I'm Poppsie, recently diagnosed and due surgery in the New Year. Yes I want it out and gone but the fear is making me feel sick, shaky and rotten most days. I do try to distract myself by going for a walk, reading or watching TV but I'm struggling.
Hi everyone. I recently asked for my TNM stage as I wasn’t given it at diagnosis & didn’t really think too much about it. Just wanted to get on with treatment. I was given it last week as ypT3 N0 Mx … Could someone explain a little about this staging...
Hi,Im going to have the first radiotherapy today at Mount Vernon the start of five sessions. Did anyone lose weight when waiting for this? Ive lost approx 8lbs in 3-4 weeks. I assume it would be down to worry anxiety etc etc? My biggest problem is...
Hi everyone hope you are all keeping well. My mum has decided to go for the bowel cancer operation. It's all happening quickly she went back to see her consultant last week, she had a letter yesterday her operation is on the 30th of December her pre op...
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I was diagnosed in January 2020 with stage 3 (tumour and 3 nodes) and had colectomy in February followed by CAPOX post surgery. Scan in June was clear and just had 6 month follow up. Metastatic spread to peritoneum, omental cake and aortic bifurcation...
My husband has just had whole bowel removed, as he had cancerous tumour low down. Cancer hadn,t spread and I was told all was well. Today I got call to say he was being discharged and district nurse would come to give him anti clot jab and change his...
Hi all, Hope you're all well Feeling kinda meh at the moment still waiting on CT scan results for my mom which she had on the 3rd. Hope she heard soon so we can find out what needs doing. Any words of wisdom would be appreciated in the time.
So seems My radiotherapy didn’t really do the job, so I now need to have major radical surgery to remove the tumour, but as it’s so low down they need to remove a lot, petrified of operation and thought of perminent colostomy
Hi some of you might know my reasons for joining the online community. my poor dear brother 42 diagnosed terminal cancer 18 months ago bowel liver and lung. The past 5 weeks he’s suffered with escities. He had a drainage 3 weeks ago and was told it...
