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Hello, I posted on here previously regarding Capox regime (4 cycles of Oxaliplatin infusion combined with Capecitabine tablets). This is post colon resection and cancer having spread to 4 in 27 lymph nodes. Unfortunately I had a bad (and apparently...
Hello everyone, I am 48 and was diagnosed in October with stage 4 bowel cancer with metastases to my liver and peritoneum. I started Capox chemotherapy in December and next stage is a scan in March to see how the disease has responded. I am hoping I will...
Hi everyone, Posting on behalf of my husband who has T3N1M0 colon cancer which is very low near his rectum. Now after 4 weeks (20 sessions) of chemo/radiotherapy treatment he is getting a very sore bum hole (sorry he’s says it’s like sunburn where the...
Hi all, I had emergency surgery in 2021 to remove a large tumour in bowel, along with 3/4 of the bowel. Followed by chemo - oxaliplatin (stopped after 2 rounds due to allergic reaction) and continued with capecitabine for 5 rounds. One year later, cancer...
Hi there, I am almost 6 weeks since my anterior resection and all went well. I have recovered well and bowel movements seemed to have settled pretty well. I have been eating normally for the last 2 weeks. However, 10 days I had some slight constipation...
Hi, This is my first post on here and it’s been giving me some comfort to read all of your posts! However, I just wanted to ask how long everyone waited from the time of their initial Drs appointment to the time they had their colonoscopy carried out...
Hi everyone, I just wanted to let you all know that my colonoscopy yesterday-that was requested as a result of a positive FIT test-was all clear! Having previously had bowel cancer and being DPD positive I've been a bag of nerves and the relief is...
Hi I have a 5.5cm rectal tumour 12cm margin from anal verge, found on colonoscopy on 14th December 24, biopsy showed Adenocarcinoma, MRI & CT came back with T3N2MO (4 lymph nodes) I'd like to ask, how long did people waited for their treatment to get...
Anyone who can share tips and advice?
Hospital continues to jerk around with my quarterly appointments, which have serious bearing on whether I get surgery for my post bowel cancer surgery stoma related hernias (two of them).. Set originally for Feb 20th, they moved the appointment three...
