Hi all had my large intestine removed in Nov 2022 & a stoma fitted. Was told later it was cancer & has now spread to my liver & have stage 3. So at the mo I am on 1day of chemo then 14 days of tabs. Yesterday I had course 2 of 4. So hands cold & tired...
I had colonoscopy and was told that they found something and looked like it was 99% cancerous I have been refered for ct scan and mri scan I am so scared was looking for abit of advice
Hi, my father who is 85 years old has recently been told he has metastatic bowel cancer in the liver and lungs. He is the carer of my mother who has Alzheimer’s. Mum has understood his diagnosis and is struggling but doesn’t know how to help him. I’m...
I’m Graham from Cardiff. Had my surgery 8 Feb and now at home recovering. Any thoughts here on exercise? I’m doing or trying to do 10 minutes a day at the moment. Also any top tips on diet would be good - I’ve seen the MacMillan leaflet - but for...
I recently had a left hemi-collectomy staged as pT2 N1a. one lymph node out of 21 showed metastatic deposits. My pre-op CEA level was 2.2, so low and the node was not Apical, i.e it was close to the tumour site. My oncologist has recommended Chemo,...
The worst valentines day of my life. I have been suffering with heavy periods so was under the hospital for this and due to have a hysterectomy, I'm anaemic so my doctor suggested I do a stool sample just to eliminate any issues there. Had a colonoscopy...
Hi hubby just got diagnosed with advanced T4 bowel cancer. He had 2 admissions to hospital with perforated bowel & was told diverticulitis. He had 6 & 1/2 hrs of surgery & a stoma. Shock horror when we attended what we thought was a routine appointment...
Hi. I had a hemicolectomy in December 2021 and have recently had my one year CT scan which was clear. I was supposed to have a colononoscopy in January this year but have still not had an appointment. My support worker said there is a backlog and she...
Hi there. My husband went to see GP on 9th December having been constipated for 2weeks. He was diagnosed with Colon cancer on 3January and we were told it was incurable on 9th February. He had no other symptoms. We are waiting to get biopsy results and...
Hi everyone one starting on 5fu once aweek for 30 weeks, anybody done this? Can't believe it's so long wasn't expecting that long.
