Hi,

I have had my cancer for 18 months now and now it has spread through the pelvis and is stage 4. I could not have my bowel removed because I have an aortic aneurysm that could not be treated as it was only held together by a clot and they said that the operation to remove the bowel would make it burst.

I was not suiteable for chemotherapy but had 6 weeks of agressive radiotherapy which did not work.

I am coming to terms with it being stage 4 but it is the symptoms/side effects that are wearing me down. Some are from the radiotherapy and some from the cancer.

I have continual leakage of a mix or blood, facees and orange mucus. I need to wear incontinence pads night and day and have to go to the toilet almost every hour of the day and night because there is so much and I need to change pads.

Has anybody else expereinced this and if so have you found a really good type of pads, I am trying them all but none offer the protection I need so I cant even go out of the house know because of accidents.

Sorry this is depressing, I have been so positive with everything but this is really getting me down.

John44