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Has anyone else suffered with haemangiomas? These little vesicles are harmless sacs with a high concentration of blood vessels in them. I have 2 and my CT scan showed them clearly as grey blobs. The Radiologist measured them they are 1.2cm and...
Hi Just wanted to ask other people’s experience. i m due to have a bowel resection operation next week. I ve had my pre op A few days ago and the nurse mentioned I would need to change my diet a few days before the op. But all I ve been given is the...
Hello, i was diagnosed with bowel cancer which has spread to my liver. I'm currently having chemo, I've had 2 sessions and I'm taking chemo tablets too. I'm scared. Lovely to meet others who understand and to support others too.
Hi all, I'm new here. I am currently waiting on my 2WW referral and I am really worried. Basically I've had symptoms of bowel cancer for 2 years now and just didn't realise it! I had a blood test done because my skin is awful, I'm fatigued and generally...
Hi just joined here. Good to see there are people on here that are going through the same and I’m not the only one, which I feel I am sometimes I was living in Cyprus for 11 years with my husband , when diagnosed last year with bowel cancer. We literally...
Post Chemotherapy following A.P.R., I.e fatigue , weight gain , balance issues , parastmo Hernia , when active have to sit , cant walk far , house bound mainly .My point I expected a better recovery than this .
I posted just before Christmas saying how I was panicking and assuming the worst case scenario due to a positive FIT test after seeing my doctor with abdominal pain and mucus on my poop. I was also worried about the colonoscopy itself and I basically...
Hi everyone, I have been referred for a Colonoscopy and am very nervous as I have never had one before. I have just finished radiotherapy and chemo 2 months ago for throat Cancer and on my Petscan It picked up some blueish/purple shading in my bowel...
I've been searching to see if anyone else on here has had a similar symptom, so thought I'd start a new thread - particularly should anyone in future come searching for similar symptoms. For the past four weeks, I've felt - intermittently - as if there...
Hey there. I had my surgery on 12th December and I’ve been off work since then. I’ve just been sent my follow up appointment which is 29th Jan. This is with the surgeon . I’ve literally no idea when I should be going back to work. I’m definitely not...
