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My son in law has recently started chemo- 2 cycles done, tablet method. He has had such severe reactions and has been in hospital, they are talking about stopping treatment. What does this mean? Any similar experiences?
My husband has been having blood in his poo but was told by his GP that he’s too young to have cancer (he’s 43). He’s examined him and confirmed it was piles. His bleeding got worse and so he requested a FIT test from his GP end of June. Few days later...
Hi everyone. I'm a female, aged 41. I've had some worrying symptoms recently, but I'm having troubles getting help from my GP. I wanted to get some advice. Over recent months, I've been experiencing symptoms such as very extreme fatigue and some pain...
Afternoon all, I’m 5 weeks post APR operation and over the past few days have been experiencing bleeding from my bottom wound with a stinging sensation. Just wondering if anyone that has been through this procedure experienced this and if it is normal...
I'm back again..after having a large polyp removed not knowing for sure until they got it out that it was definitely cancer but it was stage one. I got told they didn't recommend surgery beginning of July and was so relieved to have some sort of a normal...
I've just joined. Got colon cancer that has spread to my liver. What happens next?
My partner and I saw his colorectal consultant today and he confirmed that he has stage 4 cancer with liver metastasis (t3n2m1). He has to have a stent as the tumour is stricturing and so he is at risk of a total blockage, but he also said that there...
Yesterday, was possibly the worst day of my life! My husband, after taking a routine screening sample for Bowel Cancer was asked to go to hospital for a Colonoscopy. Again, I thought, nothing to see here just being over-cautious. When I went to collect...
Hi, I am 39 old and had been experiencing rectal bleeding for a month before having a colonoscopy 4 months ago, they have found 4 polyps, 2 right and 2 left. The 4 were small in size 3mm but sessile ones. Anyway, the bleeding stopped straight away...
So where to begin! I promise it will be the short version. I was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer in my large bowel and a tumour on my liver about a month ago. This was following two emergency laparotomy's in June and July. All very unexpected. A big chunk...
