Hello all. I’m new here. My mum passed away in July from being diagnosed the previous November with lung cancer. At the end of feb this year, my dad was diagnosed with bowel cancer. I haven’t really taken it in yet, as it’s such a shock so close after...
My husband has just had subtotal collectomy- no stoma. up until 7th April he was golfing 3x per week. Had been losing weight and retrospectively all the signs were there. We went for a CT scan one Thurs and a week later he was sliced and diced. I wasn...
I have just been diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer asscending colon tumour T3 on the 2 of February 2022 and am starting my chemotherapy on the 3rd of may I am petrified to be honest
Hi, what an amazing helpful site this is! My partner he is 42 (although she doesn’t matter!) has just been diagnosed with stage 4 bowel spread to the peritoneal and lymph nodes. He’s had a stoma fitted and definitely has a better quality of life with...
Has anybody consider liver transplant and why isn't it been spoken about by anyone?
Hi Guys Very new to the forum I had an operation to remove bowel cancer in August, 3 months of chemo and random test in January reveals tumer markers had gone up Scans then reveal some lesion on my liver Now i'm told its inoperable and i just...
Hello all, I have been reading lots on here and other sites and find it amazing how welcoming and supportive these chats are. I wanted to ask, my mother originally had an emergency operation December 2020 full colon removal and it had spread to the...
Can someone explain to me the movement of tumor markers from the beginning of the chemotherapy and the possible change over the chemotherapy period. My markers in January was 300 February 500 April 900 a week after my first chemotherapy Is there...
Hi, I've been browsing the forum for some weeks now and thought it was time I joined. I was diagnosed in November 21 followed by CT Scan & MRI which found no spread, big relief! I had surgery in January which all went well and I made a very quick...
Hello! Today is 10 years since my bowel resection for what turned out to be stage 3 cancer. I would just like to offer encouragement to anyone who finds themselves in the situation I was in. I was 54 years old, fit and well and simply noticed blood...
