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Hello everyone I’ve made the decision to leave the group as I have a new unrelated cancer to deal with. Thank you for your friendship over the past four and a half years. I wish you all the very best in your treatments and outcomes.
Hi, I'm new to this and would really appreciate any help or advice. My husband was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer, and has just completed his 3 round of chemo. Recently he's been having really bad wind pains. It's like the wind is in his...
Just want to take this opportunity to wish everyone all the very best for Christmas and especially those who are also navigating loss , chemo or uncertainty. Keep reaching out and get the support you need . For now after a very uncertain week with...
Hi, I have just completed cycle 1. I wondered if people found that side effects got worse as you went further along or that what you experienced at the start was the same throughout? Thank you xx
I was cleared of cancer February 2023 by chemo tablets and radiation but I have now been told it has come back and I have to have an operation in January and possibly a stoma bag. I'm very worried as my son had to have a stoma in 2022 and he had a lit...
Hi. I am newly diagnosed with sigmoid cancer. I am on the low residue/low fibre diet but actually finding that food is of no interest - has been for a while. Treatment plans have not been discussed....just told not to get blocked. Hope to get...
Hi, I am a week post op today and have been home since Tuesday. I’m currently on tramadol for pain relief for which I was given a weeks prescription. I was initially on oral morphine too which was brilliant at bridging the gap between tramadol doses...
Hi I have just joined after seeing an advert on instagram. I was diagnosed with bowel cancer late November. My only symptom was eating loads of ice. Someone suggested I was anemic so I had a blood test. Apparently anemia is usually the only sign of right...
Hi all, it's been a while since I last posted on here. My wife was diagnosed with bowel cancer back in June last year and then scans showed it had spread to her liver. She was a drinker and so her liver showed no only cancer but sclerosis as well. We...
I saw my oncologist and surgeon today who confirmed that after the chemo radiotherapy and then 4 cycles of CAPOX my cancer graded as Stage 3 on May has been successfully treated with no sign of any cancer now. I can't quite believe it and I hope it gives...
