Hi there. It's been just over a year since I was diagnosed with bowel and liver cancer. It is stage 4 and inoperable and incurable. I had chemo and scans showed the liver had cleared significantly but latest scan shows it is back and worse. My oncologist...
Hi all I have been off work for nearly a year whilst having treatment (bowel resection and chemotherapy) for stage 3 bowel cancer. My chemo (oxaliplatin and raltitrexed) finished in March and my main side effects have been fatigue and cognitive dysfunction...
Extremely sore forearm after second chemo infusion this morning. Any one experienced the same or similar?
Hi everyone, Our mother is having to have an operation today due to adhesions (scar tissue) from a past surgery which is now causing a bowel obstruction. This will mean that mum will have around a 2 month set back before she can return to chemotherapy...
I had chemo earlier this year after rectal cancer surgery i don't seem to be able to 'stand to attention' in the trouser department since Chemo Has anyone else had such problems and can anyone recomend anything to help the old man stiffen up again tablets...
I have just started 6 cycles of chemo (every 2 weeks for 12 weeks). I am being given Folfox (combination of Oxaliplatin, folinic acid and florouracil). I have a PICC line. The oxaliphatic and folinic acid are administeredin thr hospital, then I am sent...
I'm having a ct scan tomorrow, and have only managed to do 5 rounds of folfox chemotherapy.. As my neutrophils have dropped since round 5. I have stage 4 bowel cancer which has engulfed my liver, and my treatment is palliative. This scan is going to decide...
Hi there all I’m caring for my incredible husband with Stage 4 bowel cancer with liver and lung mets. He was diagnosed with Stage 3c in Jan 2019 but we now know at that time his 7cm tumour, very close to the rectum, has spread its microscopic seeds...
Hello everyone. I have inoperable rectum cancer diagnosed in August 2020. I’m finding life pretty rubbish at present but there is the possibility of having a stoma fitted if I am fit enough for an operation. Could anyone who has had one fitted give me...
Hi my mum was diagnosed with colorectal cancer last month and she had her stoma surgery last Friday. Stoma seems to be working fine but she still has severe pain in her back passage and it’s bleeding. The doctor said only take paracetamol four times...
