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  • Forum Post: Concerned about upcoming chemo...

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    Posted 21 days ago
    Hi all, I recently had surgery to remove a tumour from my colon, and was told I was a Dukes B. I am just out of hospital and recovering from surgery, and my oncologist wants to get me going on adjuvant chemotherapy this week (2 weeks after surgery). I have some questions... Firstly, I would imagine...

  • Forum Post: peripheral neuropathy trials - duloxetine

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    Posted 1 month ago
    Hi - its a while since I posted. I wondered if anybody else had been offered to go on the duloxetine trial. my Oncologist has just prescribed the tablet an anti-depressant which offers benefits for those of us who are suffering with peripheral neurapathy (numb fingers / toes and in my case 'bum'...

  • Forum Post: Stage 3 Bowel Cancer, 3 adjuvant chemotherapy sessions to go

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    Posted 4 months ago
    I'm a newbie to this site, so forgive me if I make any mistakes in my first posting I was diagnosed with bowel cancer in May 2012, joined the "Foxtrot Trial" shortly afterwards and had three sessions of chemotherapy prior to surgery in August 2012. I have now completed six of the nine...

  • Forum Post: Treatment on blocked bile duct due to liver mets from bowel cancer

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    Posted 9 months ago
    My father-in-law is in hospital at the moment to drain his liver of bilirubin as his liver mets have grown over his bile duct stopping it being expelled from the body. It's causing him great pain and discomfort and left him very frail and jaundiced as a result. He badly needs to start another course...

  • Forum Post: Pain in stomach caused by impaction

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    Posted 10 months ago
    My father-in-law is between his 2nd and 3rd course of chemotherapy to treat bowel cancer which has spread to the liver (liver mets). The mets require further chemotherapy to keep it under control. He has also had a stent fitted to his bowel. Recently though he has been having severe pain in his stomach...

  • Forum Post: Cetuximab and side effects

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    Posted 10 months ago
    I'd like to hear from anyone, especially women, on cetuximab. I'm having this in combination with Oxilaplatin and capecitabine. I've got one cycle of chemo to go after the one which started yesterday, with cetuximab weekly. I think the cetuximab continues after the chemo finishes, but I'll...

  • Forum Post: New to the Site Question about Xeloda

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    Posted 10 months ago
    Hello. Thank you for adding me to your community. My husband was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer recently. He has had surgery and last Friday he began chemotherapy. He is taking part in Short Course Oncology Therapy (SCOT) trial and will be having 4 x 3 week cycles of Oxaliplatin & Xeloda. Oxaliplatin...

  • Forum Post: How to get a second opinion? I need help please.

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    Posted 11 months ago
    Hello, Follwoing from my recent posts, we have now had a meeting with my granddads oncologist who in my opinion was useless. She reeled off all the WORST CASE SCENARIOS with no positives. As we are all aware there is ALWAYS hope when it comes to cancer. Thats what keeps us alive and positive. She...

  • Forum Post: Please help... any info will be massively appreciated. Meeting on the 28th with the oncologist.

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    Posted 11 months ago
    Hello. My granddad who is 79 is very very fit and healthy (has only been to hospital once in his entire life - when he was 19 to have his appendix out) was diagnosed with (malignant polypoidal lesion in the caecum) colonic tumour on the 16th Feb 2012. He had a bowel resection where they took the 6cm...

  • Forum Post: discharge and pain after first chemo session

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    Posted over 1 year ago
    Im new here and never posted, hoping this is the right place. I had my first chemo 5 days ago, and i am on 5fu and oxaliplatin chemotherapy for one day in the hospital and two connected on a pump at home. All i had to put up with during being connected was sleeping lots however after day 2 the mucus...

  • Forum Post: FINISHED CHEMO AND PICC LINE REMOVED.... HOORAH! NOW THE WAITING GAME..?

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    Posted over 1 year ago
    HELLO TO YOU ALL, MY NICK NAME IS DOLLY AND I AM SO IN NEED OF FRIENDS THAT COULD TELL ME WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT? I HAVE NO CHILDREN AFTER 37 YEARS OF BEING WITH HUB I FINALLY THINK THAT WE ARE STRUGGLING THROUGH, OTHER FAMILY HEARTACHE - AND THE LOSS OF OUR 2 OLD BORDER COLLIE DOGS AND HERE WE HAVE THIS...

  • Forum Post: AVASTIN Please if anyone has been on it can you let me know how you got on. Ta

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    Posted over 1 year ago
    hI i am now on 3rd lot of chemo, for advanced bowel cancer, over a 4 year period, if this one doesnt work, basically thats it. So just doing research just in case, had a nice reponse to my requests for info about trials, hav'nt checked them out yet, but I will. Now,, my Oncologist is...

  • Forum Post: HELP advanced bowel cancer in lymph

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    Posted over 1 year ago
    I have posted a request for help on a number of tags in Bowel Cancer Section on the site. I;m now on my 3rd round of chemo and if this doesnt work, basically out of options. I have searched different cancer sites for any new treatments, trials , etc but cant seem to find anything that suits me. I...

  • Blog Post: Hit us like a smack in the teeth!

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    Posted over 2 years ago
    Yesterday (Wed 7 Sep 11), my Mum was diagnosed with terminal cancer derived from her bowel. She has been unwell for a number of years, has cirosis of the liver, anaemia, diabetes, polyps plus a number of other complaints. The doctors have given her months to live which is difficult to comprehend, I mean...

  • Blog Post: 2nd Folfox Chemo Cycle

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    Posted over 4 years ago
    Yesterday I started my second cycle of Folfox Chemotherapy (Oxaliplatin and 5FU) and I also had two units of blood transfused to boost my very low blood count. Today I feel wonderful. I have had no nausea (as yet) and although tired, have much more energy than last week (must be the new blood). The only...

  • Blog Post: Starting Chemotherapy Soon

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    Posted over 5 years ago
    Hi Everyone I was diagnosed with colon cancer 5 weeks ago. As a fit, 39 year old mum with no family history of this disease, the news came as quite a shock to me which I am still not over. Since then, I have had surgery to remove the tumour and I have recovered well from the operation. The cancer was...

  • Blog Post: Cycle #2 - more familiar and a bit more real now

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    Posted over 5 years ago
    Started my second cycle on CAPOX this Monday. I met my parents for a walk around the park and a drink beforehand, then we all headed down together to the clinic. Got to be the strangest day I've ever spent with them - I mean, it's great that I've started reconnecting more with friends and...
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