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Has any one on immunotherapy had headaches ? It is one of the side effects I know but this is daily . Does anyone have advice I'm taking paracetamol and using a now rather battered bag of frozen peas Weirdly it seems to be affecting my hearing on one...
Hello there I have unfortunately had some bad news recently and have been told that my lovely mom has stage 3 rectal cancer. I’ve lived in Sydney the last few years so I flew home and have been here since helping her. im finding it hard to know...
I was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer and secondary liver cancer in 2021. Surgery is not an option, so I have been on palliative chemotherapy since 27 October 2021. I recently had a CT scan and discussion with my oncologist about the results. During...
Morning my husband has bowel cancer had a massive mass removed after having a blockage last weekend what a week think after a few set backs he may be coming home what do I do with him what can he eat he's only had 1 day in hospital on food liquid food...
Hi everyone just had Simon results had large bowel cancer removed took 14 lymph nodes 8 had cancer treatment is chemo just to blast make sure nothing comes back or any bit left she said positive news but Simon has not looked at it that way he hears cancer...
Hi all, First time poster. I'm currently thinking of changing jobs - my current job gives me 4x salary death in service benefit whilst my new one does not. I'm looking to see if i can get private life insurance whilst still having cancer. Has anyone...
Hi there. My husband is having chemo, the tumour has been removed. My query is does anyone know of sympathetic travel insurance companies? Our current insurers have turned us down.
hi all ive never posted before, no idea how this works but would appreciate any advice or support. my sister had colonscopy with biopsy and ct which showed she has colorectal cancer. scans shoe swollen lymph nodes in local area and not showing any cancer...
So I started the irrigation the last two days with guidance from my brilliant stoma nurses. All good and looking forward to a future of being more in control over Eddie's antics!!! Irrigation Liberation A new regime A controllable stream A...
Hello. I am not sure where to post this but I wanted to share our news with you. You may have seen other posts from me beforehand where I felt totally lost after being told by our Oncologist that my husbands cancer was no longer treatable with chemo....
