Hi there, 5 months since surgery for removal of rectal surgery.Had chemoradiation before but did not require any treatment after.Have an Ileostomy,temporary hopefully.I also had a hysterectomy at same time.Presently have a painful coccyx and the feeling...
Here we go again - My 6mthly CT Scan is due on Saturday - following Bowel Cancer in May 2019, then Mets. to Lung in March 2020. These six months come around so quickly....& the Scanxiety for the following couple of weeks is awful - (& after 3 years, doesn...
So not the best of news..there is a small spot on Tony's liver which they are sure is cancer...now for an MRI and PET scan to see the extent of it and if it can be treated by the Liver Surgeons at Barts..its a blow for Tony and my heart is breaking for...
My dad has recently diagnosed with bowel cancer. They said he has a tumour that is cancerous and it’s outside of his bowel but that it hasn’t spread. He will revive a letter in next 1-2 weeks for a date to see a specialist and they will decide on treatment...
Hi everyone, I'm not sure what I'm after really other than some support and a bit of a rant I guess. My beloved 38 year old husband was diagnosed with stage 4, mets in liver and numerous small ones in lungs, a few weeks ago. Incurable, he's started chemo...
I just had my bowel cancer screening invite, and it said “you may wish to call if you have a stoma”. So I called the number and when I said I had a colostomy, the lady asked me if I was sure. I was tempted to say that I was only pretending to have one...
So last week we went to see the oncologist for Tony's first post chemo scan results only to be told they hadn't been discussed..fast forward to today and we get a phone call to come in and see the oncologist on Friday face to face..to say our anxiety...
This is my 2 sisters and myself at my son's recent wedding, the one in the middle had come over from Barcelona, I'm the one on the right, it was a wonderful day, they got me through a very emotional day, my diagnosis was confirmed 2 days before.
So my partner is on no’5 out of 6 lots of chemo, scan booked for 27th June and oncologist 11th July. We’re praying for good news, he’s got stage 4 with mets to lymph and peritoneal. We’d love a miracle but we aren’t that naive to believe it will have...
Going through radiotherapy for rectal cancer .Has anybody felt a lump around anus ps and chemo tablets
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