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Hello everyone diagnosed today with stage 2 squamous cancer of the bowel. I’m due to start three months of chemo tablets and radiation. I live alone and just wondering if anyone has any advice on what to stock up on to help the side effects. Also what...
Hi If anyone is loosing their hair on immunotherapy please let ne know. I've been on treatment for over a year six weekly IV. Thanks for reading Tracy
Hi all I have just been diagnosed today I was brought in and told I have a bowel tumour which has metastasised to both lobes of my liver and I am incurable. They will organise a meeting with the chemo team and I will discuss treatment shortly. I am...
Stage 3 rectal cancer and quite a way into treatment now. Had stoma put in end of Jan. Then started did 6 weeks of combined radiotherapy and capecitabine chemo, without too much trouble. After a 3 week break I'm now starting on a course of capox chemotherapy...
Hi I've just been diagnosed with bowel cancer and I'm hoping to speak to anyone else with the same problem just to get to know how everyone is coping
Why am I feeling so alone and fearful.. Just want to be part of life and enjoy things again
Hi, a newbie here, have just had a colonoscopy 2 days ago & the results were not what I was expecting ... seems I have a malignancy in my sigmoid colon , several biopsies were taken at the time so I guess it's a waiting game for results, a C.T. scan etc;...
Hi guys I have a question I had my op on the 20/4 so 28 days from operation rectum colon removal I have a life long stoma Still feeling very bloated and still some pain around 4 or 5 and sometime for the odd day gets to a 7 or 8 it feels as though...
Hello everyone im due to go gorilla trekking in Rwanda in September for 10 days. I haven’t started my treatment yet….got meeting with oncologist tomorrow….which I’m dreading! Based on others experience do you think I’ve any chance of getting there or...
I'm about to finish 8 cycles of chemotherapy following stage 4 bowel cancer diagnosed this time last year (+ surgery to remove tumour, part of bowel, hysterectomy, oophorectomy, appendectomy). I was exceptionally lucky not to need a stoma post surgery...
