My husband got diagnosed yesterday for colon and lymph nodes cancer just gone down to surgery. Got rushed in with blockage vomiting cramps all over body 24 hrs later in surgery. I can't stop crying not slept or eaten feel si k he is self employed 56 year...
Just joined the group. Early in my journey and trying to get my head round everything. Picked up through bowel screening in August. Fast forward scope/polyp removal (which all looked good) came the adenocarcinoma news! My cancer is recital and I am away...
10 Jan was my first treatment all was going well until the last 20 mins the burning and pins and needles started, then the reaction in my throat where you feel you throat is closing the nurse where wonderful heat pCks on throat and arm.just takes first...
Hello. Where do I begin..... Husband is type 2 diabetic and currently lost 4 toes with gangrene. While having his big toe amputated in hospital he had a ct scan and it accidently picked up a growth on the bowel...shock!!! Further MRI scan has now confirmed...
Hello, new to this group, hopefully can get advice here as needed.
My wife was diagnosed with rectal cancer in 2021 and at first we thought we had caught it at stage 3 but last May we found it had spread to the liver so currently on 14th palliative chemo. It has been quite a rollercoaster and nothing has been quite...
I am new . I have been diagnosed with rectal cancer , start my treatment on Monday. Am scared as I lost my son July 2022 of bowel cancer. My treatment is different to his and I know each tumour is different. But I am worried about the side effects because...
After 3 years scan revealed cancer has returned. Also showing signs in lung and liver. Major op not really a choice. Have chosen palliative chemo route. Emotional turmoil, up times and very low times. Still trying to get my head around it all. Feel angry...
I have had a couple of slaps for some recent posts. However, I really do wish all those that are currently going through Bowel Cancer - Many best wishes. It's a hard journey, but not insurmountable....& I wish you all the best. x
Hello im new to this group My partner was rushed into hospital early December with tummy pains and a CT scan showed he had a tumour in his bowel , he was straight into surgery they removed alot of his bowel and his appendix and 43 lympth nodes. 4...
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