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Hi everyone I have just had the great news that I will be having the reversal operation on the 22 December. However, remembering the pain that I was in after my operation due to constipation (caused, I guess, by the pain killer) i was wondering what...
Hello I’m 42 and have bowel cancer , I never thought those words would of ever come out of my mouth . I’m having surgery to remove my sigmoid tomorrow, things are moving very fast and I will only find out what stage the cancer is when it’s removed . Just...
Hi all I found out this week that they want me to start capox in Jan and although i am feeling positive about the treatment ahead a slight worry is decending over me about the side effects especially as google can make your mind spiral. Im really concerned...
I wondered if my reaction to the Moderna booster jab was just one of those things. However I have now discovered that the reaction to it seems common. I’d like to hear if there's anyone here that has not had a reaction. I haven’t found one in my village...
My husband started getting diarrhoea on his second week of CAPOX (second week of Cap tablets) and it hang really stopped, carried on through the week off. He’s been taking Loperamide daily. We’re starting the next cycle today and he’s still got the diarrhoea...
Hi I am 50 years old and have been diagnosed with bowel cancer and had to have an emergency bowel resection I thought I was coping but went to pieces yesterday as I had 2 letters from my hospital yesterday 1 telling me that I have my 1st meeting with...
Hello all, I've never joined a forum of any kind previously, but in the long days following waking at 3:30am after chemotherapy and the lack of reasonable communication in my home environment I guess I am seeking like minds. I was first diagnosed...
Do anyone think it's ok for me to take imodium haven't started chem yet but for some reason iv got dioreah
I have been widowed for fifteen years and was diagnosed with stage 1 endometrial cancer in March. A further CT scan revealed I have stage 4 bowel cancer which ahs spread to the liver and one tumour on the lungs. I had four sessions of chemo which apparently...
The subject sounds like a bad band name but given the time of year I’m keen to understand peoples experiences. My husband likes the odd drink, a glass of wine or G&T. He ran it by his oncologist who said it was fine. Since the CAPOX he’s found he just...
