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Positive Fit test Hi, I realise it's very early to be worried but I needed to unload. Im a 38 year old female in general good health except for asthma. I recently had a strange episode at work where I suddenly got very hot, sweat dripping off me...
Hello there, Last Wednesday I went to get 2 polyps removed, one 4 mm in my colon and a 30mm in my lower rectum. They removed the 4mm but I was told that the 30mm is cancerous so decided to leave it. They had done previous biopsies of this that came back...
Hi all Literally had the best news following surgery to remove my cancer got the call to say I do not need any follow up chemo or radio. So yes I have got an ileostomy so haven't come out of this journey unscathed but hopefully this can get reversed...
My dad was told in November he has bowel cancer he had a blockage on his bowel which was at 90% so he had to get a stent put in his bowel they said it looked like it had spread to his lungs and it was confirmed yesterday it has went to his lungs and it...
I have the pump attached to picc after sitting for chemo on Day 1 and then it's removed late on Day 3. Today is Day 3. I notice the balloon doesn't seem to have shrunk at all. The top of the teat is still on level 4. I know it's non-linear but I think...
It has been sprung on me today that my treatment is starting tomorrow. I felt a bit silly during my pre-assessment call with a nurse going through any questions and haven’t left it with any real answers. Just told that I need to put things on hold until...
I've posted quite abit over the years, usually outlining diagnosis & treatment, but lately I've tended to only discuss the 'other end' of the experience, what comes after. In mid-December 2018 I went for a colonoscopy that was not for Bowel Cancer...
I'm going through treatment (Capox) for colon cancer and also have Panic Disorder. My cancer diagnosis sent my anxiety levels sky high and I just wanted to share something I found helpful. The Sherwood Forest Hospitals website has some very useful relaxation...
My husband had major bowel surgery and part pelvic exenteration last October. All cancer was removed but there were 15/28 lymph nodes that were cancerous and it was in blood vessels. He just had his first surveillance scan in October and they found...
Hi sorry if this isn’t the right place to be posting as I haven’t been diagnosed, but I attended A&E last night for some symptoms and have been put on a 2WW suspected cancer pathway. I’m feeling quite nervous as I’ve just moved away from home and unsure...
