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I was referred to Manchester Royal Infirmary as my local consultant thought I'd be a good candidate for TEMS op, well after 3 weeks of waiting I went for a sigmoidoscopy today, I met Mr Donnelly before the procedure, the 1st thing he did was tell me I...
A month ago I had a CT scan which reported I had thickening in the hepatic flexure part of colon and was suspicious of a tumour. I was referred for a colonoscopy, which I had 2 days ago. Today I met with consultant who advised colonoscopy came back normal...
Had surgery for colon cancer two months ago. Am on soft food diet. When can I progress to some roughage in diet?
Just wondered if anyone else has gone through the following finished my radiotherapy a month ago and up until a week ago apart from extreme fatigue, pain on left side, everything else was going smoothly. Apart from a week ago I am constantly going to...
I’ve been referred to the hospital for treatment I need chemo and radiotherapy before my op , was just wondering how long I’d have to wait to have from them I’m getting anxious now , I know it’s only been two weeks , what are the general waiting times...
Had a phone call today from consultant to say my bowel cancer is back. Apparently when they were checking a follow up ct scan for surgery I had last year on kidney stone it showed lesions and nodules on both my lungs. An enlarge lymph node outside my...
Myself husband and daughter made our way to see the oncologist today at 9am it was the same one I had last year as he knows my history, he was lovely showed us my pet scan that was interesting I have a 7mm lymph node back of my tummy towards back bone...
I was diagnosed with bowel cancer two months ago. A bit of a shock and I’m unsure if I have come to terms with it yet. Also feeling for my lovely wife who as a carer has to bear the burden. Surgery and a long and difficult hospitalisation (still giving...
Hello, My husband (47 years old) was diagnosed in December 2020 with colon cancer Stage IV- metastasized to liver, lungs, and some lymph nodes. I HAVE to believe there is hope that he can beat this. Otherwise, I have a hard time getting out of bed each...
Hi everybody Has anyone been given Zarzio injections whilst on chemo , I have been given them to have inbetween chemo sessions to lower my risk of the virus. I was warned that they might give me joint pains which they have , but I also have quite severe...
