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My husband had bowel cancel last year he had op to remove it have just found out he has the BRAC gene which has made it spread to various other parts of his body now called advanced cancer he is presently having more chemo to contain the spread no cure...
My husband has been diagnosed with advance T4 bowel cancer and he has his first oncology appointment on Wednesday. He has been poorly since October last year and had a colonoscopy on the 12th of December, but they diagnosed the problem as diverticulitis...
Hi I recently joined this group because my mother has been diagnosed with terminal rectal cancer. It’s devastating and I’m finding it so hard to cope. I am still finding this such a shock. I have found reading other posts on here helpful. It has been...
Hello, I’ve recently been diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer. Although I hadn’t been feeling well for a while, as you will all be able to relate to, the diagnosis came a nasty shock. I’m still trying to process all the information. I’m trying to...
Can anyone tell me a bit more about the Apical Nodes as I can’t find any information on them at all. My husband was diagnosed with bowel cancer which has spread to his liver. His primary tumour was removed and on biopsy 6 out of the 17 nodes have shown...
Yep, you read that right. I'm starting to wish I'd never had chemo. I was diagnosed with rectal cancer back in December 2021. I took the news surprisingly well, certainly better than my nearest and dearest. Operation to have a stoma went well, no...
My husband was diagnosed with bowel cancer which has spread to the liver in January. He had his opp to remove the bowel tumour and we are waiting on the results from the biopsy. The liver mets are 10mm and 6mm and in segments 7 and 4a - both in a place...
Back to hospital on the 5th and a date will be arranged for surgery, but I just want it out noooowwwww lol. Feel like I have a time bomb in my stomach! Every twitch and niggle and pain I think oops there we go it’s spreading now. on the plus side I...
I had a PICC line inserted for my 2nd cycle of capox and it was very successful at abolishing the discomfort of venous access and the oxplatin infusion. I was given a tubigrip sleeve to cover and support the PICC site and the 3-4 inches of attached tubing...
Hi everyone, I am new to this group , however I am a member of the Prostate Cancer Group along with the Incurable Cancer Group. Please feel free to read my profile. I have locally aggressive prostate cancer, which is high range and incurable. and...
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