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Hello, I’ve been on this site for some time. I have for months been worrying about a bit I read on a report about peritoneal. I was called in and told by my oncologist don’t worry about it. My GP , CNS didn’t understand what I was talking about when I...
Hi I am new to groups and feeling a bit isolated and low. Keen to find some support and people to share things with
Next week my husband has to make the decision whether to have the traditional ten week wait for surgery, following his five weeks chemo radiotherapy. ( Rectal cancer T4N2M0) Or to go straight onto 3 months Capox - which the oncologist explained has a...
Hello, I hope everyone is doing ok. i wonder if anyone can offer any advice. I have just finished my 3rd cycle of capox and over the past few days the palms of my hands and soles of my feet have become red and increasingly sore. I have read this might...
I have just started 6 cycles of chemo (every 2 weeks for 12 weeks). I am being given Folfox (combination of Oxaliplatin, folinic acid and florouracil). I have a PICC line. The oxaliphatic and folinic acid are administeredin thr hospital, then I am sent...
Hello, I was diagnosed 2 weeks ago with rectal cancer...a shock in some ways and also not...I ignored symptoms for many years.... I'm nearly 45 years old. I'm actually in Greece although from the UK. I've been in Greece for 6 years although I'm not fluent...
Hi Everyone, I wasn't too happy about turning 60 this year but I'm so glad I did as I was sent the bowel screening kit and well you know what the outcome of that was or I wouldn't be posting on here. The only downside is my surgery is on 19th September...
Had stage 3 bowel cancer and have had part of bowel removed with the tumour and over 45 lymph nodes and a good surrounding area. Which were all clear. Tumour was over 4 cm so been offered adjuvant chemotherapy but it for 6 month and been asked for my...
I'm having a ct scan tomorrow, and have only managed to do 5 rounds of folfox chemotherapy.. As my neutrophils have dropped since round 5. I have stage 4 bowel cancer which has engulfed my liver, and my treatment is palliative. This scan is going to decide...
Hi there, I'm new to this forum and to cancer, having been diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer a little over a month ago. I'm on round 3 of 12 (folfox, oxyplatin and panatumamaub). I literally feel like lying down all day. I think others can get up and...
