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Hi, I'm new here so everything still very serial after diagnosis xx
Hi new here, so not so sure where I should start x
Hello am just finding out i have thickening of colon wall , couple of lump under armpit same side. Had Rheumatoid arthritis for 38 years, drugs galore!! Colonscopy with biopsies thursday after ct scan showed the problem Scared and needing advice...
Why is it since I finished radiotherapy and chemo tablets I can't stop eating I have put on the weight I lost before I found out I had cancer and I was rather happy I did as I have been trying to loose weight all my life and never did. But no matter how...
O/K so I'm having Right Hemicolectomy on Wednesday. I'm told I must not drive for a few weeks. How does it affect being a passenger and the seat belt being across my abdomen Ragtop Jag
Hi, My husband was diagnosed with colonrectal cancer in October, he has had radiotherapy, oxiplatin and capacitabine chemo. He has DPD deficiency also. He ended up in hospital in January as he had severe diarrhoea due to the dose on the chemo being...
Thank you for accepting me. It is great to be part of the MacMillan support group. If you would like to know a bit more about me, please click on my bio where you will find my journey ….. and what a journey it’s been. Mt Colonoscopy beginning of Feb...
So the Community Care Team came out this morning to assess Tony and have prescribed stronger anti sickness meds via his oncologist and he has felt better today..they took his bloods and the oncologist is happy as after one cycle his CEA levels have dropped...
I have just finished chemo last week, and want some normality. I would love to for a spa day including a massage. When are you able to have them after chemo? Obe of my side affects was reactions to spicy food when can you reintroduced them a again?
I finished my treatment of radiotherapy and chemo tablets . I've been told tumour has shrunk . I have to have another MRI and thought she said an endoscopy but nit sure as thus is down the throat will just have to wait. I'm glad it shrunk but still worried...
