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Bowel cancer is at the forefront of the news currently in a way that it has never been before . Apart from hopefully alerting people to make contact with their GP who may identify symptoms , it also highlights other needs of people after diagnosis, during...
My husband has moved from what was thought to be a simple bowel cancer to further growths in the peritoneum. As in Spain they displayed the CAT scan results on the health web before discussing them with him, you can imagine that things looked bleak. Now...
Was diagnosed with clear cell carcinoma in 2020 had a full hysterectomy. They said their was little chance of any regrowth, however recently took myself to my doctors due to similar symptoms. Was informed i have peritoneal cancer so need surgery on Monday...
Hi everyone. Newbie here looking for some advice re my Mum’s recent diagnosis. May 2021 my Mum was diagnosed with T4 Bowel Cancer. The tumour was successfully removed via emergency laparotomy& colostomy, she then had 4x cycles of chemo for preventive...
Had an operation to remove a section of bowel on 05 April 2020 but I still have tummy pains and inconsistent bowel movements (to date). Not sure i I should keep to a low residue diet or try to be as normal as I can. I will start chemo in three weeks time...
Hi all, I'm looking for suggestions from those that have been diagnosed with bowel cancer and have finished their treatments. My oncologist said I can eat anything but something at the back of mind tells me there should be some special diet to avoid the...
Hi Everyone After a four week break from Capaceptabine due to toxivity I restarted at a lowered dose last week. Within two days the symptoms returned - chronic diarrhoea even with 8 loperamide a day, very sore and bleeding feet sore hands nausea despite...
Hi, my partner hes just started Panitumumab last Thursday, he’s having it two weekly going forward. He has capecitabine and Oxaliplatin fourth lot now . Usually he’s OK on the capecit and oxali. fatigued etc but today he’s just not himself, that’s what...
Hi my partner has stage 4 bowel cancer that’s spread to the liver. He hasn’t started chemo yet but is complaining of aching calves. Is that part of the condition. It’s making him feel very low and this is before treatment has started yet. Any help would...
I had bowel cancer in the colon in Jan 2020. The tumour was removed successfully, but chemo was not recommended due to the COVID pandemic. in October 2020 scans and bloods showed CEA antigen at 55, and metastatic tumours in the liver impacting 65% of...
