Hi guys, I'm undergoing palliative chemo for pretoneal disease/ cancer. I has emergency surgery in Dec 21 whee half my bowel was removed along with lymph nodes and scraping of my peritoneal lining. All went well or as best as it could. I'm now going...
Hi everyone. I had a right hand side helicolectomy 10 weeks ago. I had a Stage 3 tumour with lymph node involvement. Everything was removed and no spread to organs or tissues. However I've been told the chance of recurrence is high. I'm about to start...
Hi I was diagnosed with rectal cancer today. No stage yet as still need an MRI. They did point out though that my case is under investigation as this should have been picked up during my colonoscopy a year ago, when it was precancerous. My youngest...
Hi all I will be starting FOLFOX treatment and will be having the port fitted in the next week or so. I have a real phobia about needles (my veins are very thin and literally close up when a needle approaches), and the anaesthetic room experience...
Hi everyone, I’m not usually one to post personal things, but I’m finding myself needing to share and hopefully connect with others who’ve been through something similar. I’ve been diagnosed with colon cancer, and unfortunately, it’s spread to my...
Hi everyone, I’m new to this forum. I’m a 44-year-old man recently diagnosed with Stage IV colorectal cancer. I’m reaching out to connect with others who may have gone through something similar — I’d really appreciate hearing your stories and any advice...
My full history is in my profile but suffice to say... I thought I was past my rectal cancer and now it looks like it is back. My surgery was 14 months ago. I had a colonoscopy 6 months ago, I had a couple pre-cancerous polyps removed but I knew of...
Hi, Irinotecan and Raltitrexed chemo together is unfortunately not a usual regime on the NHS, I understand due to cost (used extensively in some other countries & proven to be a good alternative where a patient, like me, has 5FU issues). We know that...
Hi everyone hope you are doing ok. I tried to do a search in here but couldn’t seem to find how to do it! My 7th cycle of CAPOX has been delayed this morning due to low platelets. They have been dipping slowly and on my bloods on Tuesday they were 74...
Thought Id start a new thread for this on rather than tag on to my CAPOX Treatment Thread here CAPOX Journey Travel Insurance now where do I start. OH has been diagnosed nearly 1 Year (In September) In that time he's been through surgery before treatment...
