Hello everyone, I’m a 37 year old male and this is my first post on the Macmillan Online Community. I want to share with you all my near 10 year journey from cancer diagnosis, through surgery, to remission, in the hopes that some of what I say below will...
I have had a diagnosis of a lesion in my Colon. The biopsy is non malignant but active. The CT scan suggests that it has not spread. I have been scheduled for a Colonectamy. I have currently no symptoms I am 80. I understand I will take around...
Feeling absolutely overwhelmed I’ve had a CT and MRI and have tumour 8cm from my anus measuring 2.5cm however has spread to 2 lymph nodes and awaiting a PET scan as concerned about a node in my pelvis. It just seems one thing after another. I’ve been...
My husband has been on a palliative pathway for almost 3 years. After his initial op in 2001 (stage 3) he was given Folfox mop up, and than the bombshell on a 6 month scan that cancer has spread to the retroperitoneal, lungs and neck and was deemed...
Hi I had a rectal tumour removed April 24 then had my stoma reversed in November 24. I have LARS which was settling down a bit but recently I have had 2 painful bowel blockages which have resulted from adhesions. Can anyone give me any advice how to prevent...
Hi , I am very lucky in most respects , as you i’ve still got my 86 year old Mum . What I’m finding hard is watching her in so much pain and not knowing how best to help . Mum was diagnosed with stage 4 rectal cancer 3 months ago she now has a stoma...
Hi lovely people I am new to the group. Recently diagnosed with cancer which means a stoma fitted, chemo and operation. Date for Stoma 19th May. Really confused and not sure how this will all work out. Anyone in a similar position. Have...
My mum is 81, 82 this coming July. She first showed worrying symptoms last July - weight loss, breathlessness, exhaustion, very pale, and this worsened in January. My husband and I have been trying to get her to come and live with us for months, but she...
Hi newbie here, Sorry, it’s a long one to explain the journey. So, we’ve been on this rollercoaster ride with my lovely dad since January 2024. It all started with Dad sending off his stool sample for one of the bi-annual health checks he does which...
Hi, After thinking I had IBS for a few months, which goes hand-in-hand with Fibromyalgia, a condition I've had for the past 17 years, I casually mentioned to my GP - at an appointment for something not at all connected - about my symptoms and asked...
