Hi all has anybody had the 4th injection yet ? I have been told I can have it and have an appointment to get it tomorrow ! I'm having second thoughts.
After a hell of 6 days at hospital today I’m going home without my little bastard (my stoma). now recovery and hopefully in 6 weeks time I’ll be enjoying a salad without rushing to the toilet. Thanks and good luck to all of you, it’s hard but it’s...
Hi Gang, I was diagnosed on Tuesday and spent the rest of the week having tests to confirm it hasn't spread, woo hoo! I'm being told the likelihood is I'll need surgery plus chemo. I haven't yet told my work (I work for a large food manufacturer...
Hi folks, I’m brand new on here and am hoping that you may be able to answer some questions I have. My Mum was diagnosed with colon cancer on Tuesday. She is 91 and should be going home tomorrow with a full support package from the end of life team. We...
Hi fellow travelers, Been a while since I’ve posted anything, I do fondly remember how needed and truly helpful this site was right after diagnosis and subsequent treatments. Nothing in my mind is more helpful than someone who’s been there- as opposed...
Having a bit of a stress day. Just received a copy of letter that has gone to GP which refers to me as having an invasive adenocarcinoma - it’s the term invasive that has me worried - is it usual for larger tumours (told mine is 3cm) to be classed as...
Hi all I posted several weeks ago with many a question, then again to let you all know the op went well & just want to update you all with the results… Ok so it’s fantastic news… after being told I had a 5cm tumour & 2 lymph nodes affected. Small...
Hi My husband has been having various scary bowel symptoms like heavy bleeding, very loose stools, abdominal pain, tiredness for quite some time (burying his head in the sand) with some weight loss recently. He had a sigmoidoscopy about 4 months ago...
Still getting symptoms with bowels , but since November I have started getting stomach pains and burping and bloatness now doctors tried with medication nothing as worked so been referred for a endoscopy I have been on and of with symptoms since May i...
Frightened ....having had colon cancer spread to the liver twice, and liver re section, and radio frequency ablation, over 10 years ago, recent occurrences have lead me to wonder if it has now come back ? I went to see the doctor, as usually I had a colonoscopy...
