I've had 5 sessions of chemo and still lots to go as I have to have chemo every 2 weeks for the rest of my life. I've had chemo before but didn't lose my hair. They warned me this time that I would and I thought I was prepared for it but now that it...
Hi there I’m new to the group, I had my surgery a week ago and I’m now home, I still feel exhausted and in pain especially my back! I realise this is all new. But I don’t think I will ever get used to the stoma, I feel sick each time I have to change...
Hi, I'm new to this section! I was diagnosed with breast cancer in march, i had the tumour removed but need to have a mastectomy after my chemo due to the pre cancer cells they found. I'm nearly half way through my chemo. I had a colonoscopy yesterday...
So… I was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer in Jan 2021 and wanted to say hello to the group. I had surgery to clear the main cancer and have been on a rolling 3 month scan and see since then. I have actually been well since then but started to go...
Hi, I am a 44 year old female. I had been suffering with abdominal pain, diarrhoea, constipation, nausea & more recently vomiting for the last 5 months. Didn’t get very far with the GP, as they said I had stomach flu, gastritis or ibs every time I contacted...
Pinched from the BCUK site but thought it might be helpful? community.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/.../23375-how-to-manage-peripheral-neuropathy-recording-now-available-to-watch
Hi I'm new to this group but feel it may benefit me enormously if someone has experienced what I'm currently going through. Back in 2016 I had an operation called laparoscopic high anterior resection to remove part of my colon due to cancer. This...
Hello, I had an ileorectal anastomosis five weeks ago. I know it’s early days is there anyone who’s had this surgery and has any advice for a good recovery? thank you.
Hi new to this group. thought I would pop on and see if I can make some sort of sense out of my chemo journey xxx
so much has happened since. my cancer returned from colorectal cancer, have a permanent bag now. which by the way is ok and normal to deal with now. after routine scans, it’s showed up in my liver, had an operation to “fold” thr liver to cut off blood...
