Hello Alan,

The scan results sound very positive and hopefully if there was any lymph node
involvement, the radiation took care of that as well.

I'm sorry to hear that the radiation therapy did not accomplish what you had
hoped but honestly, I think you had enough of that and I have more confidence in
surgery, prabably because that's what cured my Dad. He was approximately 71 at
the time and Mom had passed away, so there were issues that he did not have to
cope with and others that he did have to cope with alone, especially difficult
since he'd been partially paralyzed since the approx age of 50, yet he managed
quite well on his own, with only checkins, from time to time, from one of my
siblings.

I'm glad you have your sister there who has some experience as well. If you feel
you'd like to talk to others, Kathy posts each week about Ostomy Chat on
Saturday night at 8pm GMT; however, the chat room often has people there, at any
time of the day (or probably night). Very friendly people willing to discuss any
aspect of or just chit chat, or share their experiences.  If you haven't done
mIRC before, there's a step-by-step here
http://www.autoimmunity.co.uk/chat/chathelp.html and at the end of it, there's a
"click here" to start, but I can't get that working. I have my own mIRC client
and used the settings in the "step by step" and that worked fine. There's one
there that can be downloaded and installed or you can email Kathy for help.
http://www.autoimmunity.co.uk/chat/ostomylandchat.html

Best wishes for a good surgery outcome and speedy healing.
I'll be thinking of you, so do let us know that you're okay, as soon as you feel
well enough.
Best,
J