Hi everyone, I was diagnosed last October at a colonoscopy after a routine screening test that came through the door on or around my 56th birthday! Thank god for screening tests. They gave me the bad news at the colonoscopy and it could not have been...
My sister is 42 and around 5 weeks ago started noticing a significant amount of blood in her stools accompanied by pain in her abdomen. she had her colonoscopy last week and they have found a large tumour approximately 12cm into her small intestine. To...
Hi, I’m 73, male, and moved from Brighton to Valencia in Spain 9 years ago, luckily before Btexit, so have access to the Spanish public health system. A year ago I came back from a large funeral in Brighton with what was probably Noravirus, 6 weeks...
Hi I am new to this forum. I collapsed in early October 2023 with a blockage in the bowel which was found to be cancer. Ironically it was the day I received the letter stating my bowel cancer test was negative. Had emergency surgery including a colostomy...
Hi everyone. I was diagnosed on the 7th April with a 50mm rectal tumour 6mm from anus after a colonoscopy. They took 8 biopsies. I have today have a CT and MRI and now have to wait for the results and meeting with team to see where we go from here. So...
Hi all, I’ve recently been diagnosed with colon cancer. Not having treatment just yet as still waiting to see oncologist, they have requested another biopsy to determine what medication to give me. A little bit of history. Diagnosed with breast cancer...
My Dad has been diagnosed with bowel cancer. He is very elderly so the treatment is going to be about keeping him comfortable. They have diagnosed from a CT scan and blood tests and as he is asymptomatic at the moment have decided not to do a colonoscopy...
Hi all On Wednesday I had an endoscopy after finding lots of blood in stool. They took my & my daughter into a separate room and told me I had a 5cm tumor in the lower rectum that looked ‘very sinister’ after that I received a phone call the very...
Hello there Just been diagnosed with bowel cancer, T3N2. Hoping to find support and give some in return once my treatment has started. Tumour coming out in 3 weeks then chemo after, so its very early days. Sending lots of love to all going through this...
Hi, Anyone had experience with cetuximab and irinotecan? This is my option for treatment every 2 weeks. Thanks
