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Hi all, I’m in my second round of chemo folfox for rectal cancer. Today I am experiencing severe hair loss, I was told might get some thinning but seems more that. Has anyone had similar and did it lead to complete hair loss as need to prepare myself...
Just trying to find someone who has had the same procedure and what their experience was like....
Hello I am 47. I am a single parent (the only useful parent) of a 9 year old. I noticed blood in my stool around 2 months ago. Reported it straight away - FIT test 379 ug. Doc said wair two weeks repeat test, next one came back 400ug. Sent for...
Hello Not sure where to start. I’m 42 female and after about 8 weeks of change in bowel movements then blood in stool I had a very high fit test which triggers an urgent colonoscopy. While awaiting that I had bloods done and my liver ALP was raised...
Hello, this is my first post in the specific cancer blog. I had surgery on rectal cancer stage III and the chemotherapy CAPOX. The six hour operation went very well and my bowel symptom is recovering fine but the after effect of chemotherapy is the sticking...
Husband has anterior resection 10 August He's had a brain metastasis removed and will be 3 weeks off dexamethasone at surgery date. Hes Very worried about LARS and fecal incontinence When speaking to the surgeon last week he said he wanted...
When I first posted things were still a bit unknown although we were sure it was cancer. Now it is all confirmed Stage 3 rectal cancer. A 4.2cm tumour, mesorectal nodes 2. Had meeting with consultant who was very clear about the plan for me. CT and MRI...
Morning everyone, had my first intravenous chemotherapy session yesterday morning, all went well. today I’m suffering with very tight calf muscles on both legs, very stiff to walk. Has anyone else noticed this sort of thing? Many thanks for reading...
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Hi there it’s my first time on here I have been diagnosed with rectal cancer I am a 59 yr old male. I am having an appointment with oncologist next Tuesday does anyone on here know how many sessions you roughly have and how long after that for operat...
