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My husband has aggressive bowel cancer that has spread rapidly from first symptoms in October to now. It is now in bowel, lymph nodes nearby and in chest near lung, stomach lining, adrenal, liver and affecting blood flow so his kidneys have started to...
My husband had no symptoms at all then got blood in his stool and indigestion -?doctors thought it was diverticulitis so sent for tests to see. A few days later on 21st October the diagnostic bowel cancer hit us like a bulldozer. Further tests showed...
Hi .. I had surgery on 14 dec to remove a polyp which we after found out was sigmoid cancer and 12 inches of bowel removed to also eliminate 16 other lymph nodes 4 of which contained cancer. Also leading up to my op I had a ct scan and mri scan as my...
Hi guys Know it's been a while since I have updated you on everything, I had my operation on the 6th January, I have ended up with a permanent stoma, got out on 12th January, they told me to eat and drink clear fluids, like jelly, ice cream anything...
Hi.im new here and would love some help/views if anyone in similar delema I had a right hemi colectomy 5 weeks ago which went well and am still slowly introducing different foods. I'm getting so anxious now as I'm about to have chemo and have been...
I have been following this wonderful site, since my diagnosis of Bowel Cancer in May, 2019. I have always cooked & ate very well...However, I love meat. Yet also, I drink wine & smoke - so, possibly a candidate for cancer. However, I have read on this...
So Wednesday I was just so happy my mum's op went well how things have changed in the matter of days.... my mum seems to have gone down hill. She was vomiting a lot all brown sorry for the details and also her tummy is like a balloon. They sent her...
I have 2 holidays booked this year (one I had to move due to surgery and chemo). I am trying to find holiday insurance and having a nightmare I have tried the cancer specialist and the quotes are stupid £3000 which is more than the 2 holiday. I have tried...
Had an appointment with my oncologist Thursday he's very pleased with the way treatment is going on maintenance 5fu scan next month I'm not thinking about it...I'm not I'm not I actually got to see my scan results from end Nov and read The report...
So yesterday after what seemed like a life time of waiting (even though only 8 weeks) my mum went in for her op. She went in at 6am and was down having surgery by 9am. I received a call from the surgeon at 12.30pm to say my mum's op went really well...
