Hello I saw the Oncologist on 28th October, where he informed that I would be going to receiving chemotherapy within 3 weeks time. Logistics of the chemo treatment is one day I will receive intravenous oxaliplatin together with supportive drugs, then...
Hello everyone I have recently been diagnosed with rectal cancer T2N2M0. So my treatment plan is TNT starting with 5 days of radiotherapy followed by 4 rounds of Capox chemotherapy. As my actual tumour is only small I think they are hoping that I...
Hi Everyone. Has anyone had a reoccurance in the right side of their Pelvic area, (this is all I know until MRI Scan result)? A Radiologist phoned today and explained that my Wife's Liver is still clear after all metastases had been removed in the...
I am post surgery (early August) and at my recent Oncologist meeting I was offered "clean up" Chemotherapy I have carefully reviewed all the paperwork provided and although we agreed on a treatment plan using CAPOX In three months, I read in the NHS appendix...
Hi I have stage 3 colorectal cancer. Had chemo and chemoradiotherapy, some shrinkage, but still there & very big, so no watch & wait. Offered partial mesorectal excision so removal of sigmoid colon & top 1/3 of rectum. Immediate resection so no temporary...
Hi all, sorry for the long message, finally decided to join the group after being diagnosed in 2020 with Colon cancer and went through emergency operation to get Sigmoid removed, had a stoma and then revrsed. Diagnosis:Treatment: 07.06.2020: Resected...
So my husband has had some concerning symptoms lately. He’s passed some bright red blood and went straight to the doctor. He’s passed was given blood tests and q fit test. His other symptoms are pain in his abdomen after he eats, needing to go to the...
Sending best wishes to all. I am 47 and have had symptoms (put down to ibs) for 3 years. Blood in stool (diagnosed as anal fissure a year ago) before it got worse over the summer and was fast tracked. had a colonoscopy 11 days ago where they found...
Yesterday I discovered my diagnosis is terminal, e.g. already spread to liver and lung. I'm going to have a stoma I think, to ease bowel symptoms. 12 to 24 months if my response to chemo is "average". I ended up writing a long list of "things to do...
Hi there I have just completed my second round of FOLFIRINOX yesterday. It went better than my first round. I am not so dehydrated and fluffy in the head. They did slow down my Oxaliplatin over 3 hours rather than 2 which meant I didn't get the muscle...
