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Hi I was referred by my GP in the beginning of May after having rectal bleeding pain and weight loss, had colonoscopy 2 weeks ago which was horrific the pain was unable even with sedation, so it had to be abandoned and I was as referred for a C T colonoscopy...
Help, My mum has been told by her doctor that they believe she has Bowel Cancer. She has had blood pressure issues for a couple of years and has been on mediation. A few weeks ago, she went for a blood pressure check and was told it was dangerously...
Had surgery to remove tumor in the rectum, even though they had me on the operating table fro 11 hours , they weren't able to reconnect the bowel to the recrum so had a colostomy. They took 27 lymph nodes and 1 came back with having cancer Consultant...
Hi I have my op tomorrow to get rid of caecum cancer and a rhc very anxious as i have fibromyalgia as well as a lung disease and type 2 diabetic
Hi all, So we had our follow up phone call today from my husbands liver resection and the consultant told us that they got all the tumours and out of the 7 they took 6 had clear margins but one has not. They said that once his bowel operation has been...
Hi all Sorry I’m totally new to the forum, but I really appreciate any advice people can offer. I’m 37(I feel this important but not sure why) and my father was diagnosed with bowel cancer in January. It runs in the family but he hadn’t been tested...
After a right hemicolectomy in 2021, I was due a colonoscopy in January this year. My Macmillan support worker just kept saying there's a backlog when I queried it, even though I was having abdominal pain and other symptoms. These are worse, so I rang...
Not the greatest news today. Recent scans show that the cancer may have spread to my lungs. As an asthmatic this is obviously not ideal. On top of this the damage caused to my heart by chemo is making an operation on my rectal cancer very unlikely....
Hi, My dad aged 76 has recently been diagnosed with anorectal cancer post colonoscopy. We are awaiting the biopsy results & CT scan results. He has an MRI scan upcoming. Report also mentioned abdominal mass so this worries me that it’s spread. My...
Hi everyone I’m Emily. I live in South London, am in my 40s and have 4 year old twin boys, who are gorgeous & exhausting! Ironically (given my experience), I’ve spent my life working & volunteering tonimprove lives for others and currently work for...
