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Hi Everyone! As i've been constantly posting on here since Thursday after Jay's bad news about his cancer- sorry! Can I ask why it could be he is always feeling cold just now even though I have the heating on and it's roasting. He seems really tired...
Hi I’m new to all this I’ve just been diagnosed with a 20mm tumour in my bowel just waiting for ct scan results to come back what a horrendous wait
Hi i have stage 3 corectal cancer. The tumour has been removed. I have had chemotherapy and now my tumour marker is down to 7 from 16. My question is has anyone tried dendritic cell therapy? I won’t take up your valuable time with boring details...
Hello l am new to this group and only just had a stoma bag fitted (5 weeks ago), so I am just leaning to get used to living with this. I do however want to ask how people dress with the bag hanging above and below the waist, wear there shirt and trousers...
Hi all just spoken to my oncologist had the usual niceties then she said your scan results are back is anyone with you I thought omg here we go. There is considerable reduction in the lymph node and my liver is looking normal I didn't know to laugh...
MRI yesterday. That was fun. Don't know what's next. but cannot say I am not worried.
Feeling really upset went yesterday to meet my oncologist to talk about my options, as I had a operation three weeks ago to have a stoma after finding I had rectal caner while in hospital was told I would have 5 radiotherapy session’s over five days...
Hi all I’m new here and very scared I have bowel cancer. I’ve had bowel issues for over a year now and finally went to Gp and told fit test positive for hidden blood in so scared .
I wondered if someone could help me with advice.? My mum has terminal bowel cancer diagnosed last September, I came on this forum but haven't been on for awhile now. But recently my mum has started to feel the cold had a few bad falls and infections,...
So had an actual laugh out loud moment earlier. As mentioned earlier Jay has been put on a course of water tablets by the oncologist and they are `fierce`. Poor soul thought he'd made in time to the loo but unfortunately, I had to go and mop up a couple...
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