Hi everyone. I was diagnosed with stage 3 rectal cancer in July and had an operation to remove this and have an ileostomy bag put on me in August. During the operation the surgeon seen the cancer had spread to my lymph nodes and took what he could see...
Hello everyone, I'm 54 & I've recently been diagnosed with a tumour in my ascending colon. I've had my 2nd dose of chemo (Folfox) as the tumour is abutting my peritoneum so they need to try & shrink it before a right hemi colectomy. I've never been...
Hello All, I have had a positive fecal test and waiting for another colonoscopy test I have had 3 over a 10 year period due to bleeding but this is the first time It has come back positive but last year I had a colonoscopy and they was unable to get...
Hello all. I'm new on here. Hope I'm doing this right I'm not very good online.
Hi am new here and haven't got a clue what I'm doing or what to expect I have had a ct scan and a biopsy which has left me in an awful lot of pain am waiting for appointments for mri and the camera .All bloods and fit test came back positive for bowel...
Hey all, Recently been diagnosed with Stage 4 bowel cancer that has spread to the liver. It was missed by my GP 2 years back when i first went to them about blood in stool and sadly has now spread. The last 5-6 weeks since going for a colonoscopy to...
Hi, i In December 2021 I had a radical prostatectomy to remove my prostate as I was diagnosed with grade 4 cancer. I now have suspected bowel/colon/rectum cancer. My wife lost her mother on 3rd July and the thought I may.have cancer again is devasting...
Hi all, My diagnosis journey came about after being sent a 60th birthday present from the NHS. A FIT test which was returned needing further investigation. The wheels went into motion and I had a colonoscopy which discovered a large sigmoid tumour...
Hi. I’m new here. My husband has stage4 colorectal cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy at the moment. He was first diagnosed 5 years ago and had a bowel resection with a permanent stoma. We were coming up to 5 years cancer free but secondary’s were...
Hi everyone, I am new to this forum. I was diagnosed in May 2022 and have had an operation to remove part of my bowel. I’m now having chemotherapy. I started with Folfox but have struggled with it so now moving to weekly 5fu bolus, plus fluorocil...
