I have been fighting colon cancer for two and a half years. I have metastatic cancer which has spread to my peritoneum, liver and lungs. After 3 operations and 3 chemo treatments I have been told there is nothing else that can be done. I should enjoy...
Hello everyone, I am newly diagnosed, or at least strongly suspected, with stage 4 colon cancer based on a CT scan. This came as a complete shock. I still have not had my colonoscopy or biopsy yet, so I do not have final pathology. However, the CT...
Hello all! Me again. So, I had colonoscopy yesterday, managed to get 1st dose of plenvu down, however following morning 6am dose , threw the lot up!! Fast forward to afternoon appointment, colon was considered clean enough to proceed. Great!! It started...
Hi I'm new to the group. Don't really know how to start
Cocokai Good morning every body,I will try to make this as brief as I can.My story is I was diagnosed with bowel cancer about 3 weeks ago I have been having procedures for just over a year so it wasn’t totally out of the blue ( but none the less still...
Hey people, im new here and a first time poster so please bare with. After draining an empyema doctors found a cancer mass, after a lot of hassle and messing around from doctors, I.E originally it wasn't cancer, then it was (apparently a ultrasound...
Hi. I'm new here. Around a month ago I had very noticeable abdominal swelling starting. I'm usually very thin and so a belly of any kind was unusual for me. My bowels have always been all over the place for most of my life but noticed at the same time...
My dad 69 no previous medical history at all suddenly stopped passing urine on his 69th birthday in march ,was disgnosed with prostrate cancer and commenced tamsoulosin the mri picked up incidental concern of bowel two more mri ,ct,bone scans and colonoscopy...
Hi I had a reversal of ilostomy bag for rectal cancer on September 25 I am struggling big time with Lars and the ongoing of constipation blockages diarrhea I can't plan anything I can't leave the ho e I want my life back .can someone please tell me if...
Hi everyone, new here. Newly diagnosed yesterday after a colonoscopy. I initially went to my gp for lower left abdominal cramping which actually turned out to be ibs but a tumour was found attached to my colon further up. I fear if I hadn't bothered...
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