Hi I just wondered if anyone can recommend a travel insurance company who provide cover for stage 4 cancer and still undergoing treatment? Thanks Mandy
Hi, Been two months since having an aggressive tumour from my rectum and now have a stoma that Im getting on with just fine. I was given a choice by the doctor to leave things and monitor it or have more chemo? The problem is I was poorly with the...
My R.T. @ chemo ended last Wednesday and ever since I’ve been passing a lot of blood and mucus. Is this normal and how long does it go on for? Anyone had this?
Hello everyone, thank you for letting me join. I recently had a blood test and my doctor was concerned that I am borderline anaemic so she ordered a stool test for me. I only posted it on Tuesday and my doctor phoned this morning to tell me it tested...
Hi Everyone! As some you may know I have been on here talking about my husband's bowel cancer operation and how he got a letter to go for another CT scan last Tuesday (7th June). Well we got a phone call today that his surgeon wants to see him this...
I learnt on the 27th May following a Colonoscopy that I had bowel cancer. Such a shock as I am very fit, regularly go swimming, gym, walking not overweight and on no medication and had no symptoms apart from a stich like pain in my side. Evidently it...
This is so true!! Also for blood tests!!
Hi Just seeing if anyone has had to miss a chemo for a week due to being unwell. Gary got took to hospital on Sunday they’ve treated him for an infection, all his bloods are ‘normal’ for him inc white cells. Sent home same day with antibiotics for 5...
Hi, I have been put on a 2 week cancer exclusion pathway to have a Colonoscopy-due to microscopic blood found in my stool samples. I previously was diagnosed with Ulcerative Protitus in January 2009 and this was active on and off for a few years...
I have a new loop ilesostomy and am coming to terms with my stoma bag. My stoma is 28mm round, but there is a 9mm “extra bit” of stoma at the bottom which I believe is the distal stoma. Is it ok to cut the stoma bag opening to a 28mm circle and cover...
