Myself - living with stage 4 bowel cancer

Hi all my name is Tracy I found out in November 2023 that I had bowel cancer, Was at work and had a bad pain in my right hand side of my stomach and kept belching had a scan which came back with stage 4 bowel cancer, as you can imagine I was devastated. Has anyone any good tips for eating as losing weight as can only eat little bits. My stomach is so swollen the hospital is going to try and drain it .

  • Hi Tracy,

    Welcome to Cancer Chat. I'm glad you've found the forum and I hope that it can be of some help and support to you, particularly in reaching out to others.

    My reply here will boost your post, meaning a few more people should see it - hopefully you'll get some more replies soon.

    We have some information on our website about managing diet and adding calories, in case any of this information is useful.

    You are also welcome to give our nurses a call if you'd like to talk things through. You can reach them on freephone 0808 800 4040 - Monday-Friday, 9-5.

    Wishing you all the best,

    Ben
    Cancer Chat Moderator