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Hi I’ve been diagnosed with annul cancer 4cm. I had another colonoscopy under general anesthetic on Monday to get more biopsy I’ve had heartburn ever since has anyone else experienced this, is this normal? Also I’m just so so tired overwhelmingly tired...
So tomorrow operation day, I'm feeling rather nervous and emotional, I'll be glad the tumour will be gone but am apprehensive about the op and recovery and what may lie ahead.
Hi all, I’ve found out that they will now add cetuximab to my treatment starting tomorrow. I think I’m happy about it as anything that can help reduce tumours has to be a good thing right? I can’t Google it as I’ll do my own head in so was hoping some...
I have just passed 6 months since my op and had a successful tumour extraction and stoma reversed a couple of months later. No further treatment I was very lucky. I am still quite sensitive to any spicy or higher fibre foods. Will this settle down and...
Hello everyone, I'm new here after thinking about joining for some time. I have bowel cancer with lung mets and also LAR syndrome following lower anterior resection, which is horrible to deal with. I'm often told how strong I've been and how I've...
Hi everyone, I'm new to this site and just wanted to know if what I'm experiencing is normal and if anyone has any suggestions on the best way to cope!! A bit of background on myself..... I was diagnosed with colon cancer in Dec 2017 aged 46, it was...
Has anyone got experience of bowel adhesions? My husband is about to have a second operation for this. We are very fed up!!!
Hi everyone, I hope you don't mind me posting here, it's Rachel from the Community team. I just wanted to share with you our latest Community News Blog post where we discuss the amazing legacy of Dame Deborah James, and the importance of talking about...
I'm still waiting for my scan apparently there is a back log and this is at a private clinic, it certainly doesn't do much for the anxiety although I have resigned myself to the thought of what will be will be and only having a ct 6 weeks ago I'm thinking...
I was diagnosed with bowel cancer that had spread to my liver in Nov. Since then I have had 12 rounds of FOLFOX which has been successful at reducing the cancer in my liver but towards the end of the 12 rounds I started to suffer with numbness in my fingers...
