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I have been told I am KRAS g12 v folfori chemo has stopped working only option left is longsurf, I asked about avastin but dr said it only gives you another 6 weeks. just got home and feeling like my head in a hurricane anyone got positive outcomes...
So, Jay is still a little bit better today not much but ok. He hasn't been out at all today just preferring to sit in the chair and watch TV which is fine. It is Sunday after all. He had a cup of soup for lunch today with a slice of bread which he hasn...
Hi everyone, I’m relatively recent to the cancer support groups so I thought I should introduce myself. My name’s Isabel and I’m 17 and dealing with the diagnosis/treatment of my Dad’s bowel cancer journey. He was diagnosed in May of this year and was...
Hello everyone, My mother recently had a radical hysterectomy and part of her liver was removed. She's also been left with a permanent ileostomy bag. Shes due to be discharged from hospital on Tuesday but I'm concerned about her diet. The stoma nurse...
Been a new member for a week or so, and wanted to reach out to the community fo some support and advice........ After Dad had a 5 day course of radiotherapy in July follow up scans showed some reduction in size of tumour in lower bowel. The consultant...
Went to the toilet this afternoon and a wee bit of blood in pan and on toilet paper. I had my bowel tumour removed in January and adjuvant chemo in March to June. I did strain a little. (On holiday been eating too much food lol) didn’t manage the toilet...
Hi, I was diagnosed with bowel cancer in June this year. Only discovered because i was having terrible stomach aches / diarrhoea / sickness etc during the whole of May. After being admitted to hospital on the second occasion i was told i had a complete...
Nearly missed the fact we have moved into Nov . But just in time I remembered . Gemmary is being too polite to give me a nudge this month . This thread is for people to share what they are getting up to despite difficult times . Hope you are all doing...
I’m writing this for myself and anyone who it might help. I, like a lot of you, have joked and laughed my way through the last 3 years. Original diagnosis May 2019. In July this year I was told the cancer had been growing in my liver the whole time. I...
My mum is one month post op for rectal cancer. She had a total rectal resection with an ELAPE and stoma formation. She is really struggling with rectal pain- she is unable to sit at all. There doesn’t seem to be a post op infection or abnormalities...
