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Feeling anxious I'm going to see my surgeon tomorrow I haven't seen him since Feb when he told me I has to have mop up chemo 0ne lymph node out of 26 I only managed 5 before it was stopped long story Think I'm more anxious about the scan he will book...
Has anyone had their stoma reversal before starting chemo? We are meeting the oncologist on Friday to discuss hubby starting his 6 months of chemo. He has a temporary ileostomy which he is struggling with, for many reasons. He knows its saved his life...
Hi anyone in the group have had the life Mel honey and what they thought
Hi, sorry to bother you, I wasn't sure where to start or where to look for advice. Would anyone else have heard of or experienced a tear or leak in colon after low anterior resection surgery. I'm so so worried about my darling other half, he had serious...
My son was recently diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the rectum. His doctor made the following notes in his file and I am just trying to figure out what all the terminology means: Single friable, fungating and ulcerated mass (traversable) in the rectosigmoid...
I'm halfway through the bowel prep (glycol-c) for a screening colonoscopy in 8 hours. I'm convinced they won't find any cancer but still feel anxious about the whole procedure. The bowel prep is awful even though I made it up with lemonade on the nurse...
Hi everyone. I got a positive result for blood from our national screening programme (FIT) and now have to have an urgent colonoscopy to check for cancer (polyps etc). I had been managing fine - I expect it's just a false positive as I've never noticed...
Just wondering if anyone else has had such trouble with a stoma working? My husband is still in hospital 3 weeks after his operation. The stoma seems to work intermittently and a scan has now shown a blockage. Back to resting the bowel!!!
I just wanted to say hi and hope you’re all ok xx
Hello, after what has been a whirlwind of conversations and tests I was given a diagnosis of rectal cancer just over 10 days ago. I saw oncologist last week and start chemoradiation in two weeks. until yesterday I was very detached and it didn’t seem...
