Hi Folks - well like everyone on here we were completely rocked to hear my hubbies recent diagnosis of a colon tumour - we are trying really hard not to Google stuff and I know he will be really scared as he hasn’t been in hospital since he was 13 and...
Hi! My father has recently completed 6 months of chemo for a stage IV bowel cancer diagnosis whereby a tumour/part of his large intestine has been removed. The majority of the lymph nodes removed had cancer present in them. Should he be having a scan...
Got headache nausea just feel unwell started Thursday not covid post radiotherapy ten weeks past is it a bug or something else
Hi all, firstly thank you all so much for all the support and info that you've been giving me, it's appreciated so much, everyone has been do good. My sis came to visit yesterday and I showed her the latest letter from my local consultant, I had focused...
Hi everyone not been on here a while ,been trying to carry on with bowels problems, I don't know what to for several months I have had loose bowels amd pain in ,tummy ,had a endoscopy in May time fit test last year amd stool tests all normal ,I have changed...
A family member got diagnosed at stage 4 with rectal cancer that has spread to his liver 2 years ago. They have been receiving chemo without a break and it has managed to keep the cancer stable. I think they might be planning an operation but I can’t...
Hi I'm posting for my parents. My father is 84 and has colon cancer. Started chemo to reduce a 15 cm tumour. First cycle went well but he has had severe diarrhea with the second cycle and ended up in hospital for 2 weeks. He's lost a lot of weight...
Hi My husband has recently been diagnosed with bowel cancer which has spread to his liver and they thought stomach. A PET scan was arrange to check if the stomach had been affected or not the results were not what we expected as the stomach was ok but...
So it appears my worries which I spoke about on my last post proved correct. We had an appointment today to discuss results of colonoscopy. The consultant confirmed small cancer in his bowel but due to his other problems he does not think an op is an...
Hello everybody, I haven’t been on for a while and hope that you all have been coping in this hot hot hot weather. yesterday I saw my oncologist after finishing my last lot of Folfox. When I walked in to see her she had a big smile on her face, albeit...
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