Hi everyone, Just dared myself to talk about my situation. After 18 months of treatment and operations I am now with 2 Stomas, 1 hernia and a picc line. I've had 23 cycles of chemo but as yet little success of ruced tumour that is in a dangerous position...
Hi, my husband has just been diagnosed with bowel cancer. He's to have chemo and then an operation to have chunk of bowel taken out, he will nerd a stoma . He's had all his scans.. Due to see chemo nurse shortly. He's not told anyone other than me and...
I have just joined. My husband was diagnosed in July. He had a stoma fitted which he finds difficult to cope with. He has just finished his chemo and next week has a 9 -12 hour operation. We are scared and the thought of just leaving him to go through...
I have lymphoma but the one small tumour on my colon has caused havoc! Now starting my chemotherapy treatment today. just nervous about getting diorrhea again
Hi all, I completed 4 rounds of Capox being mop up Chemo. I decided to stop after the 4th instead of 8 as I was given the choice. I received a letter saying the oncologist wants to meet me in two weeks. Would anyone know what this meeting is for? ...
Hi everyone I’ve just joined as I don’t really know where to go or who to talk to. my husband was taken into hospital 3 weeks ago with stomach pain and within 48 hours was told he had a tumour on his bowel and that it had perforated his appendix and...
Hi, I have just found out my Dad has bowel cancer as yet we do not know what degree. The multi disciplinary team meeting is today and he will have a follow up meeting although I am not sure when. I am just so anxious about it all can’t eat can’t sleep...
Hi. I'm new here. I was diagnosed with bowel cancer a few weeks ago and was given to think there would be a small operation and that would be that. Of course this could be what I wanted to hear. Yesterday I was told that I have 2 tumours, stage 2-3, and...
Hello to everyone, big love and hugs to everyone who is and has gone through bowel cancer. I was diagnosed a couple of years ago when my appendix went, histology came back with two different cancers in my appendix and had spread to my lymph nodes. Was...
Hello all. I had prostate cancer 8 years ago (had radical prostatectomy) and have recently been diagnosed with bowel cancer. I've had a colonoscopy, MRI scan and CT scan and am awaiting results and details of my treatment. I'm pleased to have found this...
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