Hi all, I have not been on the forum for a while now and it was 1 year on the 11th April 2023 from the operation for my bowel cancer. I am still not feeling as strong as I was before I went into surgery and presently feeling tired all the time and have...
Thought I’d pop a few links in one place about Low Residue Diet/ Low Fibre Diet/ Beige Diet https://elht.nhs.uk/application/files/3315/8556/0327/DIET-002-LowFibrelowresiduediet-2019.pdf https://www.uhcw.nhs.uk/download/clientfiles/files/Patient%20Information...
Hi all I am a 46-year-old, who has just had bowel surgery for the removal of a cancerous sigmoid polyp, never had any symptoms just did the poo test as part of a health check at work! The surgeon reported that he got all the tumour and no lymph node...
Good evening folks. I’m curious to know if anyone has suffered the same side effects as my husband. He had a laparoscopic right hemi-colectomy on the 14th May. He had an epidural in for 2 days and was in hospital for a week. On about day 3 he experienced...
Hi has anyone had a similar experience.... whilst checking my rectal tumour for which I had surgery last October the tracer also lit up my tonsils. Right 6.3 and left 4? Has anyone on here had a similar result? Does this always happen with tonsils? Should...
Hello everyone, my mom has stage 3 rectal cancer. She has completed her 6 weeks of radiation/ chemo tablets combined and stared IV chemo. This chemo wasn’t for her and caused blood clotting. The next step is to have surgery and remove her tumour....
Haven't been on in a while on my chemo break doing well enjoying chemo freedom been away for a couple of days putting everything behind me for a few weeks. They have trained my daughter to do my picc line so that's better gives me more freedom. Keep...
Hi, I've just finished my chemotherapy and I have to see my oncologist in 6weeks and have a blood test as my B12 and haemoglobin are low. I've recently been told that I may have Lynch syndrome and have to have a blood test to see if I definitely have...
Hi All, After 3 years and many, many doctors, hospital and oncologist visits it has come to that stage of preparing for end of life. My wife has been strong in the face of stage 4 rectal cancer. We have vowed to never let cancer rule our lives but to...
Hi everyone, my husband who is 60 had a colonoscopy on Thursday and was told he has a 5cm lesion. He is now waiting for MRI and CT next week to see what stage it is. To say we're both in shock is an understatement. Apart from rectal bleeding which only...
