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Hi everyone My brother has recently been diagnosed with bowel cancer and starts chemo on Tuesday. He is finding it very difficult to eat and feeling uncomfortable all the time. I’m sure this will get worse once he starts treatment, but he is already...
To all the mums in treatment, out of treatment and supporting those going through the process . Hope you all have a wonderful day . court
Hi, in August 2022 had colonoscopy turned out it was a malignant tumour, he said he thought it was on the day but he wanted to check it. To cut a long story short I was on my gp app looking for a letter from my adhd team about meds and opened the new...
Hi I was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer in SEPT 22 . I completed 5 rounds of chemo then had ct scan and tumour marker blood test which showed all clear of cancer . It all came as a shock after I presented with a abdo pain in A&e . I was initially told...
Hi all My wife was diagnosed with bowel cancer back in June last year. Scans then showed it had spread to her liver and lungs. Chemo was rough because her blood platelets were low and it delayed the chemo. She is drink dependent so cannot or will not...
I have a dear friend who I advocate for the last 13 years, we have become family. he is blind and does not speak good English, so I have helped him all these years. he was rushed to hospital on 16/2 high blood pressure, told AE doc about 6 weeks ongoing...
Got my letters today pre-op Monday operation 6th ,because off having a good response to my treatment tumour has shrank substantially. Just wonder dose veryone get a ileostomy after this op. Surgeon hopes to be able to do keyhole and the tumour is quite...
Evening everyone, Following news that I'm all clear after chemo, liver resection, radiotherapy, pelvic extenteration, my CNS called out of the blue to let me know they have looked again at my scans (they were outsourced apparently) and there are 2 pelvic...
hi I wonder if anyone has had this treatment. I have stage 4 bowel cancer that has spread to my peritenial cavity and liver. I'm not curable but am having 8 treatments of Irinotecan to slow the spread. My Oncologist wants to add Panitunumab to my treatment...
My boyfriend got diagnosed with bowel cancer in October 2022, He had an operation and now has a stoma. They were unable to remove the cancer at that stage, and the stoma was fitted as he had a blockage and was in agony. The operation went well and he...
