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Hello, my chemotherapy has not been working.I should have had chemo every two weeks but my platelets and white blood cells were always low, delaying my treatment usually by two weeks. I had six treatments with another four to go, but my oncologist decided...
Hi my mam was diagnosed with bowel cancer with a large tumour in her large bowel and a small growth in her small bowel at the beginning of December - she ended up in hospital after falling and they found the cancer as her system was all blocked up because...
Sitting hear quietly today been crying my eyes out don't know why I think everyone wishing everyone a new year
Hello, after 6 months of worry etc(ok that's a bit tame!) And initially told it needed to shrink before an op could be considered,.I went through radiotherapy which totally blasted it. I have had another MRI and sigmoidoscopy with biopsy which showed...
Hi I was diagnosed in October 21 within a minute of having a colonoscopy, (sent immediately for ct scan and MRI) with Anal cancer, stage 2, it has not spread anywhere else, it is 2cms from the anal verge and is 1.8 cms in size. within 3 days I was called...
Has anyone had experience with a lot of bowel movement iv had it 2 weeks and only now prescribed imodiam and has everyone had there chemotherapy xx
Does anyone have information on drinking prune juice will it make you have loose bowels
ileostomy . My husband has been diagnosed with rectum and large bowl cancer. There want to remove all of his lower bowel and rectum . There is no return from that. But he is 75 no symptoms just a fluke it was found. He has not yet confirmed he will have...
Can anyone update me on chemotherapy theyv had
Dear everyone, I have been absent for a while in part due to struggling with the uncertainty after portal vein embolisation and then the surgery itself. I feel very fortunate to have been able to have my surgery given the pressures the hospital are under...
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