▲ 8 r/colorectalcancer+1 crossposts

transanal excision complete but now chemo/radiation recommended... Advice?

So my 70 year old husband had his routine colonoscopy and they found a tumor (2.1 cm) jist above his sphincter. His MRI and Cat came back clean and we were relieved to learn he would have a 1 hour outpatient surgery to remove it. We are now 2 weeks out from that and learned from the pathology report that while all margins were clear 1 deposit was found and the tumor was deeper than they had hoped. Because of this they are recommending followup chemo and radiation so I am trying to gather as much info as I can before our Monday appointment to discuss treatment options.

Treatment plan: Tumor board recommends Adjuvant Therapy beginning with systemic therapy first followed by radiation.

• Ca pox or Folfox x4 months to be determined by patient and provider followed by Long Course

chemoradiation 5040cGy x28 days.

So what I just typed is still a foreign language to me but I'm sure that will change. If given a choice, any recommendations? Side effects? Tolerance? Questions to ask on Monday?

Any info and shared experiences would be greatly appreciated at this point.

FYI my husband is in relatively good shape for his age. He is not currently on any medications, although he has slightly high triglycerides. He has some limited mobility after having 2 hip replacements in the last 12 years and spinal fusion prior to that but overall good health!

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u/Mental-Ad5828 — 5 days ago

When we 1st see Verna...

Doing her makeup in the mirror did anyone else notice that JVA had hardly any eye brows? Lol. Maybe she started that era of super thin eyebrows? 🤷😄

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u/Mental-Ad5828 — 1 month ago

Your chance to rip Diana and pay her a compliment... Maybe.

In general we like to rip Diana but I'm asking you here to tell me which was her best hair do and which was her worst? (She had quite a few!)

Personally I think she looked best with the short blonde hair do she had pre CiJi's death. And her worst was right after CiJi's death when she suddenly turned in to little orphan Annie.

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u/Mental-Ad5828 — 1 month ago

Updated: Got Her Done

For those who saw and commented on my post lamenting the new graphics....I got her back yesterday and I absolutely FLOVE it!

I also had the front windows tinted to match the rest. And System X Phantom ceramic coating put on. Its a brand new lifetime coating by system x. I was their first customer with it and they too loved how my Bronco looked with the new graphics and asked if they could use it in a new promotional video on the social media page promoting the new product.

Thanks to all who commented. 98% said they liked/loved it which made me feel better moving forward. And even the 2% who said it wasn't their thing were cool about it. I appreciate the honest responses both ways.

u/Mental-Ad5828 — 3 months ago

Slalom help

Looking for some advice. I am a 52 year old female skier and good athlete. Been slalom skiing since I was 15 but never lived on a lake so just a few times each summer. I primarily skiied behind a 2001 Four Winns Horizon 170 I/O 135 hp. In 2018 we bought a place on a lakr and always wanted a Mastercraft and getting older figured it should make my starts easier with more power. So last year we bought a beautifully kept 2010 Prostar 197 TT. To my surprise I really struggled to get up. Now I did make the transition the prior summer to getting up with both feet in as I was always a drag a foot girl. So I hadn't really perfected that yet as it was pretty much self taught by trial and error. I made the switch mostly due to age figuring two legs doing the work had to be easier than one right? On the other side of that, my husband had only ever towed me in the Four Winns. It was the ol "hit it" and put the hammer down so a new learning experience for him as well. My question is at 5'10" and 155 lbs would you tow/start someone at my size any differently then say pulling someone on 2 skis? My husband says hes backed way off but when we went out on the lake the other day I asked him to demonstrate and I feel like it still may be a little too much too fast.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Tips for me as well.

I tried all kinds of different starting tips. I found the being in a tight ball didn't seem to work that well for me as I often got pulled over the front of yhe ski too easily. I seemed to be better off keeping a very upright back and really applying alot of pressure to my back foot. Is that crazy, or is it basically whatever works best for you?

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u/Mental-Ad5828 — 3 months ago

Thoughts?

My custom graphics came in. They are 4 inches top to bottom. Ain't gonna lie they are bigger than I thought because they did the middle bar bigger than I expected. In general, it is what I want but wondering now if I should have done 3 inches.

for some reason they look proportionaly larger in person than in the pictures. 🫪

u/Mental-Ad5828 — 3 months ago
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Smoke...The worst I've seen

On Spider Lake just outside TC. The last 3 years have brought hazy days due to fires in Canada but today is the worst I have seen so far. It literally looks yellow outside and you can smell the smoke in the air.

u/Mental-Ad5828 — 3 months ago

Capable Bumper

I have not had any luck searching for a capable front bumper locally/on marketplace. So I am considering going through Ford parts. However doing a basic search does not pull up anything under capable bumper. Anyone know the part number?

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u/Mental-Ad5828 — 3 months ago
▲ 2 r/boatlifts+1 crossposts

Boat lift carpeted guide rail advice

We have a 2010 mastercraft prostar 197 and I am looking for advice on the height we should set our carpeted guide rails at. A google search says just below the rub rail but a more indepth search specific to our model boat says 7-8" above the bunk boards. This would put them considerably lower and below our graphics on the side. I'm fine with either just looking for some advice because maybe there is an issue with one or the other that I'm not thinking of.

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u/Mental-Ad5828 — 4 months ago