Peco offers negative pressure also known as rac. Apparently it is supposed to help heal a wound by pulling it together. I’ve looked online and it looks like a normal dressing but with a battery operated electrical pulse. it’s about the size of an ipod...
Hi all. I am new to this and need support as to how i navigate this. Yesterday I had a colonoscopy after having rectal bleeding for some months. There was a clear mass low down in the colon. Obviously for now that’s all I know. How do I navigate this...
Hi everyone I'm Beth 35 mummy of 3 small hoomans from West Yorkshire. I'm just wondering if anyone has any or had some of the same signs/symptoms as me, I'm currently awaiting my colonoscopy.. So I've had bleeding/blood in stools on and off for a few...
Hi everyone I went for my colonoscopy consultation this morning and she examined me, she said I cried out at 7oclock twice when she was going round and then she felt some 'irregularities' at my 5'oclock. She also said my haemoglobin levels are good...
Hi, I’m usually on another forum, breast cancer, 6 years down the line and doing well. Just undergone first stage of reconstruction of my breast and recovering when I was called for a routine colonoscopy. I have IBD since my 20s but over the last 20 years...
Hi there I’m new here. After severe abdominal and lower back pain, nausea and loose stools I had a FIT test this Monday which came back positive with a score of 17. I realise this is only slightly elevated, however the blood in my stools has increased...
Hi everyone just joined up. I went to A&E on Good Friday with pain in my right side ribs thinking I had a chest infection or something - after tons of tests, scans and 2 colonoscopies I was told last week I had cancer of the appendix which has spread...
Hi Has anyone here boon put on PECO? District Nurses today suggested hubby go on peco. Any advice would be great ta
Hi, I was diagnosed with bowel cancer in the summer, presenting as an emergency blocking my bowel. I had no noticeable symptoms before that point. Had a right hemicolectomy and thought it was gone except histology showed spread to two lymphnodes so...
Hello everyone, I hope this message finds you well. This is my first time here and I am just looking for some advice. My dad phoned me yesterday to tell me he had cancer. He said the GP had told him they found cancer cells in his stool sample. ...
