Hi, new to this group but pleased to be part of it. I finished a 5 day course of radiotherapy for rectal tumour 6 weeks ago but still very sore in my anal region. I was prescribed Flamigel RT by my GP but not sure how long I should carry on using it?...
Hi everyone. New to this Forum so grateful that I can share my fear. I've suffered from Hemrrhoids for years, had a sigmoidoscopy 2 years ago and a first degree Hemrrhoid was found, so no treatment required. However my latest Hemrrhoids flare-up has been...
in November 2024, just 14 months ago. I had the right side of my colon removed due to colon cancer, followed by 6 months of chemo, on Capectibine tablets, at a different hospital. At the finish, in July 2025, as part of my 5 year plan, I had a CT scan...
First post (Sorry if long)hopefully I am just overthinking but at my wits end and feel like giving up trying to chase. 56 yr old female, I have had issues for 8 months now, started w intermittent pain/lump in upper and underarm + feeling constant nauseous...
Hi Everyone! I’m approaching my three year anniversary of the day I got that horrible news and I was thinking back to this forum, and I realised I never came to say that I made the other side. I hope by doing so it’ll give hope to others, especially when...
Hiya all, I'm newish here, moving from lurking to posting... I'm hoping to hear some members' lived experience of going through and then recovering from ELAPE surgery. Thanks to those of you that have posted previously about this, I've found a few...
My husband has been newly diagnosed with colon cancer, we were told at his follow up appointment after a CT scan, the surgeon made it very clear that she wasn't keen to do surgery because of his age [82] and what she called frailties, he is aneamic, diabetic...
I’m mid 40s, been having symptoms of diarrhoea and abdominal discomfort for several months. GP did testing and both qFit and fecal calprotectin were outside of normal ranges (though neither were particularly high). I had a colonoscopy today and afterwards...
I had laparoscopic anterior resection on 18 th December and am waiting for my results, I am really struggling mentally, I’m terrified of what they might be and what my future looks like , any advice on how to cope with the wait ?
On Jan 21st I was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer which is touch my dudenum..I am seeing an oncologist on 28th to discuss chemo once I have had chemo I will need surgery..I am really scared by all this as it's fear of the unknown to me is anybody...
