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In 1999 I had bowel cancer which was removed successfully, thankfully no stoma. I had 4 rounds of Chemo to mop things up. A PET scan in September showed a small met on my lung 14mm. I am very fortunate at this time as I have 3 treatment options: Removal...
Hi did a lady on here last week say she had regular transfusions I can't find it now thank you
Diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of caecum, i’m 55 only had one bleed, but had a ruptured appendix in May where nothing suggested cancer at that time. due to the one bleed and still having abdo pain i fought for further investigation, CT appreared normal...
Seems a long time since July 16th when I was diagnosed with colon cancer.HAR 31st Aug ,biopsy stage 3 , subsequent scans CT and MRI confirm 14 mm tumour on liver but nothing else.Just Started 6 rounds of Folfox for 3 months and Oncologist hopes to shrink...
Hi all, Just had another MRI to check my liver and so waiting for results. Im having a bit of pain now,its worse when sitting down but worse at night because its keeping me awake. Nurse said paracetamol every 5 hrs, the co codamol but that makes...
Talk aboat stress I was calm before all this theyv canceled my chemo 3 times I do understand why theyv got to get things rite but Iv got a appointment on the 19th Nov to start chemo so I'm praying they don't cancel again iv got to see the oncologist on...
Hi I have now had my surgery to remove my cancer. My histology has come back and 1 node out of 20 was cancerous, so now its 3 months of chemotherapy. I am going to be on oxaliplatin and capecitabine. I would appreciate any advice on what to expect and...
Hi court home from hospital had 3 transfusions and 1 for anemia so hoping I can finally start my treetment fingers crossed
My husbands stoma has started working, and there are signs he will be let out of hospital soon after 4 weeks!! Now we have a new problem. He always had belts on his trousers, but that will be in the way of the stoma. Are braces the way to go? And I've...
Hi all well I went to see my surgeon yesterday very anxious but all was good we ran through the chemo episode and he wasn't worried I'd only had 5 cycles I thought it was 6 but hey ho, he told us that the lymph node wasn't confirmed as a positive cancer...
