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So only six months after my LAR surgery and an all clear my cancer is back and has spread to my uterus. I am devastated. Thought my life was back on track. Had my stoma reversed in May and things seemed manageable - not ideal but manageable. Turns out...
Hi everyone I am currently just starting a 12 week isolated period due to being high risk as still receiving chemotherapy oh and my 3rd nipple (Ileostomy). In a previous discussion regarding Coronavirus and work it was suggested by Court maybe we could...
Hi I was diagnosed with a T4 rectal cancer in October 24. I had a colostomy formed and 28 sessions of chemoradiotherapy and then 4 cycles of capox chemotherapy which finished in April with the aim to shrink the tumour before APR surgery. My scans have...
Hi all, Just wondering if anyone is on here who had chemo & radiotherapy & Capox chemo before surgery with rectal cancer. OH completed 5 weeks of daily radiotherapy along with capecitabine in Jan/feb 25 then 12 weeks of oxaliplatin infusion & capecitabine...
My husband was diagnosed with locally advanced rectal cancer just over a year ago. Since then he has had chemoradiotherapy and chemotherapy for 6 months followed by major surgery to remove rectum, prostate and bladder. Throughout that whole process we...
Hello, I’m in the search of anyone who may have experienced the same. I have had bright red bleeding intermittently after stools maybe ever 2:/3 months since having my second daughter 15m after my first. I had a negative qFIT in 2023 and another sept...
I’m now 2 weeks post op after an extended right hemicolectomy. Looking to hear from others
I have just been diagnosed at age 47 with right side colon cancer. I am due to have surgery on 4th July. I’m so scared about everything at the moment and worried about the operation and recovery and then if I will need chemo afterwards.
Hi, I start chemo tomorrow capecitabine and Capox - I have DPD deficiency and am starting on 50% dose. I can’t find any previous post about Colerectal Cancer with peritoneal mets. Is there anybody out there with info!
How long will my son loose mucus from his bottom following a stoma operation?
