My husband is the patient. It will have been 82 days from the day of the ‘it could be cancer’ to the surgery to remove. Is this acceptable or should we be fighting? Disclaimer I love the NHS. They do a cracking job - and I cannot fault their treatment...
Hi, my mum has just completed her 3rd cycle of i-cap and is experiencing really bad neuropathy in her feet. This is really getting her down as she enjoys going on walks but this is affecting her ability do so. She says it alternates between feeling...
Hi I new to this group,my lovely hubby has been going through treatment over 5 years now, many cycles of chemotherapy and many surgeries, but now it’s palliative treatment and it’s killing me, I just don’t know what to expect, at present he’s really well...
I though everything was going well after right hemicolectomy operation on 1 July. Nearly 5 weeks after op I become feverish and a small part of wound was red. Got worse so ended up at out of hours gp for antibiotics. Then wound burst open and all this...
I am completely blindsided by this. Husband (56) got diagnosed in Thursday following a preventative test that he got due to his age. No symptoms whatsoever and he almost didn’t do the test. Completely blindisided by result. I think we were too shocked...
Have had copy of CT report. Seeing my oncologist later. Confirms that there are liver mets as well as the tumour in the bowel. Also raises concerns that there are mets in the lung and peritoneal as well. I just don't understand how I can go from feeling...
Some of you saw my post that I had an unexpected diagnosis following a colonoscopy on Sunday. Had my CT scan yesterday and whilst we are awaiting official confirmation from radiologist the consultant said it looks like there are shadows on my liver suggesting...
Had surgery 7th August, had 12 days in hospital. Came home Wednesday last week, got to do as I am told. Waiting for chemo for clean up, but was told by surgeon she got cancer out so hopefully after long time it's not gone no were else. Can't thank nurses...
Hi Everyone, I had my laparoscopic surgery for a low anterior resection of upper rectal cancer a week ago and was discharged from hospital Tuesday night. I just wanted to share my experience in case it answers anybody else’s questions or concerns...
Hi there, am 44 year old man. Had a colonoscopy yesterday after a fit score of 40 on my stool sample. Had assumed I had IBS or something so my head has been completely spun after being informed I had a malignant stricture on my right hand ascending colon...
