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Bit of a question for you all. I’ve recently been diagnosed with colon cancer and am having my op mid December. I’m fine I’m working full time (contract role) obviously I’ve got bills to pay and my current contract is ending mid Jan. my employer is well...
Hi I’m very worried about my sister. The health care in Wales seems quite lacking. We went on holiday together last April and she struggled to eat and felt extremely unwell. They found she had H pylori and was treated for this. She totally changed...
Hi, I’m usually on another forum, breast cancer, 6 years down the line and doing well. Just undergone first stage of reconstruction of my breast and recovering when I was called for a routine colonoscopy. I have IBD since my 20s but over the last 20 years...
Hi there I’m new here. After severe abdominal and lower back pain, nausea and loose stools I had a FIT test this Monday which came back positive with a score of 17. I realise this is only slightly elevated, however the blood in my stools has increased...
My son has to take tablets at the same time as having radiotherapy. How many tablets will he have to take
Hello, this is my first message on this forum. My mother is 72 and has been diagnosed with right-sided colon cancer, in the cecum. After waiting weeks for a colonoscopy they found a 35mm mass there, and they labelled it as T2. She had a Pet scan last...
Hi there, I wonder if anyone can help reassure me. My 90 year old dad was recently diagnosed with cancer in the rectum. He's too old for surgery, he doesn't fancy radiotherapy as it comes with side effects and risks so we've agreed he should carry on...
Hi everyone just joined up. I went to A&E on Good Friday with pain in my right side ribs thinking I had a chest infection or something - after tons of tests, scans and 2 colonoscopies I was told last week I had cancer of the appendix which has spread...
Hi Has anyone here boon put on PECO? District Nurses today suggested hubby go on peco. Any advice would be great ta
Hi everyone. My journey has been very swift and it's hard keeping up but briefly I'm 66 years old and had an emergency appendicectomy back in August, which although unpleasant probably saved my life. Had umbilical wound cellulitis followed by the wound...
