Hi Jayne and welcome to Cancer Chat.

I'm sorry to hear you were diagnosed with colon cancer but I'm glad you have had surgery and are now halfway through your chemo.

Hopefully some of our members who have been on this journey will be along soon to share their stories and advice but if you'd like to discuss anything about your diagnosis or treatment with one of our cancer nurses, they are available on 0808 800 4040, Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m. They're very insightful and will do all they can to help.

We're thinking of you Jayne and wishing you all the best with your last 4 chemo cycles.

Kind regards,

Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

Thankyou for your email Steph

Hi Jane 

so sorry you have had this diagnosis.  I hope you are able to find strength and make a full recovery.

fron someone like myself who is concerned about having the same, what symptoms would you look out for that are red flags. 

thank you in advance 

Peter

Hello Peter, 

I didn't have any of the usual symptoms, just a bit of indigestion, that's all. 

But definitely worth going to your doctor if you are concerned about anything. 

Good luck. 

Jayne. 

Hello Jayne,

                     not in but was some years back and on the same chemo regime. You are halfway through and it was at this stage when l found the going got tougher. Hopefully it will go easier for you since l am one of those with a real intolerance to drugs. The main thing is that it also beggared my unwelcome visitor so worth the effort. Take care and allow yourself an easy ride to see out your treatment,

                                                            David

Thank you for your reply David, I was finding a real intolerance to the infusion. So my consultant has suggested I up the dose on the tablets and not have the infusion. So we are trying that now.

Take care,

Jayne

I’m so sorry you are going through this I hope you get some relief and comfort and the all clear soon. Please may I ask did you do a FIT stool test at all and if so did you score high? I’ve recently tested wit a high positive  and a bit worried 

I have a 5cm colon tumour , the only symptoms i had and still have are mucus ( not all the time ) with a small bit of blood on them i don’t feel fatigued nor an i losing weight , my stools were a bit softer but nothing to cause alarm I thought, i had a negative fit test in July 2022 ,

i have a cat scan this week 

I’m so sorry you’re going through this must of came as a shock 

Thank you , Yes i am hoping it hasn’t spread, i feel ok , the scary thing is i could have easily put off going to the doctors with it as i feel ok , just a bit of mucus and a very small amount of blood , i had a fit score of 168