Hi Guys, Im still waiting for an apt to start my chemo and with the wound still open I don’t think I’m going to get one any time soon, had surgery JULY 14th advised low residue diet right after which I done but now more recently I’m slipping back in...
Hubby has had a colonoscopy and we are waiting for results although on report it says 30mm tumour probably malignant. He is 78 years old and has various other health problems including insulin treated type 2 diabetes, atrial fibrillation, he has had several...
Hi all my wife is 53 and is getting palliative care for colon and other inoperable cancer, my question is she is on 360ml morphine in her driver + other pain meds ,even time I ask is this alot of morphine and does it mean anything to be on such an amount...
Can I ask if its normal to have a treadmill test before starting Chemo. I am 60 , I have arthritis in my back, a knee replacement thats been put on hold due to the Bowel Cancer, I walk with a stick, I'm on Pip for mobility issues, and I need to have...
Well that's 6 cycles completed (check out my bio by clicking on my name) and last Wednesday had my results. The consultant was delighted with them - liver tumors reduced (some significantly), lymph nodes back to normal, ovaries better (although they didn...
Hi, just wondering if anyone is on Panitumumab? Am having a few side effects such as very hairy face. I know about eyelashes and trim them regularly but this other hair is quite downy and is mainly on my cheeks down to jaw line and just under jaw. The...
Hi had right hemi last weds camera guy didn't marke the polyp which I find unreal so they took a chunk had to go back under on the Fri /sat as blood counts were all over and they weren't sure it has worked and one end might of died , second op came back...
Hi I am due to start chemo in the next week , capecitabine tablets , what sort of side effects are people getting ? Many thanks as I am feeling very nervous about starting these
Guys do any of you work during your chemo, I work for for NHS in a doctors surgery and when I suggested the idea of working during chemo my oncologist wasn’t to please about the idea, the thought of being home for 6 months is freaking me out, working...
Evening all, haven’t on much recently hope everyone doing okay and had good bank holiday got scan results again tomorrow comes round so quick, feeling extremely stressed as was having oxpliatatin which stopped working so this scan is to see how the...
