Haven’t posted for a while. Told 2 weeks ago mri of liver unchanged but today told there was a discrepancy between mri & ct done 2 weeks later. Now drs think liver tumours have grown by 2cm. Have been on capiri for 2 years, since recurrence but initially...
I have low rectal cancer. It is a mucus producing one (don’t know much more about it) it’s within 6cm of anal verge. I’m having a Low Anterior Resection and ileostomy.. Does anyone have any experience of these surgeries and can give me an idea of how...
So, Jay had a telephone consultation today with his urologist and they are talking about doing a nephrostomy with him? He said his kidneys are slightly swollen and there is a danger that valves can get blocked off because of this. They think that it is...
Hi Back in February this year my Mum was diagnosed with colon cancer, to cut a long story short she has an emergency right sided hemicolectomy after her bowel perforated. They managed to remove all the tumour (T4N0Mx) and said she didn't need any further...
Dear Stage 4 Club Members I thought I would write a few notes on my cancer journey. My hope is that things will not perhaps seem quite as desperate (after reading this) for other S4 subjects as they sometimes appear. Diagnosed as S4 back in Jan. 22...
Hello Everyone, Hope everyone is doing OK. Sorry I haven’t been on here for a while. I had ileostomy reversal in March this year (formed temporarily after LAR surgery for bowel cancer). Things were going really well, then over April/May/June suffered...
Hello all, I hope everyone is doing ok. I was diagnosed with stage 3 rectal cancer in April. After a week of radiotherapy and 4 cycles of capox chemotherapy I am getting surgery on Thursday - permanent colostomy. I was wondering if anyone who has been...
Hi all. Not been on here in a while. I’m on my 7th cycle of chemo for colorectal cancer. Tumour removed in may now chemo for mopping up. I’m on Xelox regime. Throughout treatment I’ve been getting aches & pain in my lower right leg. I’ve been coping with...
Hi all, I haven’t posted on here for some time. My mum had ovarian cancer eR in 2021 then later diagnosed with rare appendix cancer goblet cell that same year (following pathology results after her debulk surgery for ovarian). She is currently now stage...
Hi i have stage 3 corectal cancer. The tumour has been removed. I have had chemotherapy and now my tumour marker is down to 7 from 16. My question is has anyone tried dendritic cell therapy? I won’t take up your valuable time with boring details...
