I have honestly lost count on the scanning front but I think she is around mid 50s. As she swings her way into year 14 . 2009 seems so long ago when she completed her first bowel screen and despite being asymptomatic she entered the world of oncology...
Hi everyone I haven't been on here for a bit I'm getting really down ,I had part my bowel removed 3 yrs ago and was lucky I didn't need a stoma but the problem is I never go out because some times I have accidents and sometimes I'm just passing foul smelling...
Hi don’t no if anyone has had this but the other day I felt like I really wanted to poo but obviously not has I have a stoma through having bowel cancer two years ago which they got all the cancer , so I sat on the loo thinking it might be mucus but it...
Hi, i went for a colonoscopy because for about a year i have been having trouble going to the toilet and been having alot of blood everytime i go, the doctor told me there and then that he found a 50mm tumour and he was 95% sure it was cancer, i am currently...
Been told today that my radiotherapy and chemotherapy tablets have not been successful. And they have discovered it’s in my liver so are going to start me on chemotherapy. as you can imagine I’m totally numb and scared
I finished my 5 weeks of radiotherapy with chemo tablets last Wednesday and was very relieved! Since then I have had constant pain in my rectum like there are knives cutting me with every BM. As I a needing to go at least 8:9 times a day there is little...
Woke this morning thinking it was all a bad dream. But then realised it wasn’t. I’m just hoping that they get me in quickly to see the oncologist as I’m frightened of it spreading further does anyone know how long it takes for them to get back to...
Hi All, After nearly 4 years my wife succumbed to the dreaded rectal cancer. I wish I could say she put up a fight. We had good moments and bad. Unfortunately it was diagnosed to late. She was brave throughout it all, never letting the cancer define...
Hi can anybody please help. I attended hospital for my 1st chemo infusion on Wednesday the third August. I am scheduled for approximately 6 months of treatment of 3 weekly cycles consisting of day 1 oxaliplatin infusion, day 1 through to day 14 to take...
Hiya, I had a sigmoid colectomy and anastomosis back in September and since then I've had bad lower left back pain on the side of the operation, it's very odd feeling like burning but moving around that area? Plus constant nerve pain going down my left...
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