My colorectal team say they are running out of ideas of how to save my life and I need to be able to encourage them with new ideas to help me live. I am able to get some recent research from the internet but sadly unlike other areas of research papers seem to be unavailable due to financial interest. How have people been able to reolve this. As people may know there is a forum at the winter conference of the International University of Colon and Rectal Surgeons in early November which a discussion group for colorectal cancer patients and I need to be able to raise specific questions about why treatments using various drugs have failed and what other options there are apart from trials etc. Has anyone had to take the same route to help their colorectal team gain a positive result for them.