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Hi Everyone! So, we went out today and done a little bit of shopping- well I did Jay stayed in the car. I was walking around the supermarket in a daze though and usually I am away looking at what they have on the clothes rails etc especially for our...
I’m meeting St Marks team on Friday morning for my first consultation about my pelvic exenteration operation, for reoccurrence. My story is pretty full on, I was diagnosed with rectal cancer March 2021, aged 35 it was initially to big to operate so...
Haven’t posted for a while. Told 2 weeks ago mri of liver unchanged but today told there was a discrepancy between mri & ct done 2 weeks later. Now drs think liver tumours have grown by 2cm. Have been on capiri for 2 years, since recurrence but initially...
I have low rectal cancer. It is a mucus producing one (don’t know much more about it) it’s within 6cm of anal verge. I’m having a Low Anterior Resection and ileostomy.. Does anyone have any experience of these surgeries and can give me an idea of how...
So, Jay had a telephone consultation today with his urologist and they are talking about doing a nephrostomy with him? He said his kidneys are slightly swollen and there is a danger that valves can get blocked off because of this. They think that it is...
Hi! Has anyone any ideas on what kind of smoothies you could make up for someone with cancer. I put it to Jay that because his appetite is a bit off just now if he thought he could drink these as a way of getting some protein into him. I know there...
Should of had my scan results back yesterday according to my consultant but my colactral nurse who is very abrupt and got no empathy at all more or less told me don’t be stupid you not get them back till 2 weeks what you ringing for !!!!
Hi Everyone! Well, after yesterday we I thought Jay had turned a corner and was starting to get a bit better, but it feels like two steps forward and three back. He's gone to bed and told me that he feels really weak. He said he feels tired but not...
I feel.quite selfish in saying how utterly scared I am I want to be strong for my hubby but sometimes I could just cry seeing his loss of dignity during all the tests. Does anyone else supporting a loved one feel selfish for feeling like this?
Hi Back in February this year my Mum was diagnosed with colon cancer, to cut a long story short she has an emergency right sided hemicolectomy after her bowel perforated. They managed to remove all the tumour (T4N0Mx) and said she didn't need any further...
