I am a 76 year old bloke who has stage 3 cancer. I have been through radio/chemo thereapy with a significant reduction in tumor size but have now been referred for exenterative surgery as there are complications. The surgreon frightened the life out of...
Hi I'm new to the group. I had all.my colon removed in May 2o21 as an emergency obstruction. I had no symptoms and now have a permanent ileostomy which has taken some getting used to. Just wanted to say hi. I'm currentky on chemotherapy.
Where do I start, this is my first time on this forum... My mum felt sick over the last two weeks, after all the tests /scans been told she has aggressive bowel cancer.. She seems very calm, I'm totally freaking out and panicking inside, but cannot...
Hi everyone Like a start with just a brief history. I am a 67 year old male who was suffering from ulcerative colitis first diagnosed when I was 33 years of age . My colitis has been well controlled for approximately the last 16 years by using regular...
HELLO TO ALL SHARING BOWEL CANCER & THE REPERCUSSIONS OF IT. My username name is A.G. (Miss). I am a mother of three under the age of seventeen. An endoscopy examination in September 2021, revealed a tumour in my bowel. By Christmas 2021, an MRI...
Hi everyone. Thank you for letting me join this group. I was diagnosed with bowel cancer last January and had my operation last February. Five months of chemotherapy and now just trying to get on with life and stay positive. Various blood tests, scans...
Had emergency op for bowel obstruction. It was cancer. Start chemotherapy in 3 weeks. It hasn’t spread so feeling lucky. Am very nervous about the treatment.
Hello , I was diagnosed with rectal cancer in October last year. T3/4 with 4 nodes but localised and not spread. I am having treatment called the rapido trial ( not a trial anymore) has anyone had this treatment. I have already had my intense course of...
Hi, 42, married, father of 2 young boys. Diagnosed last June. Rectal tumour, bowel obstruction, emergency Hartmans op, primary tumour removed, Colonostomy. Lung metastases remaining and receiving palliative chemo. It's been a crazy year and it just...
Hi, following an NHS Bowel Screening test in September 2021 I was diagnosed with bowel cancer. I had a colonoscopy and was told I had a sigmoid tumour about 3cm big. I was later sent for CT scans to see if the cancer was anywhere else. Fortunately not...
