Was such a shock to wake up with ileostomy and finding it so difficult to adapt to this alien sticking out of my belly! Biopsy results still not in so cant plan or think past the end of the week. How have others coped please?
Hi Everyone, Has anyone else experienced chest pains when on CAPOX? I’m only on day 4 and for the last two mornings I have been woken up with chest pains. It was so severe at half five this morning that I thought I was having a heart attack, a really...
My husband has been having really bad stomach cramps, diarrhoea and some blood in poop. Dr did a barrage of tests. Fit test came back ok but Calprotectin was 380. He has since had a colonoscopy where 3 small polyps were removed and the dr also did 6 biopsies...
Hi there. Greetings from a newbie. I’ve had one cycle of capecitabine and at the end of it I started getting uncomfortable soles of my feet. While that’s eased off in my week off, I’m about to start my second cycle and am guessing it’ll get worse. I like...
Has anyone else got Pompholyx (a type of eczema) from chemo? I had Palmar Plantar on hands and feet during chemo, which continued but lessened after chemo. It seems to have since triggered very itchy and painful episodes of Pompholyx. I'd never had...
Hi all I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer last August and have undergone chemo radiotherapy. I was tested following the treatment and I was told I was in a percentage of people who have a total response. Following biopsies were clear too. I now...
Hi everyone, As always I hope everyone is as well as can be. i just wanted to ask how quickly anyone who has had CAPOX started either the side effects of the Oxaliplatin? The neuropathy started during my treatment, blimey it was intense too. Not...
At the end of November my husband was diagnosed with colon cancer. As you can imagine we were devastated to hear this news. Following a scan it showed up that the cancer had spread to three spots on abdomen wall. His original operation was cancelled and...
Hi everyone, I am starting my chemo tablets today Capecitabane am and pm. Is anyone having the same treatment as me?
Hi. I’m new here. You people are so brave, sharing your stories. I’m a teacher at a British International School on Koh Samui in Thailand. I hadn’t felt well for a couple of weeks and went to dr for some blood tests, thinking it was dengue fever or...
