Hi I am new to this forum and for months been thinking of joining. Last May 2023 I was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer after months going back and to the the doctors. I didn't have much time to think about it as my GP got me an appointment at the hospital...
I’ve got my surgery in a weeks time so would welcome advice as to what to take with me when I’m in hospital. To say I’m scared would be an understatement but I’m trying to stay positive and focused on being organised. Thanks everyone
I was diagnosed with rectal cancer last Spring and had Papillon treatment at the Clatterbridge Cancer Hospital in Liverpool with Prof Sunny Myint followed by 5 weeks of chemoradiotherapy at my local hospital. We moved to another health authority a couple...
I have been signed off after 4 years, after having colonoscopy, but daily continue to have, I can’t say that it is runny, but more like rabbit poo escaping, which i don’t seem to have any control over, sorry for the primitive way to describe it, but wondered...
Hello to you all. Saturday afternoon and I am in sheer panic, and wondered if any of you have experienced my symptoms? Yesterday morning, I had an urgency to go to the toilet and passed very soft, black mucose stools.This happened another few times...
Hi everyone! So my surgeon gave me the choice between TEMs procedure (transanal) or LAR. There are pros and cons to both. The TEMs preserves quality of life as no stoma or bowel issues, and has lower recovery time, however they can’t test the lymph...
Has anyone else noticed the news article on cancer vaccine clinical trials on the NHS . The patient having the trial appeared to be a colorectal patient . Additionally the company appeared to developing an early detection of colorectal cancer by using...
Hi folks My first post here - thank you to Macmillan for such a great resource and to everyone who contributes so wonderfully. I was diagnosed three weeks ago - locally advanced rectal tumour, Stage Three, T4, N2. I begin chemo in two weeks, followed...
Hi everyone, Been a little while since I have been on. Looking for some advice on folfox, my mum tried capox a few weeks ago, she ended up with a bad bout of oral thrush and then sickness. She was advised to stop. She will be fitted with a picc...
I’m 44/F and was diagnosed a year ago with bowel cancer that had already spread to the liver. My primary tumour was removed surgically and I’ve had chemotherapy and a procedure called SIRT to address the liver tumours. I have been able to cope with this...
