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Hi I have had half my bowel removed and things seemed to get back to normal after the operation and the capos chemo. Now however I am constipated and although stools are soft it’s hard to go. I am getting conflicting advice about what to do. Has anyone...
Hello everyone, I’m a 37 year old male and this is my first post on the Macmillan Online Community. I want to share with you all my near 10 year journey from cancer diagnosis, through surgery, to remission, in the hopes that some of what I say below will...
I have had a diagnosis of a lesion in my Colon. The biopsy is non malignant but active. The CT scan suggests that it has not spread. I have been scheduled for a Colonectamy. I have currently no symptoms I am 80. I understand I will take around...
Hi all, I was diagnosed with bowel cancer in Feb 2024. It was removed in April 2024 and I have 6 months of chemo to follow. I had my first annual CT scan and they found 'something'. It went back to MDT yesterday and they aren't sure if it's cancer...
Hi, My mum has bowel METS in liver and pancreas after being clear for a year - she had several rounds of treatment but 3 month scan revealed that although it hadn’t spread anywhere else it hadn’t shrunk either. They are now changing treatment and said...
I had a laproscopic right helicolectomy on 6/5 and came home 12/5 Initially had constipation, which resolved itself with two 'hard' visits to the loo on the day I came home. Since then, stools have become looser and looser and the last couple have...
I posted a few weeks back regarding my sister having a colonoscopy and them finding a tumour in her bowel. They never said it was definitely cancer but implied it looked suspicious. This was 3 weeks ago. She found out whilst at work that it was malignant...
Morning all, I’ve had 1 chemo treatment out of 4 needed but have found that my face is incredibly dry/red and sore. My skin routine consists of using a simple face wipe followed by simple moisturiser! Has anyone experienced this and can recommend what...
So, I’m lying in my bed in hospital having had a right hemicolectomy on Tuesday last week. Im told it was successful in so far as they removed all the tumour and affected lymph nodes, so the pain was worth it. I was hooked up to an epidural until Friday...
Has anyone used yougevity tangy tangerine to boost their vitamins.
