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Hi everyone, My husband and i have been together for 13 years, we have 5 dogs together and no kids. Last week Wednesday we where made aware that he has stage 4a colorectal cancer and it has spread to his liver. He has been diabetic type 2 for a few...
Hi I am new to this forum. I had a colonoscopy on Saturday and was told I had colon cancer I have got to have a CT scan and then the MDT will decide from there. I am absolutely terrified.
Hi I am bowel cancer survivor. And not my own and only brother is on stage 4 colon cancer. I am devasted and doont know how to help.and to do specially in diet wise. I will appriaciate if someone could help me with a list of food ans supplement to give...
Hi all my partner has just been diagnosed with rectal cancer and has at least 4 mets on his liver. We are currently waiting for an appointment with an oncologist. We don’t know where to start but it would be so good to hear your stories of hope as it...
Hi I am currently on cycle 4 of 8 oral Capecitabine at maximum dose and doing OK on it as a mop up following open surgery in December last year. My oncologist said chemo follow up would only be 5% increase in survival so very low impact I am now wondering...
Hi My dad, 77yrs, was diagnosed with bowel cancer for the 2nd time in January. Almost exactly 20 years since last time. 6 weeks ago He had surgery to remove his remaining bowel and has a stoma. During surgery cancer was found on his stomach and...
Hi everyone. I'm sorry for posting in here when I haven't got a diagnosis yet and some of you are diagnosed and fighting etc. I'm just panicking. I've had cramps on the left side of my abdomen for about two months now and I've noticed tiny bits of bright...
Had to follow our hospital's red card procedure and go to A&E on Monday. Sepsis diagnosed. Fortunately, immediate antibiotics etc. Source and nature of the infection are still unknown. I have fluid on my abdomen, so I'm waiting for an appointment with...
Hubby is just over 3 weeks post surgery now - had RAS lower anterior resection and anastomosis of colon at beginning of July. Tumour was removed with a good margin along with surrounding blood vessels and lymph nodes. Today, he was called by colorectal...
I was diagnosed with bowel cancer (sigmoid colon) a few weeks ago after a colonoscopy for symptomatic positive FIT test. The biopsy results from that sound kind of middling grade. It’s 3-4 cm which I similarly guess is medium sized. The endoscopy doctor...
