Has anyone tried successfully to get travel insurance to travel worldwide with terminal cancer as I am finding it hard to find someone to take me. In the US you have to have travel insurance apparently. Also want to go to the Maldives. Any help would...
Hi Everyone, I am not sure how to broach this topic, but a month before my diagnosis (31st January 2022) I realised that my wind/bloating/farting/flatulence had taken on epic proportions. I thought that it was due to my unfortunately changing over...
Had a chat with nurse from my team, scan results are good yay still stable !! So relieved. Should have been vidio call but the system was down ? Also can stay on treatment as long as I can tolerate it. Which is good news. I hope everyone waiting for results...
I had a really major wobble yesterday, came out of nowhere, I never understood how anxiety is not only mental but can cause very real physical pain as well. I called called the hospital and spoke to a specialist nurse, even though I had my CT scan on...
Hi All, My wife is about to start chemo next week and after a failed port insertion (became infected and had to be removed) she is having to go the PICC line route. This is not a major problem, although she was looking forward to the relative freedom...
Hi everyone … just felt like I needed somewhere to offload. My mum has been diagnosed with a neuroendocrine small bowel tumour with extensive liver mets. They have told her they can remove the primary but can debulk the liver but afterwards treatment...
Routine CT Scan three weeks ago - now waiting for results; which I should get next Monday via phone call from one of my Colorectal team. A week before my scan, had a routine blood test, & within a few days, received a letter telling me it was normal!...
Hi, I had an upsetting experience due to a mistake by my CNS and thought I’d flag to people here on the off chance that the same thing happens to them - maybe prevent some unneeded distress and anxiety. For context I’m T3 N0 M0 (stage 2) high rectal...
Hi, I had my reversal surgery on the 9th of February. since yesterday I’m having a lot of pain (it feels like I have a nice stabbed to my anus and someone were twisting it) after going to toilet. The pain is awful. any advise how to stop it...
Wow things are moving really fast spoke to the cancer nurse this morning I have my fist scan this Saturday at 9.30. feels very reel now felt sick my head is spinning as I know most have been through it
