Hi has anyone had experience of bowel cancer leading to peritoneal disease. I had bowel cancer stage 3 in 2019. It spread to my ovaries in 2021 and is now in my abdomen and I have been told it's stage 4 peritoneal disease with spots on liver. I am shocked...
Just asking if anyone who has radiotherapy for rectal cancer has experienced a pain down their left hand side. Consultant is flummoxed, his words not mine. I have had another CT scan with contrast this weekend however after to wait for results, don’t...
Hi there, I posted a while ago when I was waiting for PET scan but can't find it. Today i was told that the cancer is back and has mastasied and I'm stage 4 and it is not curable. I feel like I'm living in a nightmare that I can't wake up from. Anyone...
Hi I’ve just completed 2 cycles of capox treatment and my third has been postponed due to low platelets and a long bout of diarrhoea. Had a more normal shape poo today for first time but it was very light in colour and marbled with light clay colour poo...
I had robotic surgery on Monday to remove a small tumour from the top of my rectum plus an anterior resection. Everything has gone amazingly well and I am now at home recovering. It honestly does not feel like I have undergone surgery, albeit I am a little...
Hi everyone Just getting things off my chest before this morning’s appointment. Trying to stay positive, but an worried that they will find cancer again. Having had treatment back in 2019 for bowel cancer, then in July this year being told it’s been...
Hi Everyone! Jay was out today on his own in the car. He went to get some shopping and came outside the supermarket and felt really dizzy. He phoned me in a bit of a state and was just sitting in the car composing himself before coming home. Said...
Hi so I’ve not been been on for a while. In the middle of chemotherapy. so I’ve had a copy the letter sent to gp from surgeon as what has taken place surgery and treatment. In the staging it has something I don’t know what it is. Does anyone know. It...
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