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I am almost 6 months after Chemo FOLFOX and 3 months since CIPN began slowly to affect my feet and my hands.My daily life is impacted by the symptoms which have progressed slowly but steadily.Extreme cold and then burning in my feet persists and slow...
Saw my oncologist today and was told that there has been progression in both my lung and liver mets. She has said we need to change the chemotherapy. Although I’ve known this was the likely path I can’t help being worried about the future.
Hi All I'm really worried. I've been having stomach pain for several months. FIT test is positive at 46mg. I also keep passing quite a lot of mucus after loose stool. Is 46mg a high result. Really worried it could be cancer. I'm having a colonoscopy...
Hi my dad has an ileostomy after colon cancer and liver mets. Recently they were worried about blood in his stoma bag. They called an ambulance but he has no wish to go to hospital. It seems to have stopped for now. Does anyone know if this a usual...
Hi All - am post right heli-colectomy surgery and back to work. I find that my energy levels haven't returned after 12 weeks, i occasionally get tremors in my hands, and am a bit muddled with both written and spoken word. Its been 3 months. Anything helped...
I was diagnosed just 3weeks ago with bowel cancer. I've just had an ileostomy & trying to come to terms with all this stoma bag business. As I was getting leaks my stoma nurse [who is great by the way] has given me some Dansac 'washers' to try...at...
Hi, I was diagnosed with bowel cancer in January this year and had an operation to give me a permanent stoma (colostomy). There was a 4 cm tumour growing on the edge of the wall where they eventually treated me with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. They...
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My mum was told last week that she has colorectal cancer with mats in the liver and lungs. It has come out of the blue. She was taken into hospital after feeling weak and tired and high blood sugar. Now apart from anaemia she is well in herself. She...
Can a 3mm polyp be cancerous within 2 years? I had a sigmoidoscopy 2 years ago and the discovered a polyp 3mm in size. I had an anal exam by my GP and they discovered a mass. Not sure if it's the polyp that's grown. Thanks
