A few weeks ago I joined this community, you are a wonderful bunch of folk, I hope and pray for the Best most positive outcomes for you all. I have rheumatoid arthritis now for 38 years, various ops, treatments etc, damage here and there etc ! So...
Hi, I was just wondering if anyone has any experience with a soft food diet due to blockage of the stomach because of cancer progression. My partners mother is sadly on her last few monthsand she can only eat very soft food. We want to make her last...
I had a Right hemicolectomy in October last year, pT3 pN0 cM0 with isolated cancer cells in lymph node, not offered chemo,I only found out about the isolated cells from a copy of a letter to my GP, I am really struggling with not having any treatment...
I had my ct two weeks ago still waiting for results I have an oncologist appointment 22nd June seems a while to wait. Now I have bad toothache any tips welcome I'm on a chemo break at the moment,can't get into a dentist as minecwent private and to be...
Found myself.drawn to this site tonight as feel so alone at the moment. And wanted to share. My mum was diagnosed with bowel cancer last year, and in August 2022 had a left hemcolectony followed by 4 cycles of 3 weekly chemotherapy in november 2022...
Hello, Someone I love dearly, was diagnosed with Bowel cancer last year. They had half their bowel removed, some lymph nodes and was told the R number was high, meaning the cancer had knotted into local tissues and muscles. They then had 3 rounds of...
Help, My mum has been told by her doctor that they believe she has Bowel Cancer. She has had blood pressure issues for a couple of years and has been on mediation. A few weeks ago, she went for a blood pressure check and was told it was dangerously...
Hi all Sorry I’m totally new to the forum, but I really appreciate any advice people can offer. I’m 37(I feel this important but not sure why) and my father was diagnosed with bowel cancer in January. It runs in the family but he hadn’t been tested...
After a right hemicolectomy in 2021, I was due a colonoscopy in January this year. My Macmillan support worker just kept saying there's a backlog when I queried it, even though I was having abdominal pain and other symptoms. These are worse, so I rang...
Not the greatest news today. Recent scans show that the cancer may have spread to my lungs. As an asthmatic this is obviously not ideal. On top of this the damage caused to my heart by chemo is making an operation on my rectal cancer very unlikely....
