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hi all, im 7 months post op now and the stoma etc is just fine. ive had this niggly headache and feeling a bit rough fro a few weeks now. Went to my GP who sent me for a CT scan and came back all clear. Saw my macmillan for other scan results and...
I've had my stoma for just over 3 weeks, I've had output every day, on 2 different days a week apart I had some orange juice, 250mls the 1st time 75mls the 2nd, on both occasions I had awful diarrhoea, on both occasions I took 2 loperamide capsules, sine...
I’m halfway through my three month course of Folfox for Stage 4 bowel cancer. I’ve just been advised that I can’t have my chemo on Monday as scheduled because my neutrophils are too low. I have to wait a week to see if they come back up. Obviously,...
I am 75 year old usually active retired sheep farmer and dog owner breeder I now have terminal stage four bowel cancer and am having palliative treatment.
So, managed to get a call back from the GP this morning and she prescribed Diazepam for me because I was in such a state talking to her over the phone in telling her about Jay. She was so lovely it was just like talking to someone you knew forever. I...
Hi everyone. I'm new here and have already found reading through this group helpful to know I'm not as on my own as I feel. My dad (58) went from seemingly fit as a fiddle to having an emergency bowel op and a stage 4 diagnosis within 2 months. He's been...
Hi I'm on Folfox chemo again, for four cycles, hopefully to facilitate surgery re mets to liver. Just had first cycle (Tues.) not too bad so far - used to it, from last year. Prior to Chemo I changed my normal organic honey to manuka - following friendly...
So my fiance was back at the hospital today for his CT scan results which shows the chemo is definitely working but hes came home ever so disappointed as he asked about when he'd be able to go back to work cause other than his chemo week is feelin ok...
Thank you .... to my friend for giving me subscription tv for my fatigue days; to all of you for understanding my "i need space" times; to my besties who laugh with me at times we could have dispaired; to the patience and...
Has anyone on here had an abdomino-perineal resection of the lower bowel and what have their experiences have been please? It's such a radical procedure....scared.
