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Hi all, I'm tee. I hope you are all doing ok . I was diagnosed with a cancerous sigmoid tumour on the 23rd of July and had it removed via robotic surgery on the 8th of August, from the 9 glands that were harvested 3 contained cancerous cells , I'm due...
Just wanted to reach out and say hi. I'm new to all this I'm 51, male from West Yorks with rectal cancer. I'm at the stage where I have to do the fitness test, then waiting for the date for my op. It all looks contained and they want to remove...
Hi - i am new here and hoping to support and get support in what are awful circumstances for us all In September i was diagnosed with a right colon tumour and a collapsing bowel due to this and had a right hemicolectomy on 24/9. Slow recovery due to...
Hi I’m 40 years old it all started back in 2021 with a dull ache right side under the ribs and a dull ache in lower back then started with the diarrhoea on and off wee little stomach pains in that time I’ve been back and forth to the gp at least 100 times...
I am having just 5 sessions of radiotherapy for rectal cancer and had my second one today. Tonight I am having a bad aching sensation in my pelvic floor. I have taken paracetamol and Ibuprofen but neither seems to be doing anything. Has anyone else suffered...
Hi all. I'm just over 2 weeks out of surgery for stoma, in preparation for radio and chemotherapy. So many questions! Glad to have been pointed to Macmillan :)
newly diagnosed and had first immunotherapy session last Friday. Nausea and vomiting despite meds and fluctuate between constipation and incontinence - losing all dignity On 21 different tablets daily for other ongoing medical issues and finding it difficult...
I had a phone call from the Gp last night saying that my Fit test came back at >200 so i need to have a Colonscopy in the next 14 days which i am going to have ive had bleeding in the toilet bowel servre tummy pain fatigue looked like mucus ive been in...
Simon has itching under his stoma base plate has anyone else had this?
Hi i have what might be a different situation. I am English, but i live in Thailand. at the end of September i had most of my colon removed in emergency surgery. CT scans show it did not spread. they have put me on Capecitabine for 8 cycles. just...
