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Hello all,I'm just joining the few I've read recently supporting family members with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer. My husband was diagnosed last week and it's been a crazy week. I'm finding the waiting really hard. We were meant to get the results from latest ...Read More
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Hi all, my 75 year old mum was diagnosed with stage 3c bowel cancer back in Feb this year. She had surgery to remove the cancer, then she was recommended chemotherapy as adjuvant treatment as they found a few lymph nodes that had cancer when she had her surgery. ...Read More
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Is there anyone else here supporting someone through colorectal cancer? My brother has just been diagnosed and I would like any advice. Cheers.
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Upper thighLeft shoulderLeft shoulder a couple days laterChest just below neckHi all, Just wanting to see if anyone else has had something like this happen and if I need to be worried... for the past 2 months I’ve had very itchy skin, mainly on legs, arms, chest an...Read More
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Hi All, we have a friend who lives alone, he is terminal. Apart from my husband & I and the mother of his children & his children - no one else goes & visits him. we don’t mind by any means but I’m wondering what we can do or if there is any help out there to keep ...Read More
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My brother is 33 years old and he is in the Philippines. He has Stage III squamous cell carcinoma ( Mouth cancer). It was on his left face, he underwent surgery, but he is not able to take food in via his mouth due to the nature of the surgery. They are feeding h...Read More
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Hi, did anyone hear about the use of apricot seeds in curing cancer? If anyone tried it can you tell me if it is effective for a liver cancer patient at stage four? Thanks.
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My mum 85 years was diagnosed with GBM in February. It's non operable and she decided not have a biopsy or Chemo/radiation for the sake of an extra couple months. When she came out of hospital she was on Dexamethasone but this was stopped about 4 weeks ago. I no...Read More
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Hi, I am new here and thought it was worth trying this out to meet others going through this.My husband in his mid 50s has been diagnosed with rectal cancer, and after all the tests he is now waiting for the outcome on if it has spread and the treatment plan- his ...Read More
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Hi, I am new to the forum. My mum has recently been diagnosed with stage3c bowel cancer. She had surgery in mid February and they were able to remove the cancer near her sigmoid, however after surgery were told that the cancer was quite extensive as it had gone t...Read More
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