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Hi all Thanks for all the support and well wishes. I had severe diarrhoea and assumed it was a side effect. And even 2 visits to A and E I was told the same but kept me on imodium which was not working. Well 4 days ago I got to see my oncologist...
Hi everyone in the group and I would like some advice for a problem that is worrying me. I had a right hemicolectomy just over a year ago and have recovered well, though with loose stools which are now controlled by loperamide so I have been lucky that...
Hi everyone. A bit of a scary time for me. Went into the hospital 3 weeks ago with pain in my right side, expecting to be told Gallstones or a gallbladder issue. However from Ultrasound and CT scan was told it was Bowel cancer that has spread...
Hi, After a whirlwind few weeks of tests and scans I have been diagnosed with rectal cancer. Nurse called me yesterday to say I was discussed at MDT and have to get radiotherapy and chemo to shrink the tumour and there is one lymph node close by. I...
Just about to start the journey still trying to come to terms with the news
Hi All ok so this is becoming an issue for me as stated before living in Thailand and Thai laws means that treatments could be different. 5 days ago i came off of my first cycle of Capecitabine and when i did WOW did the diarrhoea start. i have been...
I have ileostomy stoma reversal soon following surgery for colon cancer. I have been told that light incontinence is a possibility, also a feeling of increased urgency. Either way, it would seem some kind of protection would be available. The only product...
Well I've got a biopsy of my lungs on Tuesday and I am so scared. I have COPD and I have read on here it's not very nice. I really don't know what to do, I had surgery on 7th of August to remove the colon cancer which was a success but don't know what...
I am waiting for histology results and getting anxious
I have just been diagnosed with T1 rectal cancer with concerning features and awaiting surgery, I understand I will be restaged after . As someone who suffers with health anxiety this is my worse nightmare and I am really struggling to understand the...
