Hello Some advice please, can’t get through to the hospital even after an hour of calling. I have a flexi sigmoidoscopy at 9.45 tomorrow morning, only got my letter today which says if I’m on blood thinners then to call them as I may need to stop them...
Hi All you lovely people, Finally had my dental issue sorted, a tooth extracted yesterday...more pain but thankfully bit better today. I was initially meant to start treatment this week, but as the area needs 7-10 days to heal it'll now start on 24th...
Hi all I finally started my treatment yesterday. I have signed up for the trial so have chemo tablets everyday that I have the radiotherapy. Yesterday I had the IV infusion too. I felt really tired and queasy by the time I got home - I live an hour...
I am wondering how long everyone waits from diagnosis to starting treatment ? It's a shocker to get the diagnosis in the first place but now I'm feeling adrift in a minefield of the unknown waiting to be told when we can start to treat this. When I didn...
hi just received a letter from consultant regarding last appointment. Given the 95% clear at appointment nothing on examination or mri or st scan but in this letter it says… There is a possible small nodule remaining (few millimeters) in the perianal...
Good morning everyone , can’t get this out of my head!! - has anyone had a 95% result ( which is fantastic!!) after treatment chemo radiotherapy and then the cancer has come back if so at what point and where was it in a different place to the anus? ...
Just thought I'd update on my meeting with oncologist today after a stagnant couple of weeks. 4 weeks after PET scan finally found out full diagnosis T2 N1a - so some has gone to lymph node. Had lots of time to talk to nurse & another doctor, while the...
So I had my 3 month post treatment scan in February (CT chest and abdo) and Pelvic MRI. I waited a bit longer than needed for results a I had kids birthday parties etc to get through. when I went in for the results - it was amazing news, better than I...
Hello ladies, Jaycee, Em44, Irene, ritbred, I saw Simon's comments about morphine and was pretty surprised at his vehemence. I've taken Em's advice and have 3 or 4 prunes and dried apricots with my fruit & fibre every morning - good results, stools quite...
Hello everybody, Simon messaged me to say his bowel nurse told him that long term usage of Laxido makes the problem worse. Help! What can I use instead please?
