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Im dad/grandad broken by yesterday's diagnosis want to be strong but in a complete mess today any advice please
Hi. My partner has recently received her cancer diagnosis and, unfortunately, the tests following surgery showed that there was cancer in the part of the bowel that was removed and, worse, that this had spread to some lymph nodes and to her liver. The...
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Hi All, After an endoscopy discovered a Tumor on the junction of my esophagus and stomach, which i only had due to excessive burping, no acid reflux a resulting CT scan found i also had a mass on my Liver. Saw my Oncologist yesterday and he is a bit...
Mum was diagnosed with Bowel cancer back in 2005 and had surgery to remove part of her bowel. Fast forward to August last year, she had a FIT test because of blood in her faeces and was sent for a scan, she was then given a diagnoses of secondary Liver...
Hi my name is Dave and I am 44 years old. I am a husband and father of 3 girls. I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer last January. I had my tumour removed by robotic surgery but could not have chemotherapy afterwards because my blood results indicated...
Morning Due to start chemo next week XELOX (capox) and was wondering about the possible side effects. Has anyone suffered with their hands? I've been reading that you should avoid touching metal... is this for a certain amount of time? During/after/for...
My mother has pancreatic and liver cancer. Her tummy is very swollen over past 24 hours, any advice what this could be? We are waiting on a call back from doctor.
Hi, anybody got experience of avastin? I might have it with xelox (capox) but its private prescription, not nhs. Irinitecan and cetuxumab no longer working. Also does anybody else get extreme pain from bones and headaches apart from obvious usual...
Hi all, My husband was told before Christmas that his bowel cancer had spread to the liver. All we were told was incurable but could have treatment. I have to say when we were first told although I was totally broken I managed to push it to the back...
