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Hi, I had cytoreduction and HIPEC on 2nd Dec ‘21 at the Christie hospital. The surgery went well but afterwards I had pneumonia and a paralytic ilias (bowel hadn’t woken up by the time I was trying to eat). I came home on 21st Dec and then had severe...
Good morning i received my diagnosis on Friday which has come completely out of the blue. I’ve been directed to this forum by MacMillan nurse I spoke with yesterday. I have found the posts extremely helpful and the support we can offer each other invaluable...
Hello,I'm in need of some help with actual symptoms from any men out there that can assist,to cut it short I in Jan 2020 after struggling at work for 2 weeks with what I thought was a strain I went to the docs & was sent direct to hospital with a suspected...
I had CRS with HIPEC at Basingstoke in June this year, I was told the op. was successful, I lost my spleen and gall bladder but I didn't need a stoma and the prognosis is good. I will have bloods and a follow up scan after 12 months, i.e. June 2022. ...
Hi All Just an update on my situation. I have had my CT scan results and have been booked in for cytoreduction and HIPEC mid August in Basingstoke. Any advice on recovery? I have had operations before but I have never been in intensive care. I am also...
Hi I am not sure what to ask after being told on Thursday that I have PMP and have had a referral made to Christie’s in Manchester. I am 4 weeks 3 days post op for a sub total hysterectomy with the removal of my appendix which was enveloped by huge...
Hi all not really sure if anyone can help. earlier this year my partner was taken into nhs with appendix issues. basically his appendix had a abscess around it. nhs kept him in for 2 weeks pumped him full of antibiotics. He came home & they said he...
