Not sure where to start . My husband has bowel cancer had 17 rounds of chemo to shrink tumour then had big operation in Basingstoke at specialist hospital as a little went on the peritoneal wall .had a chemo bath .Got all clear for 3 months then it returned...
Hi I’m new to group, have a question, I had my surgery on the 18th February to remove 3/4 of my large bowel due to tumour, doctors said results should be back roughly in 2 weeks, however still waiting over 3 weeks, is this normal ?
Hi all my names Sam I lost my mum last year on 1st March after a horrific battle with bowel cancer plus secondary cancers which followed .We are approaching the 1st Anniversary on March 1st which I'm apsolutley dreading as I'm not coping too well at the...
Hello, I was diagnosed in June ‘22 with Rectal Cancer. I had chemo/radiotherapy for 5 weeks which shrank my 3 1/2cm tumour leaving scar tissue. I then had ELAPE surgery in December which I’m still recovering from. I have a permanent colostomy bag, which...
Hi my partner has terminal cancer of the osphegous and abdomen , he’s not very good at moment and deteriorating each day , we are wanting to get married asap can anybody point me in the right direction please
Had surgery in November and this has been successful but returned to work and found out that they offered the position I applied for to external candidate i haven’t even had a welfare check since I returned early December although I was called to an...
Hi there, I was diagnosed with colon cancer in December following several months of extreme anaemia. There were no other symptoms apart from blood in my stools so I was shocked. I am on day 9 post right hemicolectomy surgery now. Everything went well...
Hi All I have always had a "bad tummy", always passed small rabbit like stool however normal a lot of the time too. First started getting bleeding at age 20, always put down to piles. I do normally have the piles symptoms with it. About 8 or 9 years...
Hi, my first post, not really my thing but here goes. I've committed to Folfox IV Chemo (via a PICC line) starting in a few weeks. This follows a bowel cancer diagnosis and 5 wks for radiotherapy/oral chemo. What I'd really like to do is to talk to...
Hi my name is Mike and I am new to the group. it’s a tough road to be on and I feel low today. I had combination chemotherapy prior to surgery which I had in late November 2022. The surgery ended up being major surgery and I was in ICU for three days...
