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Hi I’m 4 weeks into recovery after my operation I’m still very weak and sore I had a malignant tumour in my sigmoid colon which blocked it. So everything happened fast. how long have others taken to recover? I was a very active person. And I’m finding...
Hi All I had APR surgery end September 2022. Its a long process to to get used to your new life and path to fully recover. Its been 9 months since and a still need special cusion sometimes to sit for long periods of time. Sitting nomally 100% takes...
Has anyone out there tried DCT to treat bowel cancer please
Hi new here and not sure where to start really but wondered if anyone has any knowledge of Dendritic cell therapy? Apparently not available in the UK but it is abroad. I have a recurrence of rectal cancer and have been offered radio therapy for now...
Hi, A really fed up person here. I ve just been informed that I have to have another pic line and more chemo next week. Had the tumour removed April 2022 and was told that it was aggressive and that it cant be cured but controlled. Finished the last...
A few weeks ago I joined this community, you are a wonderful bunch of folk, I hope and pray for the Best most positive outcomes for you all. I have rheumatoid arthritis now for 38 years, various ops, treatments etc, damage here and there etc ! So...
Hi, New here but already finding this all useful and grateful to Macmillan for providing so much good information. My story…. Had a dull stomach ache in late Jan and slight change in bowel habit. Started to see occasional bright blood so stopped all...
Hi guys, I was diagnosed with lower bowel cancer in 2020. I went through the chemo and radiotherapy which was successful until a recent endoscope revealed it had returned. I had an MRI.on Monday passed and now go to see my consultant on Friday, I am...
Hi, I was just wondering if anyone has any experience with a soft food diet due to blockage of the stomach because of cancer progression. My partners mother is sadly on her last few monthsand she can only eat very soft food. We want to make her last...
Hello everyone Recently diagnosed and just wanted to introduce myself. I'm 55 years old and living in the East Midlands. My primary tumour in the sigmoid colon was found during a colonoscopy (2nd May). Biopsies taken and referred for CT colonoscopy...
