Hi my mam was diagnosed with bowel cancer with a large tumour in her large bowel and a small growth in her small bowel at the beginning of December - she ended up in hospital after falling and they found the cancer as her system was all blocked up because...
I was diagnosed with bowel cancer last year. A large tumour I called Albert . He was removed along with lymph glands but my chemo was cancelled as I had a stroke , after my recent blood test I had a scan and they found growths in my abdomen and 1 in my...
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Hello everyone I am new here and was wondering if anyone could give me advice on how to get bowel control back after a reversal operation My bowel just seems to do what it likes I try to find things t eat which doesn't cause me any problems and just as...
Hi everybody I’m struggling today I have had on and off bleeding for years which I put down to piles. In June I had a DVT which made the bleeding much worse. I finally went to the Drs in December and she found a rectal mass. The gp said the dvt was...
Hello, i am new on this forum. I am a family man aged 60, lawyer by profession. I was diagnosed with rectal cancer in 2019 was given radiotherapy and chemotherapy with 90% response. I refused surgery due to complications. Reoccurrence in 2020. scan recently...
Hello. Hoping to find answers and support on here. My mum was diagnosed with bowel cancer last month and 2 days before Xmas we saw the consultant about her options. Because of her age and other health issues an operation is a highly risky one. Therefore...
Hi I have been wondering what I/we might say to our 7 year ol d son about his dad having cancer and his treatment. I have read some of the information out there but in my head and maybe its because of my o wn issues and negative images and associations...
I’m on palliative care for Bowel cancer as spread to liver and lung, done 3 mths chemo, good scan and potentially bought me few more months and I’m going to continue next 3 mths then see if try a different chemo or take quality time, please don’t think...
Currently waiting for results to all come back, the waiting is horrible
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