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  • panic over dla!

    FormerMember
    FormerMember
    hi all. my partner was dx 2 weeks ago with advanced bowel cancer with secondary liver, we have been told it is inoperable but treatable and we are awaiting an appointment to see oncologist with regard to palliative chemo and radio. we have applied for disability allowance and our mac nurse has told us to apply under the special rules ie not expected to live more than 6 months!! this has really upset me as no one has mentioned…
  • yet another worry!

    FormerMember
    FormerMember
    hi all. my partner was first dx with bowel cancer 5 years ago, he had op and was considered cured. unfortunately it has now reoccurred with secondaries in the liver, unoperable but treatable. we have just looked at our paysafe insurance policy to cover mortgage payments and it says they will not pay out if this illness is related to an illness we knew about at the time of taking out the policy. well we did know about…
  • advice please

    FormerMember
    FormerMember
    hi all. my partner has just been diagnosed with bowel cancer and secondaries in the liver, both inoperable but treatable we are waiting to see oncologist and tuesday he is having biopsy to see wether radio can also be given. i have read a lot of blogs on here about second opinions but have been told this can delay the start of treatment so we are not goin down that road at the moment. does anyone know if this can be done…
  • worst day of my life

    FormerMember
    FormerMember
    we have just been given some devastating news. my partner and i went yesterday to see consultant to get results from mri scan and ct scan (read my profile for background) we were sat down and very bluntly told he has a recurrence of bowel cancer, it is advanced and secondaries in the liver. we have been told it is not operable as the cancer is in both lobes of his liver. they are going to do a biopsy on the bowel next…
  • sickos!!

    FormerMember
    FormerMember
    regarding the spam, i really cant believe the sickos out there using this site! oh well they say what comes around goes around they may have to use this site for real one day!