Hello, I had a left hemicolectomy back in October. 36 lymph nodes were all clear and there was.no metastasis. But the tumour was T4. I decided against chemo as was told it would only slightly reduce the chances of recurrence. Now I have symptoms similar...
Hello , I was diagnosed with a stage 3 tumour in sigmoid colon Jan 16th.I had a bowel resection 29th Jan and I'm now a week into chemo. My husband has been having symptoms fir a long time..much longer than me and he's now waiting for a colonoscopy .I...
My husband has a stage one bowel cancer he is too frail to have an operation or any out her treatment . He is 80 yeahs old and had mid stage dementia. Has anyone faced this and what will his future life be good or short .
Hi All, I have had all my treatment now, firstly with major surgery and then finished off with chemotherapy when I was strong enough to have it. I am now in recovery and have the great news of no- reoccurrence of cancer, it was a tough time from start...
Hi all I have been diagnosed with rectal cancer, approx 5cm, low down in rectum and affecting muscle fibres of anus. Radiological staging T3 N1 M0. My question is regarding a second opinion. NICE guidelines state that for my staging chemo/radiotherapy...
Hi all. I had a left hemicolectomy in 2021.All clear ever since and recovered well by the grace of God. Has anyone with a similar procedure started exercising afterwards. I'm a bit worried that all the shaking may cause the joint come undone or am I just...
My husband found out he had colon cancer 6 weeks ago which had spread to the liver.. we felt optimistic that it would be operable after chemo and there would be a chance of recovery but sadly on Wednesday we were told it was incurable but treatable.....
Hi, im just wondering if anyone here has had any thing similar. I was diagnosed with Breast cancer in February this year. Ive had surgery and awaiting results. Following a pet scan, multiple foci uptake? Has been found on my large bowel.. my breast...
One year on from surgery to remove the cancer from my bowel I'm having my follow up testing. Booked in tomorrow morning for a colonoscopy. I'm trying to stay as positive as possible but can't help but get a negative itch at the back of my mind. I'll...
Hi everyone, I have found this forum amazingly helpful during my mums’s diagnosis. I am writing this (I think!) to see if there has been anyone in a similar position to us. Mum had a bowel obstruction Mid Feb which was operated on- right hemi colonectmy...
