Ok. Now I am really panicking. I know very well that one should wait for the "proper" diagnosis, and that Dr. Google is a scaremongering ba%@rd... but I cannot help thinking over and over my symptoms and the conclusion that I will be found with advanced...
Hi everyone, I’m new to the group here. I don’t really know where to start with my mums situation but I’ll try and keep it as simple as possible- my mum was diagnosed with ovarian cancer (serous) last year, but after debulking surgery they also discovered...
Hello everyone, Thank you all for sharing your stories. I’ve read some some of the journeys you’ve had to endure and you are all very brave. My mom was diagnosed with stage 3 rectal cancer last November. Since then, she’s completed her chemo radiation...
Hi after 3 years on capecitabine post op where disease in the bowel lining was identifed by surgeon i have been told im being taken off the tablets in case they affecting my health and no guarantee they they preventing my cancers advance, the tablets...
I was diagnosed with rectal cancer in July 2022. Since then I have had chemoradiotherapy and chemotherapy. The surgeon then told me he advised I should have an APR. Ever since hearing about this from the first suggestion back in August I have gone into...
Hi Folks I’m hopefully having my last infusion of Oxaliplatin on Tuesday. I felt unwell during the last one - about ten minutes b4 the end I began to sweat buckets and vomited . Any tips on how to prevent this please? Thanks!
Hi, my husband had low anterior resection 11 days ago with temporary double loop ileostomy. He came home from hospital 6 days ago. At first he seemed quite positive, but mentally he's gone downhill. On Friday he told me he wanted to kill himself. We...
I’ve got a date to start my chemotherapy infusions which I haven’t had before. How has anyone else coped with the wait to have the first one? I’m going to have chemo tablets as well so I’m a bit anxious. I haven’t told anyone yet about the date as I’m...
Can anyone offer an success stories please husbands chemo not worked on folfox or Folfori due to start lonstar in the next week tia x
Hi Everyone, Has anyone had any experience of waiting more than eight weeks for a Liver Resection whilst beind off Chemotherapy. My Wife had her last MRI Scan 7 days ago so they could take a look at her small reoccurance in her Colon. This was with...
