Hi Everyone! I've come on today with `some sort of good news`. Jay has been on medication for his diabetes -obviously! but they put him on an extra tablet to get his blood sugars regulated. He has been taking Metfromin and Forxiga for a while now...
Just seen oncologist with husband who has had chemo, radiotherapy and operations on bowel and liver over last two years for bowel tumour which had spread to lungs. He has an ileostomy as part of the process. He has developed more bowel secondaries in...
Our son had a tumour removed last week was due to have clips removed yesterday, he has been suffering a lot with wind pain. But Friday morning he collapsed, it turns our the colon resection had completely come undone it had all come apart and all the...
Just wondered if anyone has experience of Lonsurf treatment. My husband is coming to the end of his 4th course and is experiencing extreme tiredness along with nausea and vomiting. It's very distressing. Has anyone had similar?
So, got a letter in today that Jay has to go for a CT scan on the 27th October which is two weeks this Thursday. Why do these letters always come in on a Saturday and f**k the whole weekend up for you, coz that's what it's going to do. It's 3 weeks away...
Tumour removed July 14th 2022, CAPOX chemo started September 21st 2022 why all of a sudden can I not stop thinking about the cancer returning and coming back on my liver… this is literally all im thinking about, I’m not even 2 weeks in to my 6 months...
I had my second colon cancer operation in April 2019 taking away 80% of my colon. my toilet was about 12 times a day, my consultant put me on Imodium and codeine to control it. I am now up to 10 Imodium and 69mg of codeine a day. I have had episodes...
Hi everyone, this is my first time posting here and hope someone can help as I am pretty shocked at the moment. My elderly father, 92, has had bowel problems for a while, and his gp asked him to give a stool sample a week or so ago. The gp phoned my sister...
Had telephone call with my oncologist regarding my MRI scan on my secondary tumours in liver. Looks like number of tumours haven’t increased but they have grown slightly, so got to have two more cycles of chemotherapy, then more scans and hopefully liver...
New to the group and first post since diagnosis, only just felt ready to reach out. After colonoscopy on 7 July found a malignant tumor in my bowel. Since then it's been a rollercoaster of emotions from disbelief and sheer terror to stubborn determination...
