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Hi all On Wednesday I had an endoscopy after finding lots of blood in stool. They took my & my daughter into a separate room and told me I had a 5cm tumor in the lower rectum that looked ‘very sinister’ after that I received a phone call the very...
Hello there Just been diagnosed with bowel cancer, T3N2. Hoping to find support and give some in return once my treatment has started. Tumour coming out in 3 weeks then chemo after, so its very early days. Sending lots of love to all going through this...
hi guys, wishing everyone’s health and happiness. I wanted to give a bit of background so maybe I can get some help. My dad had some pain in his side last April. He’s a very healthy 71 year old - active and fit and never even been sick before. Perhaps...
It was confirmed today that I do have colon cancer and it also involves 2 lymph nodes. 'Bit of a shock but I was expecting the docs to say I have cancer because I'm naturally such a negative nelly anyway!! The good news is that as far as they can tell...
Has anyone had to go for these? It was a whole day affair for a half hour infusion. They told everyone to come at 9 am but didn't see to us until 4.30 pm. I have another one on the 12 March and I'm taking a picnic, including wine, to share with whomever...
My full story is in my profile but in short: I was diagnosed with rectal cancer in Aug/Sep 2023. I had a massive 12.5 cm tumor filling my pelvic cavity. After chemo radiation followed by folfox chemo, I was finally deemed operable in April 2024. I had...
My son is worried he won't be able to wear trousers as his stoma is on his waist line. Anybody have any ideas about this?
Hi, Anyone had experience with cetuximab and irinotecan? This is my option for treatment every 2 weeks. Thanks
My partner has stage 4 colorectal cancer which has spread to the liver and is on 2nd line palliative chemo of FOLFIRI. He recently went into hospital and was diagnosed with infection. He has been out of hospital for 4 days and has yellow eyes and yellowing...
Hi everyone, I had an extended right hemicolectomy just over three weeks ago. Also had 33 lymph nodes removed - 5 of which contained cancer cells. in the shower this morning I felt a small slightly tender lump just on the lower armpit region and I’m...
