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Hi there. Greetings from a newbie. I’ve had one cycle of capecitabine and at the end of it I started getting uncomfortable soles of my feet. While that’s eased off in my week off, I’m about to start my second cycle and am guessing it’ll get worse. I like...
Has anyone else got Pompholyx (a type of eczema) from chemo? I had Palmar Plantar on hands and feet during chemo, which continued but lessened after chemo. It seems to have since triggered very itchy and painful episodes of Pompholyx. I'd never had...
Just wondering if there are others who share or have resolved my present dilemma: do I continue to make the best of the discomfort - bordering on disability - of my hernia and prolapse or do I go for a surgical repair? The hernia appeared about six...
Hi all I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer last August and have undergone chemo radiotherapy. I was tested following the treatment and I was told I was in a percentage of people who have a total response. Following biopsies were clear too. I now...
Hi everyone, As always I hope everyone is as well as can be. i just wanted to ask how quickly anyone who has had CAPOX started either the side effects of the Oxaliplatin? The neuropathy started during my treatment, blimey it was intense too. Not...
I hope this is ok to share?.......a member of the Bowel cancer uk forum has raised a post about those who have died with Bowel cancer in the last year and is going to draw up a list of names and he is going to light a candle this evening in remembrance...
At the end of November my husband was diagnosed with colon cancer. As you can imagine we were devastated to hear this news. Following a scan it showed up that the cancer had spread to three spots on abdomen wall. His original operation was cancelled and...
Hi everyone, I am starting my chemo tablets today Capecitabane am and pm. Is anyone having the same treatment as me?
Hi. I’m new here. You people are so brave, sharing your stories. I’m a teacher at a British International School on Koh Samui in Thailand. I hadn’t felt well for a couple of weeks and went to dr for some blood tests, thinking it was dengue fever or...
High I have bowel cancer also I suffer from COPD quite bad have been told to go throth with the operation I have 80% chance of not making it . I can have smaller op but with a calostomy and that is 60% risk Hve opted for second op and need som advice...
