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Hi All, I hope everyone is as well as can be. I’ve taken a little break away from here after my chemo didn’t go at all according to plan and I just need to rest and recover. I am almost 7 months post my surgery now and I’ve been having great difficulty...
I have to have a ct scan on 15th July had one before but because I have had an op on my back yrs ago I'm dreading the ct scan as it makes me so uncomfortable. Any suggestions on how to cope would be greatly accepted. Basilcat
I'm 56 and from a routine screening had to have a colostomy. Three polyps removed, two benign and one had cancer cells. There was . 0.5mm margin of error, so firstly my surgeon did a flexisigmoy to determine where the polyp was, which was very low and...
Hi I had my cat scan last Thursday I have my colonoscopy and gastroscopy at 6:30pm today. Up to now I’ve handled the wait quite well, despite the pain and nausea over the past couple of weeks whilst waiting for appointments I’ve managed to act quite...
Finally some good news. After two and a half years of hell, radiotherapy, a major 8hr operation, 3 lots of chemo, one which almost killed me and more hospital stays than i care to remember i have finally been given the all clear (again). Hoping this...
Recently diagnosed with Stage 4bowel cancer after Colonoscopy CT and MRI scans. Single relatively small tumour in Sigmois colon and 2 or 3 in liver. Both are operable and will be so after 6 X 2 week folfirinox chemotherapy starting this week. I'm relatively...
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Hi, My wife has had bowel problems (e.g. severe IBS) for years and was recently diagnosed with Stage 3 bowel cancer. She had 2/3s of her bowel removed at the end of March and is going to have chemo in three weeks. The choice she has is between tablets...
I made it to 81 years old yay! My health is okay arthritis, you know things slow down and so on. Had some bleeding, no pain, poop every day. After a few months went to my PCP and she sent me to a colon rectal specialist. Discussed my bleeding so now...
Hi all I was diagnosed with Bowel cancer back in April 2019, after a few months of visits to my GP - complaining of vague pains in my left side, very loud gurgling noises after eating, & strange looking bowel movements, & the need to lie down after...
