hello, I'm new here. found out two days ago that my mum has colon cancer, around the sigmoid, waiting to hear for MRI results to see if its spread before talking about treatments. Her mum died of cervical cancer when my mum was 13 and my mums grandma...
hi my mum found out she had bowel cancer in January she’s had a fitness test because of copd we got told yesterday she’s not fit for surgery so at abit of a loss now , do we just ho home snd wait , I don’t no what to say to help
Hi, I'm a new member on here and just wanted to say hello. I was diagnosed in January 2022 with jejunal adenocarcinoma. I had the operation on the 21st January to remove the tumour and lymph nodes. I had PET scans, CT scans and a gastroscopy prior to...
… but not new to living with someone fighting the tough fight against a particularly aggressive bowel cancer. My husband has been fighting hard for 20 months now. Radiotherapy which destroyed his bladder, so he ended up with two nephrostomies, systemic...
Hi, I’m looking forward to talking to people in similar situations to myself. I was diagnosed with bowel cancer in August 2020. I had surgery the following September and then 3 months chemotherapy. My follow up scan in August 2021 showed up a swollen...
My husband has been diagnosed with bowel cancer, it has spread to his liver. They think it may have spread to his brain to. We noticed that his swelling im assuming due to the steroids, but today we noticed his out side thigh is weeping clear liquid....
New to the group supporting my husband through bowel cancer which has spread to his liver and lungs.
Hi there First time posting here My mum is 7 months post loop ileostomy for rectal cancer . She has got an relatively well with her stoma and has always had some rectal discharge . She had 3 weeks of taking iron tablets because of a deficiency and...
Hi - I've joined the group because my sister has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer and I want to help her as much as possible. She's just completed a course of radiotherapy before surgery and is suffering lots of side effects so I want to find out...
Hi, I am posting on behalf of my partner who will be having 2/3 of his colon removed in 3 weeks time. It feels quite extreme given that the tumour has only spread to one of his lymph nodes. We met the surgeons for the first time today after only being...
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