Anyone got good advice for the horrible metal taste in my mouth from starting chemo. I have a stoma so have to eat as lost to much weight already but the taste is putting me of food thankyou
I should have had my 3rd round of Folfox today but my bloods showed my blood count was too low. They took blood today, thinking it would be higher than 2 days ago, but it was actually lower. I've been sent home with 3 days worth of injections to administer...
Hello everyone. I was diagnosed with Rectal cancer in February this year and luckily I had no spread elsewhere. I had 5 weeks radiotherapy and chemotherapy and following my treatment another MRI and CT scan. The MRI showed that I had a ‘total response...
Hi, I'm new here, but quite used to the womb cancer section!!! My husband had a Colonoscopy last Saturday, and hasn't had a decent bowel movement since. Is this normal after this procedure, and if not what should we be doing? He has had prunes for...
Hello all! Today I have received confirmation of dates for surgery. I'm going in on September 12th for the removal of my gall bladder, and a chunk of liver, as it is believed that my friendly cancer friend has spread to those regions. I am really...
I'm truly frantic. I was diagnosed with metastatic womb cancer 5 years ago. I continue to go for 6 month scans. The next one is due in about six weeks and I'm frantic. The last one indicated a 4 cm 'thickening in the wall' of the colon and a colonoscopy...
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