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Hi all, I'm feeling deflated, after the battle I had last week for my op to go ahead on Thursday, it's now been cancelled, my consultant has covid, so it will be done next Thursday, hopefully, but I have a sense of impending doom, what else can go wrong...
Hello All, I have had a positive fecal test and waiting for another colonoscopy test I have had 3 over a 10 year period due to bleeding but this is the first time It has come back positive but last year I had a colonoscopy and they was unable to get...
Hi. I am still pretty new to this forum and to having cancer. I'd be keen for any guidance and tips from those that were in physically active or close up work environments, and had to step away from their roles due to the cancer, covid and chemo...
I am about to start my chemo and have 8 cycles of xerox to get through. I don’t think I am really aware of what’s coming but know I need to crack on and get through this for my hugely supportive wife and my wonderful girls (6 and 9). I have some good...
Hello all. I'm new on here. Hope I'm doing this right I'm not very good online.
Hi am new here and haven't got a clue what I'm doing or what to expect I have had a ct scan and a biopsy which has left me in an awful lot of pain am waiting for appointments for mri and the camera .All bloods and fit test came back positive for bowel...
Hello! Hope you all are keeping well! I don’t go on here too often these days now. But I do like posting a positive news about my husband’s stage 4 journey, hopefully give others some hope too. Had an oncologist appointment last week for his 3 monthly...
Hi everyone Was diagnosed last November with Stage 2 Bowel Cancer and have just found out that it is incurable. Evidently I was told at the very beginning but I don't remember. I have decided to stop Irinotecan, which was making me really really ill...
Hey all, Recently been diagnosed with Stage 4 bowel cancer that has spread to the liver. It was missed by my GP 2 years back when i first went to them about blood in stool and sadly has now spread. The last 5-6 weeks since going for a colonoscopy to...
Hi everyone, I've not been on here much lately, but my island is so tiny, and the sharks aren't just circling they're snapping at my toes. I was supposed to have the robtic LAR, without any stoma, or if the joint leaks then a temporary one, I don't...
