Hi I’m new to this find this difficult to talk to people about my problems but here goes ,i had surgery day before Christmas Eve,and have now just completed 4 cycles of chemo,I’ve been off chemo for 2 weeks now,can anyone tell me how long the symptoms...
Hi My husband has recently been diagnosed with colon cancer with mets to the liver and lungs. Possibly spleen too. We know it's very serious but are desperate to see an oncologist ASAP. The Gastro consultant practically told him to go home and prepare...
Hello, Ive been lurking the forums the last week since visiting my GP and thought I would say Hi and start a post. Reading through lots of others posts and older posts have been helpful at easing anxiety so I thought if I started a thread documenting...
Good morning to anyone who wants to read this. im 63 at the end of this month and for a early birthday present to myself I learned that i have rectal/colon cancer. I am in my 2nd week of radiotherapy. im totally new to writing anything like this...
Can anyone tell me if this is normal please
Hi came on to this site over 2 years ago. My husband had been diagnosed with bowel cancer and I was so worried but people on this forum were very kind, informative and supportive. He had the operation in January 2024 - it was more complicated than first...
A specialist nurse suggested I try this to help with any support and information, I've had a colonoscopy recently that came back inconclusive was then fast tracked for CT and MRI scans, I'm now having surgery on Monday and it's scary as they said they...
Hello. I was diagnosed with stage 2 rectal cancer. Early March I had my rectum removed and a temporary stoma made. In my post op appointment, it was raised to level 3 because it had gone into 2/20 lymph nodes. I start chemo on Friday, 4 cycles of Oxaliplatin...
I've come here to meet others who may be in a similar boat to myself and can hopefully stop me worrying so much..Since January this year when I had a positive fit test of 65, I've had CT colonoscopy which showed two polyps in my rectum, followed by a...
