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Hi all. My mom has gone in tonight for her op tomorrow so certainly got butterflies esp as we can't see her. How long will we know if anything else needs doing? Very worrying time
As posted before. Mom was diagnosed in November. Since then she has become dehydrated and weak. The hospital is trying to fix this but I am working on getting her transferred to a better hospital where her oncologist is after she was too poorly to attend...
New to this forum and thank you for allowing me to chat on behalf of hubby whose food I prepare and cook. 7 years post rectal cancer and he was doing really well with diet and maintaining a good weight. Following a hip replacement things didn't go as...
I have been doing a lot of reading and was wondering if any of you changed your diet after bowel cancer ? Do you think diet plays a part Hope your all doing well xx
My partner now has the diagnostic tests back. He has stage 3 colon cancer with one tumour in his colon and a spread of disease into the local lymph and blood vessels. His surgeon says that this is all 'in the surgical field' and could come out in surgery...
I had a stoma reversal nearly 6 months ago. My bowel movements have settled down but I accept they won't be the once a day like clockwork as they were in days before. The point I would like to raise for discussion is the sensitivity of my belly - just...
Hi all ....so yesterday I walked into a hospital appointment and in the room was a doctor and 2 nurses. I just knew it was bad news. So my history is minor bleeding from back passage started in October 20 and I contacted my gp who said it's piles and...
Hi I'm new on here 3 months ago I had part my bowel removed but am still having problems going to the toilet has anyone else please experienced this. I am due back in work but my bowel habits worry me Thankyou
In November I was told I had bowel cancer but then I had to have a ct scan which showed that it had spread to my liver and lungs. To be told that at 51 is devastating as I had had breast cancer 5 years previous. I am now on chemo and having a infusion...
My husband was diagnosed with stage 4 rectal cancer in Sept 2019, it was downgraded to stage 3 after scans confirmed liver was only cysts, 1 stoma surgery, chemo, radiotherapy complete and positive of beating it, unfortunately after all this it was present...
