I noticed a lump in my lower stomach 2 months ago and only went to the doctor last week, feels stupid now but I honestly thought they would think I'm a hypochondriac. It's fairly large even the nurse described it as such. My saving grace is a family...
Hi my husband was diagnosed with rectal cancer last week and is now awaiting surgery on the 21st ! How life can change so quick. He has to have a colostomy bag for life which I know isn’t the end of the world and the outcome could of been a lot worse...
Hello, At Christmas my son of 43 was diagnosed with colorectal cancer stage 4 and given a bleak prognosis. He has 2 girls of 1 and 3. Although I am doing everything I can to help with childcare/cooking/ etc I find my strength is very low ( I'm 71) and...
I felt extremely tired before Xmas and after having abnormal blood tests and an anbnormal stool sample test I was told I needed a 2 week referral for a colonoscopy. After having gastroscopy and colonoscopy last Monday I was told a large polypoidal lesion...
Hi everyone, I posted on Tuesday to say hubby was in theatre having his right hemicolectomy. Obviously he was poorly when i got to see him later that evening, he is slowly recovering, having good and bad spells throughout the day. The surgeon had...
Hi I'm very new here, only just diagnosed. I'm 29 years old and was completely shocked when I got the news as I imagine anyone would be. I honestly thought I just had a case of IBS originally.. I remained hopeful until finding out my liver is completely...
Hi, my husband was diagnosed with rectal cancer just before Christmas. We’ve had a long wait to start treatment, long story but he had to have a PET scan and we were told yesterday that the cancer has spread to his spine in several places and his lungs...
Hi all I've just joined this group as I'm recovering from surgery for colon cancer. I was diagnosed with cancer of the colon in the middle of August, prior to that I had a heart attack in February which led to a cardiac arrest. This meant that my...
Hi we have been browsing the forums since my husband was diagnosed following a routine FIT test that he received through the post. As I type he is in surgery having a Right Hemicolectomy. I should hopefully be able to see him about 5.30 fingers crossed...
Hello I'm new to the Forum, but my colorectal cancer history is in my profile going back to 2019. I am now on palliative treatment, & my oncologist next week is going to try me on Raltitrexed & Irinotecan to hopefully shrink the lesions that are causing...
