My pump came off on Saturday and the horrible days are now in full swing,I'm tired,the taste in my mouth is horrible food tastes the same, feel a bit down today think its the scan tomorrow I'm stressing about it.
Had my scan letter today ct next week and j can feel my anxiety levels rising already gosh its so stressful but necessary. I'm trying not to think about it anyone else feel the sane at scan time?
So 1st March I find out everything and the treatment plan! Feel very excited and pleased but also scared that everything I’ve kept myself positive with will be taken away and I’ll be told the worst! Argh!
Hello everyone, hope you are all keeping well. My mum has her first chemo appointment on Friday next week and I was wondering if anyone can give any essentials that may be useful to take with us and help during it all. This is very new to us and I...
i have been diagnosed with three tumours two different origins one not fully determined yet. bland becoming anxious. blader. bowel and lungs. biopsy on lungs not carried out yet. terrified but thats for another forum. the source of bladder and bowel...
I have had to come off my tablets currently on cycle 7 week 1 completed, I am now suffering red hands, today I had to go and see oncologist nurses as they looked like they were going to blister, the advice is to use the cream. just wondering if they...
Evening all, please please flatulance I'm so embarrassed with the odour I have. How long will this continue, i try to do my walking exercises and very much want to return to the gym once I have had my 3rd Chemo and that's completed. I think what...
Hi, I am new here and I so hope someone can help me. I have or had stage 2 rectal cancer, I had operation early December and they took it all away, no stoma, 41 lymph nodes were tested and all cancer free. But the was a slight extravascular involvement...
Hi, I am in a dilemma of which way to go now with my rectal cancer treatment plan. I was diagnosed with rectal cancer stage 2 with no spread in 2022. I was told by the surgeon at that time that I would need a big operation-anterior resection and possible...
Hello, As you already know I've been treated for a 4cm rectal tumor. I had 5 weeks of chemoradition treatment which went well. My question now is, as I feel great and have no symptoms at all and my bowel moveme nt is back to normal, will I still have...
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