Good afternoon so this morning I attended my local hospital for a colonoscopy thinking everything was going to be fine only to discover that I had to wait for the doctor to come and talk to me which was a sign that I hadn’t expected she then confirmed...
Hi, I’m new to this group. I’m really scared that I’m going to lose my husband. He’s 56 and was diagnosed with a large tumor in the hepatic flexure of his right sided colon 5 weeks ago after minimal symptoms for a few weeks and a negative FIT test in...
Hi I’m new here I’ve had a recent diagnosis of rectal cancer, I am in the waiting stage to have scans to see if it has spread it’s difficult waiting
Hi all another night lying awake worrying about whats to come. I have completed 5 weeks or radiotherapy, unfortunately I couldn’t complete chemotherapy as it caused heart spasms. I am due back for my ct/mri scan results in 10 days.
Hi New to the forums and hoping for some shared insight and support. My dad has been diagnosed with bowel cancer, again. He had it 20 years ago, except for contracting MRSA, surgery and treatment went textbook. He had about 75% of his bowel removed...
Hi everyone, I've never joined a forum or anything, to be honest I don't really know what I'm doing despite being pretty technical. I've been having some concerning symptoms going back a couple of years (abdo pain mainly but also thin stools, blood...
We have recently pulled together a thread like this for people about to start chemo and I noticed radiotherapy is another area that raises a lot of questions ! I find it very useful if no one is around to point new people to it as it has is much more...
Hi everyone, I’m 42 living in Essex and am awaiting sigmoid resection surgery to remove a cancerous stricturing tumour. My story so far is that bowel wall thickening was identified at the end of December through an abdominal CT scan. I’ve since had...
Newly diagnosed (bowel cancer) 44 year old Mum of 11 yr old and 9 yr old. Trying to understand this new ‘cancer me’ and what it means. 7 weeks ago went to drs with constipation and tiredness. Blood tests came back normal / low iron and FIT test I never...
Hi, I had a FIT test last week and it came back with a result of 27 so I have been referred to our local NHS hospital trust I've been really impressed by how quickly I have a CT scan and colonoscopy scheduled (both are next week). Naturally a bit worried...
