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The results of Simons heart scan was he has a enlarged aorta did not see that coming will do another scan tomorrow to see how big I really thought it was chemo tablet. In the meantime my son who lives away on his own been have flutters and pain in chest...
So Tony has received an appointment in two weeks time to discuss his first surveillance scan results..his appointment is with the oncologist so we are now very worried as he was discharged from oncology in September 22 and was told then they he wouldn...
Well after having a week away. Now worried about my appointment with my surgeon on Wednesday don’t n what to expect my tumour was 5 cm and high up in thr rectum before my 5 week treatment ? Wonder if anyone on here had any experience off this kind tumour...
Hi All Finally got my colonoscopy tomorrow It's been a horrible almost 6 weeks since my referral due to mental health. I suffer from ptsd, generalised anxiety and severe health anxiety. Ended up at out of hour doc with blood pressure 166/111 I'm...
I had radiotherapy no chemo, finished 6 months ago. I now notice a lot of hair loss and thinning. Had really thick hair. Anyone else had this and can you do anything? thanks
Hi. I'm 7 days after laparoscopic surgery to remove right side of large bowel. The most difficult experience since surgery is the pain at the lefthand side incision point. The internal bruising here seems far worse. Has anyone else found this? It's really...
Hello, just a brief post to say that I had my stoma reversed about 12 weeks ago. I had had the stoma since November 2021, so for a little over 13 months. I was worried about the reversal - partly as I guess I had grown used to the stoma - and partly...
Hello, I am new to the community and struggling to decide whether to have the LAR operation or APER. These were the 2 options I was given. My tumour is 5cm up from the edge of the rectum and is 2.5cm diameter in size. I am worried about the risk of anastomotic...
Met with consultant and nurse yesterday morning. 4cm tumour which is 'treatable' (first thing he said). He did rectal exam and thought the tumour might be early stage. Still waiting for results of MRI scans on liver and CT-PET. If liver is OK, then...
Good Evening, My father has been diagnosed with a grade 2 or 3 tumor in the sigmoid colon. Scans show no sign of metastasis but they will not know more until they go in and remove the tumor and lymph nodes He has opted for a permanent stoma and I want...
