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Hi, Recently diagnosed with Bowel Cancer and awaiting surgery on 12th November, all a bit of blur at the moment but what scares me most is what happens after the surgery. Wishing everyone the best possible outcomes Dave
Hello I saw the Oncologist on 28th October, where he informed that I would be going to receiving chemotherapy within 3 weeks time. Logistics of the chemo treatment is one day I will receive intravenous oxaliplatin together with supportive drugs, then...
Hello everyone I have recently been diagnosed with rectal cancer T2N2M0. So my treatment plan is TNT starting with 5 days of radiotherapy followed by 4 rounds of Capox chemotherapy. As my actual tumour is only small I think they are hoping that I...
Hi all My husband had a colonoscopy yesterday after his bowel screening showed an abnormality (he’s 64). Within an hour and a half of arrival we were sitting with an oncology nurse, discussing his cancer diagnosis (he was told during the colonoscopy...
Hi I've been diagnosed with transverse colon cancer and am waiting for my op on the 5th November. And then the agonising wait for the final results and staging. I've been told I might have chemo as my my PET scan showed that there is either a possible...
Hello, my husband has been on Lonsurf as a 3rd line chemo. He has really struggled with it. He is thinking about giving it up but we're concerned that regular blood tests to check hb etc levels and scans will stop as community care tends to treat the...
Hi Everyone. Has anyone had a reoccurance in the right side of their Pelvic area, (this is all I know until MRI Scan result)? A Radiologist phoned today and explained that my Wife's Liver is still clear after all metastases had been removed in the...
Hello- My father, aged 71 years, was diagnosed with Stage 4 rectum cancer with lung metastasis in March 2025. After ostomy, he completed 12 cycles of chemotherapy with Cetuximab 600 mg, Oxaliplatin 140 mg, Leucovorin 500 mg, and 5FU 4000 mg. After the...
Hi all, I’m Nic. I am 45 years old (in a few days) diagnosed with rectum cancer on the 3rd of October. While the first observations were pretty reassuring, the PET scan showed metastases at the liver. I feel I have done all the MRI, blood test and scan...
HI All, First time posting on here, recently been diagnosed with colorectal cancer, been for multiple colonoscopies, MRI and CT scans, and they are happy the cancer has not spread, the annoying this is the cancer is right at the bottom of the rectum...
