We had a call from the CNS he had the ct mri and bloods last week and the mdt meeting yesterday they called saying he has stage 3 and needs a pet scan I’m assuming so they can see if it’s in the nodes?? We have the meeting with the consultant on 29th...
Hi everyone, On the 29th December i was told at a colonscopy that a 5cm tumor was found in the sigmoid area I'm currently still in this dreaded waiting time between being told I have cancer & finding out if its spread & what happens next! (Feels like...
Hi , All I had a colonoscopy for bowel problems , recieved a letter for a hospital appointment and nearly fell off my chair when they said the polyp they removed had cancer in it ,.the way he described it to me was "If you think of an egg the yolk...
So I had polypectomy in May, large benign polyp diagnosed too large to remove that day. Was removed December, 50mm rectal poylp. Surgeon said he had removed 95% and would reschedule me back in 12 weeks to get the rest. Thought no more of it. 2 weeks later...
Hi Everyone, i will be 3 weeks post surgery tomorrow for my lower anterior resection for upper rectal cancer. The grading is T3 N1 Mx I was told the cancer had started growing into the bowel wall but had not perforated it and of 24 lymph nodes removed...
Hi feeling very overwhelmed ! my husband is an otherwise active healthy 62 year old (I keep him young apparently!! I’m 52) he had a colonoscopy on 5th Jan where they found an 8cm cancer approx 10cm up in the rectum we were called into the “little...
Good morning, a week ago (6/1/24) my Mum went for a colonoscopy and they told us she has a 6cm tumour in her ascending colon. We were in complete shock, in all honesty we thought she had IBS. Since being told this news at 5:30pm on a Saturday eve we’ve...
Had my first oxaliplatin infusion today. The nurse warmed me the infusion would be painful and it started OK but gradually got worse towards the end of the treatment. Has anyone experienced this? Nurse said "hopefully" gone in 72 hours but that seems...
More chemo questions! Started capox yesterday and I am suffering with chemo bite/first bite syndrome. Doe anyone know how long this lasts, is it just while the oxaliplatin wears off on the whole way through?
Can anyone speak to the significance of perineural invasion in rectal cancer and long term prognosis
