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I do not claim to be a medical expert but --- Having recently undergone a Colonoscopy with very limited result - due to a thickening of the bowel from an earlier (9 yrs ago) op - and therefore resulting in failure to reach the whole bowel; I have now...
Oh…..I did the bowel screen test as soon as it came through the door and sent it in. Little did I know that that would be the start of a snowball unexpectedly hurtling towards me. Ah it’s piles or the food issues I have is what I thought but no turns...
Hi there, I’m writing this as I’m worried about my Mom and looking for some help, tips and a nudge in the write direction. Around 6 years ago, my Mom was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer. She had been struggling with symptoms for around a year...
Dear all, My partner has been diagnosed with bowel cancer, he has had a colonoscopy and a CT scan. We have an appointment with the consultant on Monday. He only had the CT scan on Thursday and during the during the phone call today the nurse was quite...
have colorectal cancer which spread to.liver. Chemo and radiotheraphy got rid of the tumour on colon. Liver tumours are small but deep had PVE procedure a week.ago to cut blood supply to right jand side of my liver and after scan in few weeks major...
I’m a 64 year old and thought healthy woman. I had no weight or appetite loss but suffered with right pain under my rib. My doctor sent me for a ultra scan and chest x ray which came back clear I also had a fit test which came back positive so was sent...
Hey! I just wanted to write something on here as I’ve been through hell and back of not knowing, which had hit me on an all-time low. I was looking at some comments on here for relevant/ similar situations to try and find some comfort for myself, which...
Because of an unsuccessful colonoscopy, I am down for a Virtual Colonoscopy with CT scan. Not sure in what way this differs from the usual Colonoscopy. What I do know is that my system has once more got to be cleared out ! Will I need sedation ? Does...
I had TAMIS early this year. An eleven centimetre tubulo villous adenoma was removed and sent of to a lab. I was called to see the consultant and it turned out to be an adenoma carcinoma. I was hoping that was an end to it but it wasn’t to be. Three weeks...
Diagnosed on Saturday with rectum cancer by post … it looks like neo adjuvant treatment is going to be my first stage of treatment… then surgery. I am lead to believe this is to shrink the tumor. Was just wondering if anyone out there had adjuvant treatment...
