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Hi! My father has recently completed 6 months of chemo for a stage IV bowel cancer diagnosis whereby a tumour/part of his large intestine has been removed. The majority of the lymph nodes removed had cancer present in them. Should he be having a scan...
Hi everyone. My dad's had low lying rectal adenocarcinoma T3N1MO EMBI positive; after cycle 1 of capecitabine and radiotherapy they couldn't find any cancer on PET scan/sigmoidoscopy/ CTs etc. In view of his age (over 75y), good response and fact...
Hi there. I was diagnosed early this year after I went to A&E in January with severe abdominal pain found out I had a stage 3 t4 tumor that had perforated my bowel. I had emergency surgery to remove the tumor, some of bowel and some cancerous lymph nodes...
Hi, I’ve not posted in a while as life just passes far too quickly. My partner got diagnosed in February 2022, stage 4, hes had chemo and panni targeted treatment, a sepsis scare, and a Lung PE, but still we go for walks when we can. Primary in bowel...
Got headache nausea just feel unwell started Thursday not covid post radiotherapy ten weeks past is it a bug or something else
Good Morning all. I was just wondering if there is someone that has undergone keyhole surgery for a tumour in the bowel. I have finished my chemo/radiotherapy and the tumour has shrunk and I am seeing the colorectal surgeon on Friday 19th who I believe...
Hi all, firstly thank you all so much for all the support and info that you've been giving me, it's appreciated so much, everyone has been do good. My sis came to visit yesterday and I showed her the latest letter from my local consultant, I had focused...
Hi everyone not been on here a while ,been trying to carry on with bowels problems, I don't know what to for several months I have had loose bowels amd pain in ,tummy ,had a endoscopy in May time fit test last year amd stool tests all normal ,I have changed...
Hi , I thought I'd share my experience over the last few weeks as a warning to other stubborn folks. I'd been feeling nauseous, fatigued and just not well for two weeks but as these are the usual side effects of immunatheropy I ignored them and tried...
A family member got diagnosed at stage 4 with rectal cancer that has spread to his liver 2 years ago. They have been receiving chemo without a break and it has managed to keep the cancer stable. I think they might be planning an operation but I can’t...
