Hi Guys , I am new here but struggling to cope with my current health situation I have been suffering a bit from red blood in my stool this isn’t constant but will appear now and then and being 41 i thought i better get it checked out (i have...
Hi all, not sure if this is the right place to post but feel I need to talk to some people that maybe going through the same as me. I am a massive health anxiety sufferer and turned 40 earlier this year. I convinced myself this would be my year booked...
Hello. Just after some advice and wanting to know if others have the same issues. Bit of background: I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Bowel cancer in July 2023. Successful surgery at the end of August and the then 6 cycles of chemo starting in November and...
My husband has just been diagnosed with rectal cancer. He’s only 40 and we have a 4 year old girl and a 7 year old boy. We’re only at the very early stages of this journey still waiting on CT and MRI for staging and treatment plan. I was hoping to find...
I had surgery for colorectal/anal cancer on the 11th April. A week before surgery I filled up plant pots for the tomatoes that I sowed in March. I potted them on to their final position, placed them in the greenhouse. So glad I did it early because there...
Dear all, My partner has been diagnosed with bowel cancer, he has had a colonoscopy and a CT scan. We have an appointment with the consultant on Monday. He only had the CT scan on Thursday and during the during the phone call today the nurse was quite...
Hey! I just wanted to write something on here as I’ve been through hell and back of not knowing, which had hit me on an all-time low. I was looking at some comments on here for relevant/ similar situations to try and find some comfort for myself, which...
I had TAMIS early this year. An eleven centimetre tubulo villous adenoma was removed and sent of to a lab. I was called to see the consultant and it turned out to be an adenoma carcinoma. I was hoping that was an end to it but it wasn’t to be. Three weeks...
Diagnosed on Saturday with rectum cancer by post … it looks like neo adjuvant treatment is going to be my first stage of treatment… then surgery. I am lead to believe this is to shrink the tumor. Was just wondering if anyone out there had adjuvant treatment...
hello I had emergency surgery 6 weeks ago for what the doctors thought was my appendix but turns out it was not my appendix . During the operation they found lots of free fluid and on my discharge paperwork says the right colon and proximal tranverse...
