Hi, this is my first post.I hope to hear from people who have been in a similar situation or who have had an abdominoperineal resection. I am 46 and was diagnosed with rectal cancer on March 3rd. It was a massive shock, I thought I had IBS, never cancer...
Hi all. Had my APR on Oct 5 - plus colostomy made permanent and given barbie butt. Pain has been manageable but I have an odd question re the graft to create the barbie butt. Why does it feel like it's riding up between my buttocks?! I know it's not ...
My 70 year old husband was diagnosed with bowel cancer at Easter and after all the scans, it turned out to be metastatic, having spread to his liver and lungs. He had a stoma fitted in May, had radiotherapy in June, and has just finished his 4th cycle...
Hi I posted recently as I was anxiously awaiting results from a CT scan after something was seen on my liver. This is 12 months after finishing 8 rounds of chemo and having an extended right hemi. I had 5 nodes affected and my tumour was a T4a: The liver...
Hi everyone! Sending a big hug to each of you. ️ I’m Fati, a 41-year-old mum, and I’m so, so happy to have found this community. I was diagnosed with bowel cancer, and the primary tumour has already been successfully removed. Unfortunately, the cancer...
Hi all We are two days away from husbands planned operation for a liver resection for liver metastasis. he health with his APR surgery quite well and “Ken butt” but I’m so nervous that again only 6 months later he’s having to have major surgery again...
Morning I'm really struggling at the moment I had my surgery on Wednesday and am on a virtual ward at home I was discharged from the hospital on Friday. I haven't really been able to eat and even struggling to drink a bit I'm taking oramorph every 4 hours...
Hi all, hope you are all doing well, the best you can do under your circumstances. I posted just over a week ago in relation to my mums diagnosis of a recral tumour. Since then she’s had two further scans including a PET, she is to hear to results tomorrow...
Hi all, I completed my Folfox treatment 3 months ago. The oxiplatin has left me with mild neuropathy in my fingers, they just feel stiff and numb at the tips, but my feet - it feels like I am walking on rough sand all the time and they feel a bit numb...
Morning all. On 23rd july I had a CT scan which identified "a subjective 13mm hypodensity on segment 4a of the liver growing from 9mm in november" MRI recommended. Operation was in January T2n0m0 no adjuvant. Date for MRI now received 31st october...
