Hi @Mani!   How have you been doing the past few weeks?   I'm not sure if you've made a decision regarding your treatment as yet, but here's a few places that have a bit more information about Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplants: Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry. The Leukaemia Foundation has a fair bit of information about Allogeneic Transplants. We have a fair bit of information about it over on our main website (Cancer Council). You may find our podcast on Making Treatment Decisions helpful as well.   Has anyone else here had experience with stem cell transplants? Or perhaps a family member or friend has?   -Kate Online Community Manager ... View more

Sorry to hear of your diagnosis @DebL, that must have been a shock! :(   You're definitely not alone here, there are a few others that were recently diagnosed with bowel cancer and started treatment as well... @PhilPepper, @Albundy21 and @Sarah1, would definitely understand what you've been going through and may be able to offer some insight.   Cheers, Kate Online Community Manager ... View more

Welcome to the community @AG1972    There are a few people here who have had experience with GBM, or have had family members with such. Hopefully one will see this and respond    How is your mum doing?   Cheers, Kate ... View more

The banter has been amazing, our team here at Cancer Council has been thrilled to see you all interacting whilst supporting each other and sharing your experiences    I don't mind thread hijacking, but if you'd prefer to do it in a separate topic thread, I've created one for you all --> over here <--.    Cheers, Kate ... View more

I do love dog related posts!    So lovely to see all of your four-legged friends!! I am a dog person as well, but sadly we don't have dogs right now - miss my dachshunds dearly. Does a toddler count?  ... View more

Remember to rug up over the next few days @PhilPepper, it's forecast to be a cold one!   For those of you just starting your chemo journey's and dealing with side effects, here are a few things you may like to read or listen to: Understanding chemotherapy (pdf book) Fatigue and cancer (pdf book) Mouth health - very important, especially with oral side effects (pdf leaflet) Taste and smell changes (pdf leaflet) Appetite loss and nausea (podcast) Managing cancer fatigue (podcast) Managing cancer pain (podcast) I highly recommend all our podcasts - they are recorded here in Sydney with the amazing Julie McCrossin who has had her own cancer experience.    We have a whole array of different publications - if you're in Australia, I am more than happy to arrange to have these sent out to you as sometimes a physical booklet is preferable. Just send me a private message or email onlinecommunity@nswcc.org.au with the ones you are interested in.   If you're overseas, you can download and read them all here.   Cheers, Kate Online Community Manager ... View more

@PhilPepper wrote: Hi Sch   Yes they removed a tumor. About 20cm of bowel. It started as stage 2, then became stage 2.5 sort of. Now they just call it stage 3. But still early in the stage 3 zone. 24 lymph nodes removed. Only 1 was cancerous, but it pushed me up to the next level. Chemo starts tomorrow.    Cheers   Phil All the best with your chemo today @PhilPepper  ... View more

That's amazing news @Stacie!!   Am I right in assuming you are your Dad's carer? :) ... View more