Sunday 18.27 - Anfield RIght, I was diagnosed mid-December '17, no family history or symptoms. Jan '18 had surgery , I remember looking around Anfield after an incredible 4-3 victory against Man City and wondering when I'd be back. In truth it wasn...
Hi everyone Has anyone had a delay to their treatment due to blood levels ? If yes what levels were affected and by how much? OH had his treatment delayed on cycle 3 because of low platelets. (Delay 1week) Now again for cycle 4 he is delayed due to...
Had splenic tumour and 45 adjacent nodes ( 5 positive) removed on March 13th, with laparoscopy. Uneventful recovery, and of course as soon as the lymph node involvement was found on biopsy, the standard of care protocol kicked in. I have an excellent...
Hi everyone - I’m only on day 2 of my first CAPOX cycle. I have some of the usual reported side effects of sensitivity to cold / pins and needles and that first bite syndrome. I just wanted to have a good cry but the aching and sort of pressure behind...
Hi all so I've not posted anything for quite a while. But here I am and I'm hoping to get a little information about chemo. So back in February I was diagnosed with rectal cancer and I had stoma surgery and then went on to chemotherapy ( Capecitabine...
Hi to all on the forum. Last week my husband underwent surgey to remove a tumour from his colon. It was an isolated tumour with no spread (lungs, liver etc) and removed with margin surrounding to test if spread to lymph nodes. Our consultant has just...
Hi, I had a colonoscopy at the weekend following a few weeks of having an upset tummy. They found a large invasive malignant tumour (60mm) in my colon. It came as a big shock as the only symptoms I had were fatigue, which I put down to perimenopause...
Currently on immunotherapy, had a scan yesterday and I received a text to say my oncologist appointment which was scheduled for next week has been moved to tomorrow. Now on top of the usual anxiety I am worrying about the appointment being moved to...
I had operation to remove Colon cancer Jan 24 lost 8 inches of my left colon-it came to attention by sending in a poo sample-and colonoscopy-all went well 5 days in Hospital-did not feel great in July as various symptoms re poo -called cancer nurse and...
So I've posted a couple times regarding my sister. Finally after an anxious wait, she got all of the CT and MRI results today. I can confirm that the waiting anxiety is worse than the actual knowing and having a treatment plan in place. oncologist said...
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