Hello,
I am new to this group and have never posted on any online forum before so please forgive me if I make errors!
My husband was diagnosed with stage 3 rectal cancer N2 M0 early November '24 He had a week of radiotherapy at Christmas time and Capox chemo started on 10 January 25 He has had 2 cycles and coped well but his 3rd cycle has been cancelled for 3 consecutive weeks due to low white blood cell count. He was due to have scans for restaging after the 3rd cycle but we are not able to get there!
We are feeling very despondent as unable to make any progress. Bloods will be repeated at the end of this week and if no improvement then we will meet with the oncologist to discuss next steps.
Have any of you experienced this kind of delay? I would appreciate any advice/comments you can give.
Thanks
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