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Hi everyone. Currently waiting for my surgery for bowel cancer which is now due on the 9th November (LAR) I’m 24 so this has come as a shock anyway. I’m undergoing fertility treatment with daily injections. Around a week ago I found a hard lump on my...
Hi Everyone! Just an update on Jay- so sorry to keep on about this as I know there are a few of you out there going through worse. Anyway, he was actually physically sick last night, and this has been a first in going right through his treatment so...
I'm new to this forum, having had a colonscopy on Monday that showed a 35mm malignant lesion in my transverse colon.Although I've been losing weight for 8 weeks the scan was coincidentally part of my follow up from womb cancer two years ago (yes, twice...
Hi there, I hope someone can help me. My husband is 41 and had a ct scan today after suffering stomach cramps. The results are devastating. He has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer which has spread to his liver and lungs. They said there is treatment...
I have had my last cycle of 6 today but my CEA has gone up from 8 to 12 is it a sign if further spread of cancer has gotten bigger ? I have my scan 7th Nov and I feel really worried now about results.
I am one of the lucky ones….chemo and radiotherapy, rectal stage 4 tumour surgically removed - temporary stoma installed. During op, liver cancer discovered -1 tumour removed, another zapped a couple of months later and stoma reversed. One year cancer...
Hi i,m notsure if i should be posting here as i have not been diagnosed with cancer, buti do suffer from health anxiety, and have been suffring from loose bowels most days, usually only once in the morning , but sometimes 2 or 3 times , i have checked...
Hi Everyone Hope you're all well! So, went with Jay this morning to get his CT scan. This will decide if the chemotherapy treatment is working- which we really do hope is! We were both quite calm this morning when he was going to get it done and it...
Hi, I’ve had 3 treatments of CAPOX on 3 week cycle. Oxy IV was delayed a week after 2nd cycle but now I’ve had a platelet count too low for my 4th treatment for 4 weeks. I have not been offered anything to help raise my platelets just told to wait and...
Hi All, my husband is so poorly he has deteriorated in the last 4 weeks since diagnosis from bowel cancer that has spread to his liver. We are still awaiting the pet scan and mri before they can tell us what the treatment plan is. my issue is that he...
