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Sister was being treated for bowel cancer but now has metastasize to her lungs
Hi everyone, was anyone’s journey to diagnosis a lengthy one? Was the cancer difficult to find and undetectable on PET and CT scan? off for a second colonoscopy and gastroscopy today after many serious symptoms but no cause as yet found? thanks...
Hi all. I had my operation for bowel cancer resection, last November, followed by chemotherapy that ended late April. During treatment I was exhausted, after the treatment finished I was pretty good, now all of a sudden i'm having bouts of fatigue a...
Originally diagnosed with rectal cancer in June 2023. After 5 weeks of EBCRT and then three sessions of papillon, my tumour had shrunk to 5mm from original 5cm and i completed the papillon treatment at the end of March 2024. Follow up sigmoidoscopy...
Hi all, i went to the GP out of hours on Sat 21st September after noticing blood on my stool. Aside from this o had absolutely no other symptoms, weight fine and exercise 6 times a week with lots of heavy lifting in the gym. As seems standard (I’m 28...
Just had my date for my operation for rectal cancer- Wed. 8th October - to say tat I'm a little nervous is an understatement! I'm 68 years old & never had an operation before - the only time I've been in hospital was 25 years ago, when I was diagnosed...
I was diagnosed with colon cancer last September, resection in November, mop up chemo, followed, treatment ended last April. In June I started experiencing pelvic pain, and of course went into panic, thinking it had returned. Oncology brought my CT...
Hubby is on Cetuximab and Folfiri (fortnightly) eating okay and stoma bag working. He has been complaining of stomach pains for a day or two after treatment like someone has punched him in the stomach. Any suggestions why this is happening? Thank...
I was diagnosed with IBS at 10 (40 now). It waxes and wanes, sucks when it flares but it is what it is. I also have a family history of colon cancer. On my mother’s side my grandfather got it when he was in his 40’s (back in the 60s). He survived another...
Hi everyone I posted over a week ago about some symptoms I have been having. I found some tiny streaks of blood two weeks ago when I was doing a home fit test which came up,as inconclusive. Luckily my husband contacted the company and they sent another...
