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April 2016 - my mum was diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer. Had surgery to remove tumour from bowel and some lymph nodes. Then met with an oncologist and had 7 cycles of chemotherapy 2017 - all bloods and scans were clear Feb 2018 - her bloods indicated her can...Read More
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Hi all,It is amazing reading about the strength and resilience of so many people, it's awful how many are affected by this terrible disease. This year both my mother and father, who are divorced, have been diagnosed with stage 4 bone cancer. Mum had breast cancer a...Read More
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My mom is 67 years old (in india) and was recently diagnosed thru PET scan testing that she has stage 2-3 Renal cell carcinoma with a mass of 7 cm on left Kidney (localized with surrounding muscle .. but they found some spots in lungs). She had heart failure earlie...Read More
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Hi,It's a worry when the doc asks the patient, 'Do you have any ideas?' My father had a Whipple procedure for pancreatic cancer over two weeks ago. He is still unable to digest food and therefore remains in the RBWH. They've said the digestive system just needs to ...Read More
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Hi everyone, my dad has just recently been diagnosed with Bowel Cancer not sure what stage but it has spread to the Liver so I’m guessing stage 4? Little background information, my dad, who is in his 60’s, has never been sick in his life ( apart from the usual like...Read More
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Hello all, hope u are all doing ok. I have a question re side effects of chemo. My dad is on his fourth and hopefully last chemo treatment next week. He also has immunotherapy with the chemo. He was doing really well up to a week ago , only suffering from a li...Read More
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Hi, Im 23 years old, My grandmother passed from bowel cancer 5 years ago. And its been in the family. (Disclamer - blood) It started of as mucus in my stools. But....Ive been having rectal bleeding for around 1 1/2 weeks now. Its alot of blood. My poop is very st...Read More
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hi Lilly it's mummy!I am sorry i may be loosing my fight but i can't believe your my beautiful daughter.. so beautiful i love you
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i am so upset ill be leaving my boyfriend behind it is so upsetting i cant bring my self focused to believe i will be dead very soon i am so scared
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i'll see you soon and i am coming to an end to my battle see you soon
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