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Hi please if anyone can reassure me or give me some positivity? my mum had bowel cancer 2 years ago - had it surgically removed then took chemo tablets for 6 months as a mop up now 2 years later she went for a routine blood test and a marker was...
Hi All, After nearly 4 years my wife succumbed to the dreaded rectal cancer. I wish I could say she put up a fight. We had good moments and bad. Unfortunately it was diagnosed to late. She was brave throughout it all, never letting the cancer define...
Hi can anybody please help. I attended hospital for my 1st chemo infusion on Wednesday the third August. I am scheduled for approximately 6 months of treatment of 3 weekly cycles consisting of day 1 oxaliplatin infusion, day 1 through to day 14 to take...
Hiya, I had a sigmoid colectomy and anastomosis back in September and since then I've had bad lower left back pain on the side of the operation, it's very odd feeling like burning but moving around that area? Plus constant nerve pain going down my left...
Hi , my cancer metasisized a yr and half ago and my immunatherpy was stopped after 12mths due to intense side effects so all treatment on hold . Over the last few months ive been getting horrendous night sweats leaving myself and my bed soaked. Has anyone...
Hi Approximately 5 weeks ago I had a colonoscopy and I was informed I had a tumour and the doctor performed a biopsy on it. I have since had an MRI and CT scan and I was given the results on 1st August. I have colorectal cancer and I will be starting...
Hi All, This is not cancer related post, but an after effect of cancer. This is not easy for me to write this. With my wife's diagnosis, we had time to come to terms that she would not live long. We had time to discuss the future. Relief from her...
I don't feel human not having an anus, it doesn't feel right and my stoma with it's bag is not human having no control over what happens.
Hi, was hoping to have meeting tuesday with doctors to see what was what with the colon cancer and find out the next steps going forward, i had a phonecall yesterday though saying i need to go in for a mri on my liver as the CT scan came back and seen...
Hi all. I am new to this forum and this is my first post. I have had my diagnosis for a year now and have had 12 cycles of FOLFOX plus cytoreductive surgery with HIPEC. Next week I start on 6 months of capecitabine tablets - 2 weeks on and one week off...
