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Hi! This is my 3rd bout of cancer, since 2011 I have had surgery radiotherapy and chemotherapy for Vaginal cancer in 2011 which came back in2016 then my bowel decided to go to the party last year. Well I am a party-pooper! So my lovely surgeon got the...
Had my appointment this morning with the surgeon, I will be having my op in about 4 weeks. Having lower anterior resection and an ileostomy. Reversible, but could be about 12mths wait. A lot to take in. The good news is they are quite confident it hasn...
Hi all I posted several weeks ago with many a question, then again to let you all know the op went well & just want to update you all with the results… Ok so it’s fantastic news… after being told I had a 5cm tumour & 2 lymph nodes affected. Small...
Hi My husband has been having various scary bowel symptoms like heavy bleeding, very loose stools, abdominal pain, tiredness for quite some time (burying his head in the sand) with some weight loss recently. He had a sigmoidoscopy about 4 months ago...
Still getting symptoms with bowels , but since November I have started getting stomach pains and burping and bloatness now doctors tried with medication nothing as worked so been referred for a endoscopy I have been on and of with symptoms since May i...
Frightened ....having had colon cancer spread to the liver twice, and liver re section, and radio frequency ablation, over 10 years ago, recent occurrences have lead me to wonder if it has now come back ? I went to see the doctor, as usually I had a colonoscopy...
Hi court and everyone else hope your all ok had dietision today she said eat everythin fastening what she mean anyone got advise
Hi I am new to this forum. I have in the past year have had 8 cycles of chemotherapy post bowl resection . Have been discharge from oncology team as I am currently in remission. My treatment treatment finished end of October but I have some peripheral...
Hi All, After what seemed like forever, I had my reversal last Oct (2021). Once home (after 6 days in hospital) I felt more uncomfortable and incorrectly assuming that my recovery would be similar after my LAR. I have now accepted that this is a longer...
Hi Everyone. I had a right sided hemi-colectomy 7 weeks ago and made a great recovery. No ill effects at all, which is great. I've now been left with the decision about having follow up chemo. I understand details are important here so here goes: I'm...
