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September has started with some sunshine here , a nice way to welcome Autumn! Hope your all having a good start to your day ! Court
Here we go ! We have arrived in Sep! For all new people this thread is just for taking a moment out to say “Hi” tell us how you feel , what you have been up to or show us your creations etc ! Having sat for an hour in the cold at a particular location...
Bowel Cancer UK are running an online support event if anyone is interested. www.facebook.com/.../
Hi all, we’ve had a meeting with the oncologist this morning and my husband has been told that the ‘standard’ approach (he has one lymph node flagged up and no sign of reoccurrence in his rectum) is 6 weeks radio and 6 months chemo- I won’t lie this has...
Hi again guys, Sorry for all of my posts but after your surgeries what are your stools like, now I know bowel function may not ever return to normal after a LAR but I thought once the tumour was removed and everything was reconnected my stools would...
Hi all, My diagnosis journey came about after being sent a 60th birthday present from the NHS. A FIT test which was returned needing further investigation. The wheels went into motion and I had a colonoscopy which discovered a large sigmoid tumour...
Hi. I’m new here. My husband has stage4 colorectal cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy at the moment. He was first diagnosed 5 years ago and had a bowel resection with a permanent stoma. We were coming up to 5 years cancer free but secondary’s were...
Hi everyone, I am new to this forum. I was diagnosed in May 2022 and have had an operation to remove part of my bowel. I’m now having chemotherapy. I started with Folfox but have struggled with it so now moving to weekly 5fu bolus, plus fluorocil...
Guys, I need all your recommendations of all the beauty products you use during chemo, i was a proper product junkie before being diagnosed with rectal cancer but since then I’ve kinda gone off beauty but obviously still need to wash and clean my hair...
I start my chemo treatment on Thursday after being diagnosed nearly 3 mo the ago , I had to go for a pre assement at the hospital today and all was going well until I walked into the treatment area , I burst into tears thought I was going to have a panic...
