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Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing ok, sending lots of hugs to whoever needs one. I'm writing having just finished 5 weeks of chemoradiotherapy, a huge relief to get that last session finished with! We celebrated with Christmas lunch in the Christie...
Hi all hope this finds you all week (under the circumstances). Recently had a CT scan (pain sent me to hospital and found a kidney stone) but also the scan had shown a “thickening in the lining of the bowel). I had a colonoscopy arranged which happened...
I was diagnosed with rectal cancer in May T3N1, I had radiotherapy with chemo them CAPOX for 4 cycles rather then 6 due to the impact of the side effects. I had a CT scan which showed the lymph node had responded to the treatment and an MRI on Monday...
After finding blood in my stool and noticing that I'd been having more frequent bowel movements and not feeling empty after going to toilet my wife told me to go to the doctors. I did a FIT test and bloods which i was told my bloods were all normal but...
Hi everyone, not sure if I’m in the right place or doing this right but anyway. I have had IBS all my life , a colonoscopy five years ago , all ok and sigmoidoscopy two years ago , both because of rectal bleeding. I also have Diverticular Disease...
Hi all, I am now 2 weeks after surgery, which was removal of part of my RH Colon and was told to be on a soft diet eating white bread, chicken, fish ,eggs and such like. When would it be good to expand my diet to include a bit of fibre and other meats...
Hello My Dad had a stoma fitted last Tuesday. He has bowel cancer and the next step is chemo as the tumor is currently too large for surgery. However, his stomach keeps swelling, vomiting bile etc and is in a lot of pain. They have put a tube down his...
Hi, I was diagnosed with rectal cancer in April 2022 and had chemo radiation, a low anterior resection operation in November last year (which was successful in removing the tumour) and chemotherapy at the beginning of this year. I had a temporary ileostomy...
Hi all - new to this forum My wife (age 33) has recently been diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. She has a sizeable tumor in her colon which has grown outside of her colon (what sounds like into her stomach muscles), spread to the peritoneum and there...
I had a colonoscopy 3 years ago. Diviticulitus was diagnosed a polyp taken which was benign. the consultant said the diviticulitus was quite bad. in the last 5 weeks I’ve had antibiotics twice with suspected flare up. Noticed blood, had stool test it...
