Hello all, My father had APR surgery July 25th to treat his stage III anal cancer. He was in the hospital for more than a week post-op and has had a very long and slow recovery. He has had 3 infections in the perrennial area, has been taking pain-killers...
Hi My mum has stage 4 bowel cancer and we have gone through all the different options of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and now we only have Longsurf tablet (Chemotherapy) and Avastin as the last resort. The Avastin (bevacizumab) is not available on the...
Hi everyone! I had a right hemicolectomy in October last year and now I'm in the middle of 12 cycles of FOLFOX. It's hard going, symptoms get a bit more intensive and take longer to recover from each time. I would like to ask two questions please...
My mother told me she had rectal cancer on the 29th of march since then it’s spread and it’s now at stage 4. They’ve done a stoma on her and she has now done her first round of chemo she’s being positive I however am not I’m doing my best to be strong...
Hi has anyone any cool suggestions for a chemo friendly mouthwash that does not stain the teeth? I use salt water which is good, but often have to resort to Corsodyl non-alcohol wash as well. Trouble is it stains the teeth!
Hi, I’m reaching out to see if others on here have had similar experiences to my husband and can share some insights for me. My husband had surgery for rectal cancer 4 weeks ago. Surgery went well and he was home a week later, but quickly started showing...
Hi All, So this is my first time posting after reading so many posts and wanting to reach out, so here's some background. I have felt a "niggling" in the upper Left side of my stomach - stupidly I have ignored it for A LONG TIME too scared to face the...
Welcome to May ! We certainly have warmer weather for a change that helps a little with some chemo treatments, especially Oxi infusions. Long may it continue . Lots of work getting done in the garden under supervision of course ! Mum still likes...
My hus band medacation now includes morphine for pain relief now also given Haloperidol 1.5 mg I think to help him sleep . He seems to be a lot less aggressive and stoped hallucinating . Although he doesn’t wake me up I find him downstairs each morning...
Hi everyone, I'm really lost about the whole Google issue, ur input would hopefully explain it. I, frankly, Google a lot...I know it doesn't ALL apply to me, it dues however, give me great info and questions to ask the Dr's. I don't really get why...
