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Obviously I’m pleased about the clear sigmoid result, but I’m not out of woods yet as still waiting on CT tomorrow. Anyone else been in similar situation? If so what was the outcome?
Hello my partner has just been diagnosed with rectal cancer and 4 mets on the liver the largest being 4cm. his treatment is apparently palliative and consists of bevacizumab and folfiri. Did anyone have good results with these drugs or have any positive...
Hiya, I'm Marie. Just coming to the end of thw loat stressful week. Had a Colonoscooy on Tuesday 21st April found a 5cm long mass blocking 95% of the bowel in the upper right quadrant and biopsies taken. Had a CT done the following day and the BCT met...
My husband had a colonoscopy on Thursday last week and it is now a week later. They found a 3cm mass about 10cm up from his backside. He had a contrast CT scan yesterday and MRI is scheduled for Tuesday coming. No biopsy results yet, despite being...
I’m new to the group. I was diagnosed with stage 2 rectal cancer in December. I started 6 weeks radiotherapy and chemotherapy in January finished mid February. My MRI and CT scan showed no sign of cancer beginning of April. I’ve just had a colonoscopy...
Hi all, I joined here about a month ago, after scoring between 100 and 200 on a FIT Test. Gradually when waiting 2 weeks for a consultant just to approve my journey to colonoscopy I started to notice infrequent blood myself. So I was convinced of...
Can anyone tell me the difference between the above? im currently being investigated for lower GI bowel cancer. My only test so far was a positive FIT test. I’m due a sigmoid & CT scan later this week
Hi everyone, I have been researching alternatives to LAR. Whilst I understand it is the Gold Standard for rectal cancer in the UK, if there is a possibility of avoiding such major surgery and a temporary or permanent stoma then I want to at least have...
Not sure if that's the correct term but some of my bowel is going on Thursday and I'll have a temporary stoma. It's all a bit scary. I want to thank Nevermind for his post about his stoma reversal. It gave me hope up even though I know it's months away...
It’s not really sunk in. Not sure what to expect going forward. All a bit daunting
