Good afternoon I just want to share our good news in the hope it may help others. I have been a member of the site for almost 3 years but I don’t post much. It is my husband who is the one with cancer and he is aware I am sharing again to give hope. ...
Folfiri not snowing great shrinkage. Has anyone tired other chemo therapies which have worked
I’m a year post surgery no chemo or radiation. I’ve had x2 CEA blood tests and booked in for my 2nd CT Scan with contrast next month. My consultant has said no to a colonoscopy until I have my Ileostomy reversed. Also an MRI was mentioned but not booked...
Just got a phone call from my oncologist, he told me I have 4 small tumours on my liver. 4 7 8 9 mm. They gave me a choice of chemo or operation. I choose the operation. I had a similar operation 4 years ago. Really thought I was out of it. Just in shock...
The chemotherapy treatments my husband has been having for his bowel cancer have stopped working and as a last stop choice he has been offered Lonsurf. The Oncologist wasn't convinced that it would help and I wondered if anyone has any experience of it...
Hello everyone sorry to ask another question….I’m going to be starting radiation for 5 days a week for 6 weeks. Someone told me that I shouldn’t drive myself home after each treatment . Just wondering what what others experiences of this is please ...
Hello everyone I have been diagnosed with Stage 4 bowel cancer with extensive lymph node spread in my abdomen and a suspicious shadow on one lobe of my liver. I've been told that the malignant status of this shadow is unclear. I've completed 3 cycles...
This is a copy of a fact sheet from the Bowel Cancer UK site which has been discontinued. One of the support nurses copy and pasted it into a post a few years ago and I found it really informative. I have finally worked out how to copy and paste it from...
Hello everyone diagnosed today with stage 2 squamous cancer of the bowel. I’m due to start three months of chemo tablets and radiation. I live alone and just wondering if anyone has any advice on what to stock up on to help the side effects. Also what...
Hi all I have just been diagnosed today I was brought in and told I have a bowel tumour which has metastasised to both lobes of my liver and I am incurable. They will organise a meeting with the chemo team and I will discuss treatment shortly. I am...
