 years, including our food, so there is a lot to look at.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Hope u stay cancerfree god blessxx ❤❤
Any insight in how the probiotic and bleeding were correlated?
I feel like people slam those but I’m not so sure they’re meant to be taken with the strength and frequency that we do.
I worked as an RN in South Carolina as a travel nurse. I’ve been in every state but 2. I have never seen so many colostomies in my career as I did in SC. Diet?
Vegetarian...carbs...the second is the more important thing.
I'm not surprised. You keep pushing insulin, you keep encouraging cell growth. Cancer cells also do fermentation, which requires glucose. Reduction is necessary.
❤ big love to you and everyone in comments
I've been suffering with these symptoms for over 25 years, i paid for a CT virtual colonscopy quite a few years ago and it found nothing , i dont think it sees the small intestine very well.The worst part is fatigue comes on stronger about 10 mins after eating.Ive just been putting up with it and gave up trying to find answers, i have discomfort in my abdomen for over 25 years sometimes it's stronger some weeks more than others but never goes.
I’m sorry you’re dealing with this.
Hey I'm in the same boat and completely clear of symptoms when I follow a fiber free diet (ex carnivore), Dr Paul Mason talks about it on CZcams.
Find anew dr
You need video capsule colonoscopy
Have you ever looked into dumping syndrome or rapid gastric emptying. I have the same symptoms as you but when I eat to much carbs or sugar my farts are terrible and long and smell horrible, so embarrassing. Plus sometimes when I fart I poop a little or pee a little. Im still being checked for other stuff but so far they found the dumping syndrome and liver disease, I have an endoscopy coming up.
Jelena, did you ever get a CT Scan while you were having symptoms?
In 2006 I had just finished my AA and was going to go live on campus at University. The entire summer I was bleeding and even my dad who was a doctor kept saying it would stop. I moved on campus anyways. I became anemic and passed out in Golf Class around Halloween. I drove my self to the hospital and they found a tumor the size of an orange.
Oh my gosh! I’m glad to see you’re still here today!
Friends, please get in there and get a colonoscopy as soon as you are old enough for your health insurance to cover it, if not sooner. The procedure is really not a big deal.
I believe many health plans will actually pay for the whole screening, with no copay. It is just that important to them, and I am sure that their actuaries have calculated the risk of having to pay for cancer treatments vs colonoscopies.
I was just told today that a polyp removed during a colonoscopy two days ago was cancerous. I have a CT scan on April 2nd and will have a surgical consult after that. Hopefully this was caught early but at this point I have no way of knowing. As you can image I’ve been all over the internet reading up on the prognosis which ultimately brought me here.
Luckily the CT scan should tell you if it’s spread anywhere, but if it was able to be fully removed during the colonoscopy there’s a good chance it hasn’t spread anywhere else 🤞🏼Wishing you the best as you go through these next steps.
Tahminimce 1.evresin umarım da öyledir pt ct de belli olur cerahi sonrası kemoterapi de almanız gerekmeyecek bende 2.evre idim cerrahi müdahale sonrası koruma amaçlı kemoterapi alıyorum allah herkese sağlıklı günler versin inşallah
My son had crohns and colitis.
He was in Humira for many years. That kept both in remission, along with mesalamine.
Unfortunately, he experienced of the rare side effects. Hodgkin's lymphoma.
After treatment and being cancer free, his team of doctors started more testing to find out what could treat crohns without increasing the risk of cancer recurring.
He's experienced similar bleeding as you described. He is taking prebiotic as well. I will send him this link and suggest that he stop the prebiotic.
All of his screens have shown him to still be cancer free. The only colon signs are crohns and colitis. The colitis diagnosis was recently added.
There is a new biologic that has no cancer risk side effects. He will be starting on that.
That sounds like a good thing that he’ll be switching medications. It’s important for him to keep going in regularly for colonoscopies and hopefully it’s just his condition causing his bleeding, but he should check in with his doctor to mention it just in case.
My father was put on Humira for his arthritis. He was 68 at the time. He developed large diffuse b cell lymphoma and died at 71. I think this was due to his immune system being suppressed by the Humira. I'm glad your son had a good outcome.👍
WHY do I keep getting these kind of recommendations? It makes me so anxious!
I do too
The bleeding should have been an immediate red flag to the practitioner. I had problems with hemorrhoids and minor bleeding and was sent for a colonoscopy straight away. Was just internal hemorrhoids and got them banded, but any bleeding should be investigated asap
Hi ,you look great ,how much blood was in your stool ? Great information for us all.
It wasn’t a ton, which is why I wasn’t super concerned. Probably not even a teaspoon.
Bonjour, merci pour cette video instructive. Très souvent le cancer colorectal est lié à notre alimentation. Trop de pesticides malheureusement 😒
At starting I've a blood with mucus mixed, later used medication, the blood goes out and mucus comming, after that mucus is also stoppped,
But three to four times a day i need to to bathroom.. Bowel moments are changing..
Could you plz analyze my symptoms
I have heard successful story of changing diet leading to improvement in colorectal cancer aka shrinking in size. What is the odd that diet is the cause of your cancer?
Cancer free 23 years. -started bleeding when I discovered i had a malignant 8 cm tumor. Treated with radiation and cisplatin no surgery
Congratulations on among it 23 years! 👏🏼
hey love!
I’m not suffering from cancer as of right now. But apparently nutrient deficiency could be a result of cancer?
I’ve got chronic tonsilitis, like really really bad for decades.
No doctor wants to infere and they all say it’s normal?
but my body is not normal anymore. I pass stools perhaps 10 times a day for years and I cannot absorb calcium no matter what I do.
Please, is there anything to help?
I’ve never heard of chronic tonsillitis. I’m not a doctor, so my only suggestion would be to go on another hunt for one that will listen to you and try to help.
Hello. I was diagnosed with rectal cancer in 2018. Just like you ik had blood in stools. After scans it was said that i had metastases in lympf nodes and liver and that only palleative care was possible. I got a second opinion in the AVL in Amsterdam ( a cancer hospital in the Netherlands and more was possible there. After chemotherapy and radiation i had surgery. ( fortunately it turned out that there was no cancer in my liver) I was goung to get a tempory stoma but they were able to prevent that. Unfortunately after a week things went wrong. The suture started to leak and i had to be operated again urgently. After this operation i did have a stome en unfortunately not a temporary one. But i have no problem with a stoma i have a good live with it. And i am still here after 5 years and have no longer any problems. 😄
Glad to hear you’re still here and living life just fine with a stoma. 💙
Hello may I ask, I’m having trouble using the bathroom and it’s been happening for a month now most of the the time i would have diarrhea and constipation at the same time, I would also release frequent gas and also cramps and bloating in my abdomen, it also feels as if my bowel hasn’t been fully emptied do you think it’s colorectal cancer? I’m 18 years old and was born in 2004, I’m worried.
I’m not sure what it could be, but you should definitely talk to your doctor about it to help figure out what’s going on.
Hi. ❤️. Love your channel. Have a quick question. I just went through rectal cancer treatment. I had very low recital cancer. 3 cm from anal verge. Being ultra low my original surgeon recommended a permanent colostomy. Not wanting they I got 4 more opinions and found a surgeon who did a great job removing the cancer without permanent stoma. I had a temp loop ilieostomy for
3 months and just 3 days ago had the reversal surgery. I watched your video on your experience the first day after and I went through the same toilet ordeal! Now a few days removed the diarrhea has subsided but now I can’t control when I go and have had numerous accidents 😞.
I’m wearing an adult diaper throughout the day as I don’t have time to get to the bathroom if I happen to go out. My dr says I will have a lot of urgency especially in the beginning.
My question is When did your urgency get better ( if at all) , is their a certain diet you have found that works best?,, is there exercises you have done to help with that part of the body,
I can’t remember how low your cancer was?
I really appreciate the help in advance as I’m really nervous about this long term as I can’t see myself living like this forever. The ilieostomy was no picnic 🧺 but at least it was manageable. Thank you 🙏 I’m advance!
Just want to know if there’s light at the end of this👍
Regards
Steve H
Congrats on making it through treatment and getting your ileostomy reversed!🥳 The urgency improved with time, a low-residue diet, then adding in psyllium husk after a few weeks. After 2 weeks was when I started to see improvement and didn't have to rush to the bathroom as soon as I stood up, so hang in there.
CHANGE your eating habits, lot's of books, info on line! Our guts are not a garbage dump!!!!!!
@@angelfirelite change your eating habits? Lol.. yeah how about eating whole grains right? Fruit veggies? Except there all tainted with pesticides. Eat salmon? Sure except farm raised and fresh water both have pollutants. Chicken is pumped full of antibiotics. Name me some thing and I guarantee its not as safe as you think
It’s the food that’s why More and more young people will get it 😢🙏
Don’t spread lies like this, it’s so damaging
No, they’re right. What you eat is 100% the reason you’re sick or healthy. It’s always has been that way. The so called professionals don’t want to ever talk about that simple fact. You don’t ever hear anything food related concerning cancer. God Bless. ❤️
@@azeydon there are other elements like genes and even personality, stress, etc.
@@EdithEsquivelyou believe the drs lies! Most and almost all are NOT genetic! Research and don’t blame others for your low iq and trust in drs. Research if you know how
Ulcerative colitis was extremely similar symptoms too.
Yes, it is! That’s why it’s so important to get checked out by a doctor if you’re having these symptoms because that’s the only way to tell what exactly is causing them.
My baby had these symptoms for months. He got diagnosed with ulcerative colitis at 22 months old. I was terrified it was cancer.
@@chelseamckinnon927222 months. Wow
Had my reversal yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!
🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
Hi Brandon! Good to hear from you! Congrats on your reversal 🎉 I hope you’re back home soon 🤞🏼💙
@@SurvivorJelena thx the Dr said maybe tomorrow💙💙💙
I found out yesterday that some of the tissue that the surgeon removed from around my stoma during the reversal was sent to pathology and it came back with a very small group of adenocarcinoma so I get have some more chemo not too clear on length but I'm not getting oxaliplatin this round he wants to get some genetics to determine the new drug 5fu is happening
It was a very small group of cells believed to be from my 1st surgery too small too see on scan💙💙
Hope you are well and 😊
Oh, man, that sucks Brandon. I hope that after a few more rounds of chemo all the cancer will be gone for good🤞🏼💙
4 years ago I had my first colonoscopy and one 3mm benign polyp was removed. I would be insisting on one if I had any unusual symptoms at all that lasted more than a couple weeks.
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I wonder if there's something in our modern diets that makes this type of cancer more probable than in the past? Completely guessing here but I bet artificial sweeteners and some other chemicals are present in our food now that weren't there before.
Did you have pain when you would pass stool? And was there bloood in your stool?
Hello @survivorjelena mam,
My mother has Iron deficiency anemia and her anemia does not get to normal with iron supplements . We did a ct scan abdomen and it shoeed nothing in colon.. is it sufficient?
I’m not sure how small of polyps can show up on a CT scan but larger tumors would definitely show up, especially if the cancer had spread.
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Thanks for sharing your story. Out of curiosity, what was your diet like in the years leading up to your diagnosis? Did you eat a diet low in vegetables, fruit and fibre? Glad you're ok :)
It doesn't matter that much tbh. We have a frequent patient coming in at age 24 that is terminal, bowel cancer.
She said she was vegetarian.
@@_TrueDesire_saying diet doesn’t matter, coming from a professional, is another reason I don’t trust the medical industry. What a joke
@hitlertube I'm not a doctor. I'm just saying that perfectly healthy people eating very healthy food options can still get cancer, yet those drinking and eating junk food can reach ages around 90.
@@_TrueDesire_ you are talking about the outliers, not the majority of people. We learned in the 5th grade to exclude outliers when collecting data because it can skew the numbers of the rest of the data. To say diet has little to no impact on health is not only ignorant, but irresponsible.
Thanks for sharing your experience with us. If i may ask, do you have any loss of weight or any family history of cancer?
When I was diagnosed I wasn’t experiencing any weight loss, and the only family history I had was a great-grandfather that was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. One person that far removed doesn’t really make a trend, according to the genetics counselor.
@@SurvivorJelena Ic. Thanks for the prompt reply.
No joke, when I had severe UC my farts smelled like death. I remember coworkers walking into the company bathroom and gagging. I remember one employee screaming "OH MY GOD! IT SMELLS LIKE BURNED TIRES IN HERE!" before walking out while coughing. It literally took all of my willpower and focus to hold back laughter and not reveal it was me. I don't care, seeing my coworkers walking in while not knowing what was waiting for them and seeing theit total shock and disgust was sometimes absolutely hilarious. Many days were ruined because of me.
The thing is, with UC I genuinely couldn't help it. While I cherished those moments everything else was awful.
Glad you found something to smile about-ans so sorry for all the pain from UC which you endured!!
My Mom had pain in lower part of stomach and they easily connected it with endometriosis which she indeed had. And she was going and doing procedures for this. No gas, no extraordinary intestinal movements, no blood. Till the last months when pain started to be severe and she wasn’t able to stop it. Colorectal stage 4. Anyways, she survived it and after 10 years she has another type of cancer. What I want to say is maybe you should be more insisting talking with doctors, maybe a bit exaggerating because it’s so easy to lose your precious time. There are illnesses that people create with their own habits - drinking, smoking, being morbidly overweight. But when you have normal lifestyle with no addictions and out of nowhere you get strange symptoms- go and insist on being checked up.
Congrats to your mom for surviving a stage 4 CRC diagnosis for 10 years. That sucks she has another type of cancer now, hopefully she can survive that one too.
thanks for your experience, i have some symptoms like blood in stool some times, i had 2 times colonscopy already but nothing come out not even blood but steel some time i see small amount of blood in stool if i hold toilet pressure,
should i need to visit dr. again
Did they give you any explanation previously on why you could have been experiencing blood in your stool?
@@SurvivorJelena no they said it might be ibs notuing else