Anxiety

Hi  and a warm welcome to the board from me. These first few weeks waiting for tests results and meetings are very stressful but once you have a plan in place then things will honestly feel a bit better.

Please stay away from google - it is out of date and downright scary in places - you can ask anything you like on here or click on people’s names and have a look at their profile page.

Bowel cancer is notoriously slow growing but very treatable. Please let us know how the meeting goes and we’ll be happy to help and support you through this

Take care

Karen x

Thank you for that .it’s reassuring to know it’s when you get stomach pains and other aches .Your thoughts go hay wire

Yes  every little twinge sends your mind into overdrive but a lot of them are probably being caused by the worry and anxiety 

Does anybody get pain in left side and nausea and weakness

I’m Just come back seeing my consultant .Who says my rectal cancer has not spread t stage 2 .Starting long course radiography and chemo next hopefully to get rid of the thing

Hi . No spread is great news. Chemoradiotherapy can be very successful at shrinking tumours - mine shrank from 4cm to 1cm - hope you’re feeling a bit less anxious now you have a plan in place x

I didn’t mean to flag so sorry

No problem  I do it all the time .

Also meant to say our helpline staff are available to chat through any aspect on 0808 808 0000. They deal with the anxiety of tests too !

Take care ,

Court