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He was diagnosed on the day of his CT scan - within a week had a stoma fitted and a few days ago had his major surgery to remove tumour & nodules as his bowel had perforated. Only symptoms he had were loss of appetite and abdominal pain. He was in high...
My husband has been newly diagnosed with colon cancer, we were told at his follow up appointment after a CT scan, the surgeon made it very clear that she wasn't keen to do surgery because of his age [82] and what she called frailties, he is aneamic, diabetic...
I’m mid 40s, been having symptoms of diarrhoea and abdominal discomfort for several months. GP did testing and both qFit and fecal calprotectin were outside of normal ranges (though neither were particularly high). I had a colonoscopy today and afterwards...
I had laparoscopic anterior resection on 18 th December and am waiting for my results, I am really struggling mentally, I’m terrified of what they might be and what my future looks like , any advice on how to cope with the wait ?
On Jan 21st I was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer which is touch my dudenum..I am seeing an oncologist on 28th to discuss chemo once I have had chemo I will need surgery..I am really scared by all this as it's fear of the unknown to me is anybody...
Hi all, I hope I'm in the right section this time lol I'm just wondering has anyone here done Red light therapy, PEMF therapy or Oxygen chamber therapy while doing the capox chemo. I really want to help my body as best I can during chemo. It is expensive...
My husband has just been diagnosed with bowl cancer. I hate even thinking about this as his health is the priority but I’m panicking about money. He is self employed and the main income. We have insurance but the pay out is small. Is there any support...
Hello everyone. Can anyone here share their experience of recovering from colorectal surgery? I am having a laproscopic low anterior resection on the 21st January. I was only diagnosed a month ago. Its T3N1M0. I saw the surgeon and he warned me that there...
Hi this may be TMI but I am looking for advice. Back ground: Loop ileostomy 5th December 2025 Rectal CA diagnosis Nov 25 stage 3 Received 2/6 cycles Folfoxiri Last cycle 09/01 Okay apologies if to much information. Loop ileostomy functioning...
Has anyone tried gel insoles to help with neuropathy, and if so, which would you recommend? Have looked on line and there are multiple different products with varying price tags, and I know it used to be the fact you get what you pay for, but in this...
