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Had 18 polyps removed during my first colonoscopy, the 19th was too large and needed a different method of removal, unfortunately it could not be removed and has turned out to be cancerous. I have had an MRI and CT scan infact everything has moved so...
I’m writing on here on behalf of my Dad, he beat throat cancer over 20 years ago after full laryngectomy surgery. Sadly last year he was diagnosed with bowel cancer which has metastasized to his liver. For the last year he’s been receiving IV chemo but...
Just a little about my journey so far. I was diagnosed with stage 3 upper rectal cancer December 2025. T4a N2 Emvi positive with crm involved. Had 6 cycles Folfixiri which was tough symptoms of severe nausea and fatigue which passed once the pump...
My second qfit score was 400, my first 97. Calprotectin was 231 or 251 I believe. How likely is this to be cancer? I have seen conflicting information. I am in my 20s. Have a colonoscopy booked soon.
Hello all! Me again. So, I had colonoscopy yesterday, managed to get 1st dose of plenvu down, however following morning 6am dose , threw the lot up!! Fast forward to afternoon appointment, colon was considered clean enough to proceed. Great!! It started...
My husband has been offered a port so that we can go on holiday and swim, but there are no appointments before we are due to go. I explored getting one fitted privately but Nuffield and spire do not do this. Anyone had any luck getting a port fitted privately...
Hi, Just wondering if anyone on here has had experience with this treatment abroad? We started exploring other options when my husband was offered only 3rd line treatment (palliative) Lonsurf with bev after being diagnosed with stage 4 rectal cancer...
Hi I'm new to the group. Don't really know how to start
Hi all- My initial imaging backed staging was T1-2 N1M0. I did additional MRI that showed N0. Based on this my surgeon offered local excision - TAMIS. Pathology from TAMIS came back with LVI positive. Now they are asking me to do LAR. Did anyone...
Cocokai Good morning every body,I will try to make this as brief as I can.My story is I was diagnosed with bowel cancer about 3 weeks ago I have been having procedures for just over a year so it wasn’t totally out of the blue ( but none the less still...
