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Hi, My name is Dee. My husband has just been diagnosed with bowel cancer stage 4. It has spread to the liver. We are still currently doing scans and waiting for molecular testing. And then we will discuss the next steps with our oncologist. I am still...
Hi. I have low rectum cancer and after radiotherapy need surgery Does any one know if you can choose where you have the operation? I definitely don’t want to go to my local colorectal service Any one else made a choice? many thanks
Hi, I’m newly diagnosed with a 5cm tumour near where my large intestine joins the small. i feel very lucky to have been told it doesn’t look to have spread out of the colon and I have an operation planned in the New Year (awaiting confirmed date). ...
Hello I was told chemo would start within 12 weeks post surgery (ULARS with Ileostomy completed on 4th Nov) for the best outcome. I've had an appointment with my oncologist to discuss everything and who told me chemo (Capox) would start after Christmas...
Hello. Hope everyone is doing OK. I had stage 3 cancer in 2023. Had part of my bowel removed and underwent 3 months of chemo that ended in Feb 2024. Since then, I have, thankfully, been fit and healthy with my scans etc coming back clear. I go to the...
Hi to all. Ive been lurking in the background on this forum for a while since diagnosis, having a read on everyone’s journey. Now it’s my time, I’ve just returned home after my first infusion (Oxaliplatin). The idea of me writing this is is no different...
My mission this week has been to give my Oncologist a headache. I've been placed on Lonsurf with Avastin after two lines of chemo last year that didn't help lung metastases much. My oncologist seemed pessimistic today as if this new like of chemo...
Hi Not posted previously as I haven’t been in the right head space. ………In a nutshell: - Sigmoid tumour picked up at Colonoscopy following National Screening Programme positive FIT test (no symptoms) - Higher Anterior Resection mid October 2025 with...
Hello Everyone, I was a regular visitor to this forum just over 2 and half years ago when my husband Jay got bowel cancer. Sadly he passed away in June 2023 but please don't let that alarm any of you going through this just now he was I think just one...
I started feeling very ill in October with nausea and extreme diarrhoea. Which then turned to severe abdominal pain a terrible change in bowel habits where I cannot go for nearly a week then cannot get off loo when I do. Having problems eating and lost...
