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Hello I was diagnosed last Monday so new member. I am 83 not tech savy. Just found out I have a small tumour in my rectum and another near my large colon. Plus the posability of secondary cancer from breast cancer 19 years ago, suspected in my bones....
I was diagnosed with bowel cancel a few weeks ago after a tumour was found during a colonoscopy. Have been told I will need Immunotherapy to try and skink it before being able to operate. The waiting for something to happen seems to take ages. I have...
My husband just finished 6 months of radiation and chemotherapy for stage 3 rectal cancer. He has been offered watch and wait. Surgery would be ELAPE so my husband really wants to avoid this. The surgeon said he has a 50% chance of reoccurrence. How many...
Hi. I’ve stage 4 colorectal cancer. Spread to my liver. im now on palliative treatment although 8 weeks ago I was booked in to have tumours removed. I’ve just been put on cetuximab only received one dose but already struggling with side effects.
Hi, I had colon surgery 4 weeks ago. The operation itself was good and the surgeon was pleased with my progress. However I am still getting a lot of tummy pain, which I assumed at first was trapped wind , or gas from the operation. But it is still not...
I ranted in fruatration aa it is taking ages to find out what will happen.
Hi all, I was diagnosed last June with bowel and secondary liver cancer. I had 12 rounds of FolFox and resections in the bowel and liver. FolFox did cause some low platelets but not too bad. At my 3 month scan after treatment had finished it showed my...
What is the next stage if you can’t have chemotherapy
My name is truck I have just had a complex polyp removed and it was cancerous. I want a second opinion can someone point me to a private oncologist in the Merseyside area
I had a colectomy done a few years before. Everything went fine and no recurrence except one. While my sexual fuctions were normal prior to the operation, there was no semen in ejeculation after the surgery which I thought ws temporary, but the problem...
