Has anyone had their nephroscopy drain come out?
Hi I posted this morning being anxious about not hearing from hospital following my scan . Well this has moved on quickly. At lunch time I was phoned by my named nurse who told me that my MDT meeting was held yesterday and as a result bowel malignant...
3rd Chemo session today. Pinched nose for 10 mins. Stopped but feels as if a sneeze will set it off again. Is it OK to wait for morning to phone for advice from Chemo helpline?
Hi I got results of my FIT TEST and it is positive at 14ug. Im shocked because i was having bleeding last year in november and the FIT test then was negative. I had a colon ct scan and sigmodiscopy and the results were fine except for very small piles...
Hi all, I was diagnosed with bowel cancer in Feb 2024. It was removed in April 2024 and I have 6 months of chemo to follow. I had my first annual CT scan and they found 'something'. It went back to MDT yesterday and they aren't sure if it's cancer...
Hi, My mum has bowel METS in liver and pancreas after being clear for a year - she had several rounds of treatment but 3 month scan revealed that although it hadn’t spread anywhere else it hadn’t shrunk either. They are now changing treatment and said...
I had a laproscopic right helicolectomy on 6/5 and came home 12/5 Initially had constipation, which resolved itself with two 'hard' visits to the loo on the day I came home. Since then, stools have become looser and looser and the last couple have...
I posted a few weeks back regarding my sister having a colonoscopy and them finding a tumour in her bowel. They never said it was definitely cancer but implied it looked suspicious. This was 3 weeks ago. She found out whilst at work that it was malignant...
Morning all, I’ve had 1 chemo treatment out of 4 needed but have found that my face is incredibly dry/red and sore. My skin routine consists of using a simple face wipe followed by simple moisturiser! Has anyone experienced this and can recommend what...
So, I’m lying in my bed in hospital having had a right hemicolectomy on Tuesday last week. Im told it was successful in so far as they removed all the tumour and affected lymph nodes, so the pain was worth it. I was hooked up to an epidural until Friday...
