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  • Forum Post: Want your thoughts - 10min online survey

    My name is Natalie Seebeck and I am a student at the Lo ndon Metropolitan University studying Psychology. As part of this course, I am conducting a research project on people’s beliefs towards their illness/health condition and related treatment. You have been invited to take part in this study...
  • Forum Post: Cancer patients and the feeling of 'Otherness'

    My name is Alex Reitemeier, I'm a psychology student at Nottingham Trent University doing some research into cancer. I want to find out if other people's reactions to a person's cancer shapes and changes their self-perception. I have emailed and received permission form the Macmillan...
  • Forum Post: Bowel cancer

    Hi I was diagnosed in 2011 with bowel cancer, given the all clear in 2012, but unfortunately I was told in december that it is back and has spread and is not curable, but they have not said that they cant do anything, haviing chemo again probably end of January, is there anyone else in the same...
  • Forum Post: Secondary bowel cancer, is there really nothing they can do?

    Hi, I'm new to this site but here goes... My grandad was diagnosed with bowel cancer 18 months ago and they told him that they could not remove it due to its location and the type of tumors. Apparently the tumors are rare as they are loads of little ones which have formed a mass. Anyway he had...
  • Forum Post: I need some help understanding what is going to happen to my mum who has bowel cancer

    My mum has suffered with bowel cancer for many years. She has had numerous operations to remove tumors and parts of her bowel. She has had secondary tumors in her womb and that and her ovaires were removed too. She has had three cycles of different chemo and also been on a drug trail. She has now been...
  • Forum Post: Mum feeling really well.....start Chemo???

    This is the last place I thought I would be writing a few weeks ago, I suppose that's the same for all of us when someone we love is first diagnosed. Mum was diagnosed with Rectal Cancer end of 2009, had the tumour removed Dec 2009 by keyhole, had a reversal early 2010 and was told all was clear...
  • Forum Post: Cetuximab

    Hi all...my dad has been diagnosed with advanced bowel cancer, and is currently on chemo...he has been offered cetuximab to go alongside capecitabine and the oxaliplatin (apologies for the spelling) drugs. Has anyone else been offered this, or is on cetuximab anyway because I would like to know what...
  • Forum Post: New Here

    Hello, thought I'd sign up as we're having a battle at home with Mrs P's cancer return. Another round of treatment starting again now. I believe good things can still happen. If anyone has any good news about Bowel cancer Dukes D we can draw strength from please get in touch. I've started...
  • Forum Post: Has anyone funded Avastin privately in conjunction with NHS funded chemo ?

    Hi, Just want to know of anyone elses experience of this thx Louise x
  • Forum Post: So scared

    My dad has gone into theatre today to have a liver resection (bowel cancer which has metatised to liver) i am so scared something will go wrong, just cant help thinking what if :(
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