After Simon being in hospital for 10 days after heart pain on capox lots of scans bloods Mri with a meeting with the oncologist in clinic on Thursday told us he cannot have chemo because it was doing damage to heart and liver but cannot give us anything...
Hi, this is all very new to me. My dad was diagnosed with bowel cancer just before Christmas. He has had surgery that unfortunately went wrong, he has now been left with faecal incontinence even though he has a colostomy. Is this normal, I’m struggle...
My husband has stage 4 bowel cancer with spread to his liver he has been on Folfox with targeted Panitumumab and after his 6th cycle they have just scanned him and yesterday we found out that his mets have shrunk enough that the surgeons are now happy...
Hi I have a number of question some may appear daft. Do you need to notify DVLA that you are on chemo? Are there any restrictions? I am due to start chemo on 19th Sept (pre Queen) I going on capecitabine tablets but not had any updates how and when...
So Tony has received an appointment in two weeks time to discuss his first surveillance scan results..his appointment is with the oncologist so we are now very worried as he was discharged from oncology in September 22 and was told then they he wouldn...
Hello, I am new to the community and struggling to decide whether to have the LAR operation or APER. These were the 2 options I was given. My tumour is 5cm up from the edge of the rectum and is 2.5cm diameter in size. I am worried about the risk of anastomotic...
Good Evening, My father has been diagnosed with a grade 2 or 3 tumor in the sigmoid colon. Scans show no sign of metastasis but they will not know more until they go in and remove the tumor and lymph nodes He has opted for a permanent stoma and I want...
Hi all , So I am now four years into my watch and wait for a stage 3 rectal cancer that had a complete clinical response to radiotherapy and I have been very lucky to be clear so far. At this stage my hospital normally does only a CT scan, sigmoidoscopy...
Hi. Has anyone had positive scan results back eg Onc told them there has been shrinkage but still had pain after eating and some similar pre treatment pains, constipation etc My Dad had his first scan results back last week and it was positive news...
Had first treatment on 13/2/2023. Previously had 15 Irinotecan then a 6 month break. Having trouble with blurred vision, especially long sight. Had new glasses in January, wear bifocals. Has anyone else experienced this?
