Hi everyone, I am just reaching out to see if anyone has had any similar experiences. Briefly: my mum was diagnosed with duodenal (small bowel) adenocarcinoma last year, with metastasis on the liver. She was told it was inoperable and incurable...
Hi all, The first chemo session done, the staff was great and all went as well as hoped for. I have a slow infusion pump attached to me till sometime tomorrow. managed to eat and sleep ok last night mostly arm ache from the positioning pump found...
Hi I’m 4 weeks into recovery after my operation I’m still very weak and sore I had a malignant tumour in my sigmoid colon which blocked it. So everything happened fast. how long have others taken to recover? I was a very active person. And I’m finding...
I’ve been a member a while and had lots of support from people that have been through the same as me. It gives me strength at times to talk to others going through a cancer diagnosis The one thing we all have in common no matter what cancer is the scans...
Hello, I’m in a bit of a ‘state’ and just reaching out to see if anyone has been in a similar position. I was diagnosed with stage 3 rectal cancer in April 2022 (local lymph node involvement seen on scans). Age 52, no symptoms, fit and healthy. Picked...
Morning all this is my first time. I was diagnosed yesterday with bowel cancer that has spread to my liver and they see spots on my lung. I have to have an MRI and Pet scan to see extent but my mind has blown. Will I die from this ? has anyone here...
Hello all So I finally had my MRI scan yesterday. Then received a phone call today informing me that the MDT met yesterday too and they read my results. Which I was amazed by. Good news is no signs of further spread. Also there has been a positive reaction...
Had surgery to remove tumor in the rectum, even though they had me on the operating table fro 11 hours , they weren't able to reconnect the bowel to the recrum so had a colostomy. They took 27 lymph nodes and 1 came back with having cancer Consultant...
Hi all, So we had our follow up phone call today from my husbands liver resection and the consultant told us that they got all the tumours and out of the 7 they took 6 had clear margins but one has not. They said that once his bowel operation has been...
Hi my daughter has just had a hysterectomy and a cancer removed from the rectum and they resectioned the bowel it's obviously very early but I'm worrying about her having a poo will it be painful bearing in mind she has a large incision for both of these...
