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Hi all. Looking to see if anybody had anything similar. Been having bowel problems for over a year,going 5 times plus, gets thinner as the day goes on. Been docs 3 times, never had no blood until 6 weeks ago, had it on wiping on few occasions, doc sent...
Currently having chemo for colon cancer, had right part of bowel removed along with ovaries, appendix and close by lymph nodes. All contained cancer. Lymph nodes in my peritoneal area are now of concern. Battling on though!!! So I have a question about...
Good Morning and I am sorry that we all find ourselves here. On Saturday afternoon, I feel like we were hit by a bus. My husband was sent for a colonoscopy as he had blood in his poo, no other symptom. Dr felt it was probably not cancer as he has no other...
Good afternoon so this morning I attended my local hospital for a colonoscopy thinking everything was going to be fine only to discover that I had to wait for the doctor to come and talk to me which was a sign that I hadn’t expected she then confirmed...
I’m so lost and low, my husband had his bowel surgery over a month ago and it went wrong, what followed was a catalogue of disasters. I’m so lost without him, I’m struggling mentally and financially. I’m exhausted. The poor man has been through so much...
Hi, I’m new to this group. I’m really scared that I’m going to lose my husband. He’s 56 and was diagnosed with a large tumor in the hepatic flexure of his right sided colon 5 weeks ago after minimal symptoms for a few weeks and a negative FIT test in...
Hi I’m new here I’ve had a recent diagnosis of rectal cancer, I am in the waiting stage to have scans to see if it has spread it’s difficult waiting
I’ve had one hell of a year. Long story short, I was diagnosed with colorectal and endometrial cancer. I had surgery to remove part of my bowel and to have a complete hysterectomy. There were complications during surgery and I ended up with kidney failure...
I’ve just come back from the hospital where I have been diagnosed with anal cancer. Squamous? It is T4 which is not what I wanted to hear spread to the vagina and they think there are nodes other places but they’re not quite sure before they do the pet...
Having pain in tailbone every morning & burning feeling down right hip worrying it’s came back
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