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I don’t suppose anyone knows whether it is possible to fly with nephrostomies? Get through airport security? My husband has colon cancer and has two nephrostomies as radiation damaged his bladder beyond use. Two bags of liquids so an issue, but there...
Hi new to the forum, can anybody help me with fit test results. Mine just came back as 200, should I be worried? Thanks in advance.
Hi All, I've been on this forum for about 3 months because my husband had a bowel resection and a colostomy made. Since then he has been in hospital except for 2 weeks at home. And in those 2 weeks we had a dreadful time with him being sick and the...
Hi. I had my colonoscopy today & was told i had a tumour in my rectum. Unfortunately they weren't able to continue as the pain got to much for me it was agony. Was told it was between 4/5cm & a biopsy was taken. How long does it take for the results...
I am a 76 year old bloke who has stage 3 cancer. I have been through radio/chemo thereapy with a significant reduction in tumor size but have now been referred for exenterative surgery as there are complications. The surgreon frightened the life out of...
Hi everyone, I haven’t been around for a while so wanted to check in with an update on my brother who has stage 4 bowel cancer. He was doing reasonably well on oral capecetabine, irinotecan and panitumubab. He went for his treatment last Thursday...
Hi all! I am just wanting a bit of reassurance I suppose and will go to GP if necessary but basically I had an emergency right hemicolectomy in August and when the pathologist looked at the part of my bowel that was removed they noticed it was a tumour...
Was diagnosed with a 3cm tumour in bowel in Nov been on chemo tablets and radiotherapy 3 times a week. Had 4 weeks scan not shrinking lost my hair through chemo, it sucks. I had 4 week break from chemo just had another scan results still not shrunk but...
I am a 76 year old bloke who has stage 3 cancer. I have been through radio/chemo thereapy with a significant reduction in tumor size but have now been referred for exenterative surgery as there are complications. The surgeon frightened the life out of...
I was diagnosed with rectal cancer in 2010 and had many twists and turns along the way. I had three ops ( Colonostomy, an illiostomy, then back to a colonostomy). Along the way I developed chronic kidney disease, divertivulitis, a stomach hernia, shingles...
