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Hi new to the forum diagnosed with Rectal Cancer awaiting for the plan of treatment and what treatment . Think this is worse than the diagnosis just want to start it . So scared of how the treatment s going to make my body feel . Scared if I have a permanent...
Hello my husband had a bowel cancer diagnoses last week but everything feels like it’s taking ages to progress no scan for another two weeks and appointment with surgeon in 4 weeks which I’m sure is normal but we are finding the waiting impossible...
I had a call from my GP to say my Fit test was positive at 356 and i am being referred on the 2WW cancer referal pathway for a colonoscopy. Any advice or your experiences would be great to hear, thank you.
Hi all, I had my yearly check when they thought they’d ’found something’ back into the whirlwind I went. then they decided it was watch and wait. So last week I had the ct scan and I had my bloods yesterday. today I had a phone call to ask for...
Hi all, just to introduce myself really. I got diagnosed officially yesterday with stage 4 CRC. It’s in my lymph nodes and was only found as I had swelling to left lymph node in my neck and some shortness of breath. All a bit of a shock and start treatment...
Hi all, sorry for the long message, finally decided to join the group after being diagnosed in 2020 with Colon cancer and went through emergency operation to get Sigmoid removed, had a stoma and then revrsed. Diagnosis:Treatment: 07.06.2020: Resected...
So my husband has had some concerning symptoms lately. He’s passed some bright red blood and went straight to the doctor. He’s passed was given blood tests and q fit test. His other symptoms are pain in his abdomen after he eats, needing to go to the...
Sending best wishes to all. I am 47 and have had symptoms (put down to ibs) for 3 years. Blood in stool (diagnosed as anal fissure a year ago) before it got worse over the summer and was fast tracked. had a colonoscopy 11 days ago where they found...
Hello Am 52 years old lady I was diagnosed on 02/10/2025 with low rectal cancer locally advanced with obturator node, iliac artery node and internal node involvement. Preoperative treatment in the form of chemo/radiotherapy is recommend before surgery...
Yesterday I discovered my diagnosis is terminal, e.g. already spread to liver and lung. I'm going to have a stoma I think, to ease bowel symptoms. 12 to 24 months if my response to chemo is "average". I ended up writing a long list of "things to do...
