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Hi all I'm new here, I have avoided coming onto the forums for a while as everything has just been too overwhelming. 17th October - Found out I have bowel cancer in three areas of my bowel and some on the surface of my liver following a CT Scan. I...
Apparently my blood test is showing slightly elevated folate levels, but I'm not going to Google it.
I am 58yr old female who had a positive bowel screening result and colonoscopy at the beginning of October. Since then everything has happened really quick barely giving me time to take everything in before next appointment. I have a 5cm rectal tumour...
Hi everyone - I've recently been diagnosed with cecal cancer, and have surgery scheduled for next week, then potentially chemotherapy next year. I also suffer from sleep anxiety when under severe stress, which I am definitely now, and can only sleep with...
My dad used to be a very young "old man". It's in his genes. His grandfather was born in 1898, and died in 1988 after decades of being a farmer, a coal miner, and a railroad worker. His mother died in 2019 and at age of almost 97. She could do everything...
I was feeling quite positive after a negative FIT test and now I've gone to the loo and there is dark blood in my stool. I'm freaking out. My husband died of bowel cancer seven years ago. I cannot believe the same fate awaits me.
Hi all, my name is Evie i’m 20 years old. From 2022 i have had some amounts of blood in my stools and whenever i wipe, also the sudden urge to use the toilet after each meal and not feeling like i was empty, i just ignored these symptoms as i thought...
Hi I’m very worried about my sister. The health care in Wales seems quite lacking. We went on holiday together last April and she struggled to eat and felt extremely unwell. They found she had H pylori and was treated for this. She totally changed...
Hi there, I wonder if anyone can help reassure me. My 90 year old dad was recently diagnosed with cancer in the rectum. He's too old for surgery, he doesn't fancy radiotherapy as it comes with side effects and risks so we've agreed he should carry on...
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