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Hello I was recently diagnosed with bowel cancer, which, I guess as like for most people, came as a total surprise. I had no symptoms, I’m in my early 40’s, fit, active and so I thought, healthy. So to suddenly experience extreme abdominal pain, which...
Hi all, I’m Hannah (34) absolutely worried sick here just wanted to see if anyone has experienced the same as me. so I went to the doctors last Tuesday regarding change of toilet habits. The feeling of needing to open by bowels but being completely...
I am reaching out to see what people have found helpful while going through treatment in terms of heat remedies. I'm curious about any types from hot water bottles and heat pads through to ayuovedic remedies. Heat pads have been my greatest relief...
hi there my Mother has stage 4 bowel ca wth liver and peritoneum mets. her CEA is 9ug/L, i understand it should be less that 5 I am not sure if 9 is a small rise or large one Does anyone have any info with CEA we are hoping HIPEC will be a possibility...
Is it normal to be put on insulin before chemo and radiotherapy and then taken off it when this treatment finishes?
Thank you for all your kind words and prayers and support ️
Hi everyone, I haven’t posted before, but thank thus community for the comfort and insight I’ve had from just reading. My sister is going in for resection surgery on Friday (Sigmoid colon) and my anxiety is reaching horrible levels now. Diagnosis...
My son has just finished 6 sessions of chemo does anyone know how long it will be before he starts radiotherapy?
Or Hogmanay to our Scottish friends. Trust no-one gets blown away.
I am a 50-year-old cisgender man, and regular DMARD-monitoring blood tests (for Rheumatoid Arthritis) highlighted a steady decline in my Hb and RBC a couple of months ago, around which time I also started fainting and falling frequently. So, amongst other...
