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Following completion of a home test kit I was called in for a colonoscopy 9 days ago. During the colonoscopy I was diagnosed with a single malignant tumour. Within 4 days I had CT and MRI scans. All very quick. Today the ColoRectal unit had their weekly...
Good morning Day six after my APER with permanent stoma and arrived home yesterday. Problem is, almost as soon as I left the hospital my stoma went quiet. Output was ok nad mostly formed into a thick sludge but have had nothing since apart from...
Hi, I’m new on here and it is my husband Rick who has rectal cancer with a stoma and 25 treatments of Radiotherapy in October/November. He also has Alzheimer’s which seems to have advanced in the last few weeks and I had to arrange through the social...
Hi all, my mom has had her consultation and she is going to have a right hemicolectomy anyone have experience of this. It sounds quite a scary op :(
6 days after I retired from my cherished profession, my husband was diagnosed with rectal cancer. He is currently undergoing daily chemo and radiotherapy pre-op, which is arduous for both of us. Today, New Year's Eve, *two* people expressed commiserations...
Hi all, I was diagnosed with bowel cancer and secondary cancer of the Liver in september 2021. Was rushed into hospital with what they thought was problems with my Adenomyosis (was actually booked in for a full hysterectomy that week!), then they thought...
Hi, I'm new here, I had a bowel cancer operation on 4th October, but now undergoing chemotherapy for cancer on the liver as it has spread, just wondering anyone out there in a similar situation that can offer personal advice on how to just keep progressing...
Here I go again really feeling down today been crying don't know what to do with myself am in slight pain but nothing to much starting treetment Friday and moving back to my own flat I think everythings come so quick
Does anyone have experience of the drug? My husband has incurable cancer in his peritoneal. The Dr initially put him on the Capox chemo drugs but had to change him to a slightly different treatment as the tablets he was taking weren't agreeing with him...
Hi all I had my all clear scan before Christmas which was fab my consultant surgeon has been amazing spent an hour with him talking things through and going through what happened to me in 2019 and burning the granulation off my scar line which is still...
