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I had rectal cancer 2 and a 1/2 years ago which thankfully was cured through surgery and I appreciate I am one of the lucky ones.How ever it has left my bowel in a terrible and painful state with a constant need to push and the need for manual evacuation...
Hi, I am opening this blog to cover the subject about diarrhoea and incontinence and what is a BAM after a right hemicolectomy, it seems to me that a lot of people get this and not much is done to diagnose it and get help for people suffering from it...
My mum had emergency surgery for a burst bowel back in January. We were told that it would be very risky as my mum is 79 but fortunately she came through the op and after being in hospital for 6 weeks she came home. Whilst she was in hospital we were...
Hi All I thought I would post a bit of an update on my daughters journey and hope it helps others understand that although a stage 4 diagnosis is scary you can still get some positives. She completed her 5th round of FOLFOXIRI + Avastin (100% dosage...
Hello I didn't really want to be back here again after testicular and renal cancer 8 years ago. I have been clear since then. However to cut a long story short: Following a blood test that showed me to be very iron deficient anaemic, I was referred...
Hello I have been reading up and most people seem to be given folfox for colon cancer with Liver metastasis. I wasnt sure if it was abbreaviated but the same thing as folfoxiri- but have now established it is three types of chemo in one - instead of...
Hi all My 22 year old daughter had a colonoscopy yesterday. She has been suffering unexplained fatigue, extreme pain when passing stool, intermittently bleeding when passing stool, constipation with episodes of diarrhoea, abdominal pain and lower back...
Hi Everyone I had a right side of my colon removed in May this year, and I was fortunate enough to not have to have any chemotherapy. I have however, over the last 5 days experienced a dull pain/stitch type symptoms in my left side lower back and...
Startting my 3rd week of chemporadiotherapy for rectal cancer tomorrow so starting to get some diarrhoea and discomfort but the worst thing is almost daily migraine episodes. I am 77 and started getting migraines in my teens, they lasted for 2 or 3 days...
Hello everyone my husband had APR surgery 6 months ago and has had CT MRI and PET scan. Something on his liver that’s wasn’t there before .. back to the horrendous waiting game again. anyway on here had the same with their Liver thanks in advance
