People of any background, gender identity or sexual orientation etc can be diagnosed with cancer. Please be welcoming and supportive when talking to others.
We keep this a safe space for everyone. To find out more, take a look at our Community Guidelines.
Hi has anyone had a pain in the stomach what have they taken to ease it
Has anyone had diorea for 5 days
Hi all, So my mom has received a text to say she is booked in for her op on the 4th. Firstly should she also be having a consultation before having the op to discuss the ct scan. Also how long will she be in hospital? X
I was diagnosed in January 2020 with stage 3 (tumour and 3 nodes) and had colectomy in February followed by CAPOX post surgery. Scan in June was clear and just had 6 month follow up. Metastatic spread to peritoneum, omental cake and aortic bifurcation...
My husband has just had whole bowel removed, as he had cancerous tumour low down. Cancer hadn,t spread and I was told all was well. Today I got call to say he was being discharged and district nurse would come to give him anti clot jab and change his...
Hi all, Hope you're all well Feeling kinda meh at the moment still waiting on CT scan results for my mom which she had on the 3rd. Hope she heard soon so we can find out what needs doing. Any words of wisdom would be appreciated in the time.
Hello all, Just keen to get a sense of how soon after bowel cancer surgery patients are usually re-scanned? Within a few weeks after the op? Particularly for stage 4 patients who are then going on to have a liver resection.
So seems My radiotherapy didn’t really do the job, so I now need to have major radical surgery to remove the tumour, but as it’s so low down they need to remove a lot, petrified of operation and thought of perminent colostomy
I normally put up a post each year after mum’s scans but I got sidetracked this year . A lot of new people facing the uncertainty of a stage 4 diagnosis. A little encouragement to those starting out , learning to live life in spite of a difficult diagnosis...
Hi some of you might know my reasons for joining the online community. my poor dear brother 42 diagnosed terminal cancer 18 months ago bowel liver and lung. The past 5 weeks he’s suffered with escities. He had a drainage 3 weeks ago and was told it...
