Hello there. I underwent an extended right hemicolectomy in September 2024 and finished chemo in Feb 25. Stage 3 colon cancer with 3 lymph nodes invaded. I have just had my second follow-up CT scan and they have found a small nodule in the soft tissue...
Hi all. Just had colonoscopy and a ct. Now waiting for next steps. I'm still in denial! My biggest concern is that as I am not in much pain now, are the treatments painful? I have a fear of pain as I have had a lot over the past 10 years and don't want...
Hi everyone. My husband has been diagnosed with a malignant tumour in his descending bowel. He had very acute anaemia which was followed up by a CT scan. This detected a tumour and was followed by a colonoscopy which confirmed what we thought. We had...
Hi everyone I was diagnosed last week after a colonoscopy. I've not got any staging or anything yet, just been told the size of the tumour (4cm). It wasn't a terrible shock - I was pretty sure I had some kind of abdominal cancer, I just wasn't sure...
Hi just looking for any hope / support my mum has been stage 4 since Dec 24 and we have scan results tomorrow following the third line of treatment ( nothing working so far) and there may be one more line but she also looks like she is fading away...
Hello, Im new here and was wondering about people’s experiences of oxaliplatin I am 44 and had a right sided hemicolectomy with CME at the end of last year. Since then I’ve had my first session with TOMOX (raltitrexed and oxaliplatin). Felt rough...
Hello, I was diagnosed with rectal cancer last September, and started radiotherapy, with combined Capecitabine in October, and am now on a Oxalyplatin and Capecitabine combination, and on cycle 5 of 6, so am nearly at the surgery stage. Last Wednesday...
I have been diagnosed with stage 4 rectal cancer with liver metastases, on my 2nd round of 6 of folfox in between round 1 and 2 developed a blood clot under my armpit, (picc line). Now on blood thinners Inhixa (enoxaparin for at least 2 months. My 1st...
Hi. Back ground 37 YOF diagnosed with stage 3 -T4, high rectal cancer in November 2025. Loop Ileostomy 05/12/25 Started Folfoxiri on boxing day (3 months in total) last does 05/03/26 CT and MRI very encouraging showing good response to chemotherapy...
My post-cancer surgery permanent (irreversible) stoma was strangled by my hernia. While being given the pro's and cons of surgery to separate them, and sign a consent form to proceed with an operation we were interrupted by a doctor who, without telling...
