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Hi, I’m new to this forum. I was diagnosed 2 days ago with cancer of the sigmoid colon . My GP’s receptionist accidentally revealed the biopsy results to me not knowing that I had not been informed of the results. I’m yet to see my consultant to see what...
Hi, I’ve was diagnosed with rectal cancer about 3 weeks ago. My CT scan was clear and MRI confirmed a lesion very low in the rectum and flagged up a suspicious 6mm lymph node, I had just spent a week in hospital for a heavy bleed which left me anaemic...
Hey, am new here , am 29 years old , i have constipation(i pass 3 stools per day but need to push a bit) sice a week and stool look not like pencile , i can go to bath after a coffe pass a noraml stool with a point of blood i think , no much abdmonial...
Hi everyone, My husband was diagnosed with bowel cancer a few months ago. He has had his surgery and he’s starting chemotherapy (Capecitabine) next week for 6 months. As part of the process, the NHS have funded him to freeze his sperm and store it for...
Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has had this and who do you turn to for help, is it nothing to be worried about or am I just worrying over nothing!!! I had a defunctioning colostomy last year due to vaginal cancer Over the last two months the rectal...
Hello After visiting my GP for noticing mucas, a change in bowel habits and then a small amount of blood I was referred to Gastro. Little did I know I was fast tracked to bowel screening. My doctor had previously suggested I may have UC but as I take...
I was originally diagnosed with rectal cancer in October 21 and began a 6 week regime of chemotherapy and radiation treatment 5 days a week, ending on 15th January this year, then there was the lo wait to see if the tumour had shrunk enough to operate...
Hi After many ,many trips to the drs I was finally sent for a colonoscopy on 10 Nov 2020 where Cecil the sessile polyp was discovered and resected . My follow up letter was super reassuring stating tha Cecil seemed to be a polyp and that as standard...
Hi all. Now just finishing my 3rd cycle of capox and to say I'm struggling is an understatement. I'm permanently light headed and even the smallest movement brings on bouts of dizziness. Add to this unbelievable fatigue means I'm pretty much bed ridden...
Hi Everyone! Can anyone who has been on the above give any details of the success rate of this treatment. James (my husband) is hoping to start this treatment in the near future. I believe the shortened version is called CAPOX. We meet with the oncologist...
