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In June 2023 I was diagnosed with bowel cancer T3N1M0 done the treatments, done the surgery, have the bag. Prognosis positive. I am after some advice. whilst the surgeon was operating he said he had a problem getting passed my womb, he said he suspected...
Hi, my first post, not really my thing but here goes. I've committed to Folfox IV Chemo (via a PICC line) starting in a few weeks. This follows a bowel cancer diagnosis and 5 wks for radiotherapy/oral chemo. What I'd really like to do is to talk to...
Hi my name is Mike and I am new to the group. it’s a tough road to be on and I feel low today. I had combination chemotherapy prior to surgery which I had in late November 2022. The surgery ended up being major surgery and I was in ICU for three days...
Just wanted to say hi. My diagnosis was an out of the blue one this past week, only really symptom was abdominal pain but that had been attributed to potential endometriosis and then adhesions, this wasn't on anybody's radar (understandable I suppose...
Hi everyone, I'm going to see my GP tomorrow and I'm googling everything to do with bowel cancer and convinced myself I have it. Symptoms, a good bit of bright red blood on stools, no other symptoms. My mum had it in her 70's but thankfully is thriving...
Hi! Im 22 years old and have experienced some interminent blood in my stool since november 2022 (on the surface of the stool and when wiping). I visited my GP which said that in my age it probably isnt anything serious. But I was not satisfied with his...
I had my first colonoscopy yesterday, I’m 8 months post surgery. Not sure what this means but I have inflammatory tissue around the anastomosis. Biopsies were taken and now waiting results, has anyone else had this?
I had bowel cancer then a stoma reversal 6 weeks later had bowel movement through my vagina had emergency surgery and had my stoma back I have a hernia and my stomach looks huge about 6 months after getting my stoma back I have started getting bowel movements...
Anything to look out for or avoid..?
And still waiting for results of my last CT Scan, 17 days ago. It doesn't get any easier after four years. Marianne
