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Good Morning All, My dad has recently been diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer, everything has happened so quickly it's hard to keep up, especially with all the Medical jargon. little bit of background information my dad is fit and well, he went to a&e...
Any success stories out there of colon to liver mets x
Hi all, new to the forum. Long story short husband is 58 yr old previously fit and healthy. Became short of breath at Easter and has gone down hill since. Diagnosed with pleural effusion and then further tests colonoscopy and gastroscopy showed primary...
https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.2024.42.3_suppl.TPS234 Think this is worth highlighting . Court
Hi Five years later - following on from my Bowel cancer diagnosis in 2019 - then mets. to Lung in 2020 - which was a left hemicolectomy, followed by 5 mths of Chemo & , lung ablation, the following year. Follow ups are yearly CT scans & 6 monthly...
My husband had his first Folfox chemo cycle on Wednesday and felt fine Thursday. This morning at 5am was nauseous and vomited was also dizzy, headache and feeling weak and very tired. Couldn’t eat or drink as couldn’t keep anything down. vomited again...
Hi all My other half was diagnosed with prostrate cancer in July 2023… His treatment is Hormone therapy, Darolutamide and doxcetaxel chemo therapy. CT scans revealed the cancer had spread to his liver, but after having to stop cHemp after the 4th...
Good afternoon all….just thought I would post with latest scan results for my husband. You can read his full story in my profile…..I know that I looked for positive outcomes hence why I post. This morning we saw the consultant to get my husbands latest...
For those of you that had pains before diagnosis what did they feel like? I’m feeling weird pains and niggles in my lower abdomen area, nothing unbearable but it’s a constant reminder of what might be lurking. For me it feels similar to period pains and...
Hi, I’ve had a bit of a scare and I probably jumping the gun a bit by posting here already. so the past few weeks I’ve had numerous episodes of bleeding. I do have piles. One morning I woke up wet and discovered blood all over my back passage. Was...
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