Hello all I was diagnosed in April 21 with stage 4 bowel cancer which had spread to my liver quite substantially. I started Chemotherapy and had 8 sessions every 2 weeks of folfoxiri. This had good effect and allowed me to have a liver resection where...
Hi All My mum had her op on 11th January and is now home recovering. We met with the oncologist yesterday who went through next stages of treatment. Although no signs of spread 13 lymph nodes were removed and 1 showed signs of cancer cells therefore...
So my colonoscopy date is Friday, was meant be a fast track but got lost somehow so close to 4 weeks wait instead of 2... Obviously feeling anxious but more about others if its bad news ... telling my kids etc ... So I have 2 questions... which is...
So my hubby had a liver resection in July 22 with no further treatment and we are now fast approaching his first set of surveillance scans..his Colorectal Nurse told us his bloods weren't bad but CEA was slightly elevated at 5.7 but that they weren't...
Hi, my first post, well not really as I posted somewhere else that was maybe not the most appropriate - still finding my way round here. I've committed to Folfox IV Chemo (via a PICC line) starting in a few weeks. This follows a bowel cancer diagnosis...
And still waiting for results of my last CT Scan, 17 days ago. It doesn't get any easier after four years. Marianne
When I first started this journey, I noticed that people spoke of the bowel/colon as if it is a separate being living within. Comments like 'waking up your bowel' after surgery, 'it doesn't like to be man handled' or 'it's been asleep for a long time...
Morning Simon has had his Colorectal treatment summary today after his emergency right hemicolectomy please could anyone tell me staging T4 N2 MX MEAN the bowel cancer has been removed in it's entirety 8 lymph nodes some cancer related cells .
Hi All! Me again with another worry! So I take antisickness tablets for 3 days post chemo, I suffer with a phobia of vomiting which I generally manage very well but due to my phobia I am too scared not to take the antisickness drugs. Just had my 4th...
It has been exactly one year since my small bowel cancer was diagnosed. I had an operation folllowed a month or so later with 7 rounds of Capox chemotherapy which took me to the end of August. The operation has left me with severe bile salt malabsorption...
