Hi! I am not sure why I am writing this but I am consumed with worry and fear, struggling to see positivity in this as am terrified, ( but my husband is absolutely over the moon and excited which I am really happy - don’t get me wrong I am happy too just...
hi all, im 7 months post op now and the stoma etc is just fine. ive had this niggly headache and feeling a bit rough fro a few weeks now. Went to my GP who sent me for a CT scan and came back all clear. Saw my macmillan for other scan results and...
I've had my stoma for just over 3 weeks, I've had output every day, on 2 different days a week apart I had some orange juice, 250mls the 1st time 75mls the 2nd, on both occasions I had awful diarrhoea, on both occasions I took 2 loperamide capsules, sine...
I’m halfway through my three month course of Folfox for Stage 4 bowel cancer. I’ve just been advised that I can’t have my chemo on Monday as scheduled because my neutrophils are too low. I have to wait a week to see if they come back up. Obviously,...
Hi everyone. I'm new here and have already found reading through this group helpful to know I'm not as on my own as I feel. My dad (58) went from seemingly fit as a fiddle to having an emergency bowel op and a stage 4 diagnosis within 2 months. He's been...
Hi I'm on Folfox chemo again, for four cycles, hopefully to facilitate surgery re mets to liver. Just had first cycle (Tues.) not too bad so far - used to it, from last year. Prior to Chemo I changed my normal organic honey to manuka - following friendly...
So my fiance was back at the hospital today for his CT scan results which shows the chemo is definitely working but hes came home ever so disappointed as he asked about when he'd be able to go back to work cause other than his chemo week is feelin ok...
Thank you .... to my friend for giving me subscription tv for my fatigue days; to all of you for understanding my "i need space" times; to my besties who laugh with me at times we could have dispaired; to the patience and...
Has anyone on here had an abdomino-perineal resection of the lower bowel and what have their experiences have been please? It's such a radical procedure....scared.
I have a check up appointment at the hospital in a couple of weeks. Feeling nervous… I finished Adjuvant chemo in June. Had 4 cycles. This will be my first time back at the hospital since then. I take it I will get my bloods checked when I’m there. I...
