Had a phone call today from consultant to say my bowel cancer is back. Apparently when they were checking a follow up ct scan for surgery I had last year on kidney stone it showed lesions and nodules on both my lungs. An enlarge lymph node outside my...
I was diagnosed with bowel cancer two months ago. A bit of a shock and I’m unsure if I have come to terms with it yet. Also feeling for my lovely wife who as a carer has to bear the burden. Surgery and a long and difficult hospitalisation (still giving...
Hello, My husband (47 years old) was diagnosed in December 2020 with colon cancer Stage IV- metastasized to liver, lungs, and some lymph nodes. I HAVE to believe there is hope that he can beat this. Otherwise, I have a hard time getting out of bed each...
Hi all, I’ve been floating around a few days. I had a colonoscopy on 20th July which removed one 10mm polyps from a lovely clean looking area of my transverse but they also found a large mass which they have said is malignant tumour and took 8 biopsies...
My name is Nicky and I am new here. 3 weeks ago I discovered my mum has an aggressive form of breast cancer and last Saturday I discovered my darling partner has bowl cancer. I live outside Oxford and my mum lives in Mid Wales. I don’t know how I am...
Hi, I have joined the on line macmillan community today, not sure how it all works. I was diagnosed on Thursday with bowel cancer so am about to start my journey
I was diagnosed with leiomyosarcoma in my uterus in July last year. Apparently only 5 in a million people are diagnosed with this. It is aggressive and incurable. Chemo and radiotherapy is only used palliatively. I have 3 monthly scans and sarcoma consultations...
Hi everyone. Back in May I had a colonoscopy which found a tumour in my sigmoid colon. Unfortunately, the doctor performing the colonoscopy knew straight away it was malignant and 6 weeks later I had keyhole surgery to remove a third of my bowel; the...
Hi my mum did a colonoscopy day before yesterday and the doctor confirmed it’s cancer without biopsy. Biopsy result gonna be in two days. Also we need to await for ct scan to confirm the stage. The colonoscopy says there was a malignant looking mass...
I have tried to describe just where I'm currently at on my pathway, in my profile, but as a quick summary: Currently I am recovering from surgery for a right hemi-colectomy. Within the next two weeks I am scheduled to start a six-month course of chemotherapy...
