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Hi All, I am currently recovering from Bowel cancer having had diagnosis between Christmas of 2019 and the New Year of 2020. Had my surgery in February of 2020 released from surgical team to Weston Park on the 29 February (a date that does not come...
My younger sister is 47 and has been diagnosed with bowel cancer as well as liver which is secondary. My father on law has just received news that his life we had stopped working because of cancer and there is nothing more they can do. I know it’s not...
Hello everyone, Unfortunately, I'm new around here. My mom had surgery in 2014 for colon cancer removal. After all of those years, last month the CEA levels was high (around 21 ng/ml) and after CT and MRI examination we found some metastases in her...
Hi everyone, We hope you don’t mind us posting here today but we wanted to share some of our festive content. You may notice quotes from this group, in our latest blog linked below: https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/community_news/posts...
Hi I was diagnosed with stage four bowel and liver cancer in October 2020, this time my now ex wife didn’t look after me, care for me or even help me in anyway! we are now divorced I have five children and four grandchildren I’m still only 48 years old...
People on here often talk about stomas being upset. How do you know if one is upset? We are trying to work out exactly what my husband had the other day, a blockage or something he ate.
Today I had to do more cardio tests after I was told at the previous one “oh they won’t like this” Blurting things like this at patients doesn’t really fill you with confidence. I know they have to tell you a certain amount but for me it’s overload and...
Hi, my husband has just been diagnosed with bowel cancer. He's to have chemo and then an operation to have chunk of bowel taken out, he will nerd a stoma . He's had all his scans.. Due to see chemo nurse shortly. He's not told anyone other than me and...
December is upon us ! Back to being mild again here . This thread is for anyone to contribute to , either thoughts on treatment or what you are getting up to despite it all . KathH2 Can’t make a comment on your last post for some reason . What a lovely...
Hi. I posted at the beginning of my husbands cancer journey. He completed 5 weeks of chemoradiotherapy and his scans did show a good result. We were aware that he would have to have his rectum removed and a permanent stoma. Been to Christie's today and...
