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Hi Simon is on day 3 first cycle thought we were doing ok just taken his evening chemo tablets feeling sick and hiccups which he had last night as well any ideas just gave him antisickness tablet but hiccups are still there
Hi guys, I realise it has been a while since i last posted. Since having chemotherapy, radical radiotherapy and a liver ablation, my latest scans show a recurrence in the primary tumour, which can only be dealt with via surgery. I am booked in for...
Hi all had my large intestine removed in Nov 2022 & a stoma fitted. Was told later it was cancer & has now spread to my liver & have stage 3. So at the mo I am on 1day of chemo then 14 days of tabs. Yesterday I had course 2 of 4. So hands cold & tired...
Not feeling too good at the moment,just been diagnosed with rectal cancer and am just waiting for another scan to check a spot on the liver. Ive not long got over prostate cancer and been given the all clear on that and this comes along.Im not feeling...
Hi, im about to start FOLFIRI as my second line treatment, does anyone have any advice on the main side affects they’ve experienced? And also any hair care tips? I’m going to have the cold cap but what are most peoples experience of hair loss with this...
I had colonoscopy and was told that they found something and looked like it was 99% cancerous I have been refered for ct scan and mri scan I am so scared was looking for abit of advice
Stage 4 bowel cancer, op on bowel, removed it, chemo, op on liver, failed by 1.5 mm to remove it all, so offered chemo with a 30% chance of it being effective and at best if it is another 2 years. But right now interested in what I have to avoid while...
I’m due to start my ‘mop up’ chemo soon but due to my wound not healing it’s been delayed. Why do you have to start the ‘mop up’ before 12 weeks or it’s no good? I know it’s too get rid of any stray cells but just wondered why it had to be done by a...
Hi, my father who is 85 years old has recently been told he has metastatic bowel cancer in the liver and lungs. He is the carer of my mother who has Alzheimer’s. Mum has understood his diagnosis and is struggling but doesn’t know how to help him. I’m...
Hi all, im so glad to have found this space and thank you so much for all that you each contribute. I wish I could say I’m coming in with a positive story. However my mum is currently at home in a hospital bed under palliative care. she called us...
