Bowel cancer test
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As did Samual Pepys the diarist.
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Every test possible is a good thing, however, my late husband was only 51 and didn't qualify for any tests, nor did he poo blood or anything. Not even a pound of weight was shed!
Our 21st Wedding anniversary started with him throwing up, by 7 Pm I rang an ambulance to come, he was passing out, couldn't stand and hadn't eaten or drank anything all day.
He was rushed into hospital, next day went down for scans, samples taken from everywhere. He was on a drip to put in fluids as the sickness continued. A week later he had biopsies taken from just under his rib age, these showed nothing, but the intensive blood tests taken the week before showed spindle cancerous cells, this is when more MRi and Cat scans were ordered. They did not know what they would find, but prepared him to except a stoma when he woke up.
The operation was undertaken and within minutes of him having the op I was called in by the consultant. It was when the nurse entered the room with a box of tissues I knew things were not good! They had cut him open from the rib cage down to his pelvis and from side to side. They found a cancer growth the size of large grapefruit on his appendix and his organs were covered in what they called cotton wool cancer.
This was at the beginning of August now, he was bed ridden in the hospital and eating half a sandwich a day max. He went into hospital weighing 21 stone. He left the hospital on the 9th September and taken to the Prospect Hospice.
He was refused Chemo, the cancer was not removed, so it just ate him alive over the next few months. The scars never healed, he lost weight and from 24th July to the 6th Novenber I watched him loose 12+ stone. He weighed no more than 8 1/2 stone when he died suddenly of a blood clot passing through his heart resulting in a heart attack.
So, PLEASE do have any tests available, please do not think it could never happen to you! If cancer is caught early, they can do wonders, but uncaught is not good, please do not ignore any signs you feel isn't normal.
he died two months before his 52 nd birthday!
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Thank you for the graphic description, Vivien ! Too many men refuse to take the generally given advice --> if you see / feel anything strange , unusual or different GO & MITHER YOUR DOCTOR !!
I took being diagnosed as "Diabetic" as a personal insult for some time until I saw some sense. Then the moment I had bowel problems, I reckon the doctor could hear me without use of the 'phone. Caught the problems very early, but it still took six and a half years of surgery, colonoscopies, more surgery, and flexi-sigs by the dozen before they took my name tags off the theatre gown !Was it all worth it ?? of course it was -- just to be here annoying you lot is worth every "Endoscopy Suite No 6 please ! "
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Its not just bowel cancer people ignore! Breast cancer is equally rife in women as well as MEN! Yes! Men can get breast cancer! As well as many other cancers, all should not be ignored!
Our lives are precious, we do not come back after we have left the departure lounge, so why do many have tests and check ups appointed and not take them up?? isnt there enough requests from cancer research Make people realise Cancer is a live thing in us
all await time bomb waiting for the right trigger!i used to bleed quite heavily and was told it was because if fmy age and the menipause will sort the problem out! I persisted until a doctor took note, sent me to a specialist and they found i had CN2 pre cancer cells on my cervic. A short and quick operation
sorted the problem out and a month later and all the bleeding had stopped! So Much for waiting for the menopause!0 -
Vivien, what a sad story ,my heart goes out to you. The way you get on with your life after such an horrendous loss takes a special kind of person. You are to be admired!.
Write your comments here... You would be surprised how many Solos there are here in the CC. Both men and ladies that have lost thier loved one early! Its hard to explain, but widowed people are different from divorced. I can say that as i have been both divorced and widowed. Widows see life completely differently, we have no hatred due to divorce but instead carry out loved ones close in out heats!
so far i have had well over 450 people contact me and become a Solo who caravans, motorhomes or camps alone! I have no idea how many have read the instruction, printed the Solos sign and have met with other Solos away from this site.
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Supposed to be every two years but mine seem to arrive more frequently than that.
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Supposed to be every two years but mine seem to arrive more frequently than that.
Perhaps you have had the "Runs"
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Get back to your 'poop' deck.
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Supposed to be every two years but mine seem to arrive more frequently than that.
It is a two year frequency but over time that gets extended over years because the next test is sent out on the two year anniversary of the results from the test not two years from first contact.
David
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Get back to your 'poop' deck.
Nice one CYAdmiral
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Vivien, about 3 years ago The Solos were at Hunters Moon whilst we were there and "The Boss" and I had many a discussion with various members,lovely people. As we have been married now for 53 years I can't imagine life without each other. That is not to
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Just got the result in the post....all clear
Great news.
When I did my test, I was really worried about the results. Weird, because every other day of the year, bowel cancer never crossed my mind.
Same with the breast cancer screening, and those horrible smear tests. On my mind all the time until the results arrived. I'm not an anxious person at all, but was I glad when the results arrived, thankfully negative.
Ahh well, not long 'till the next round!
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I'm always disappointed with mine. I always think the small brown envelope is from "Ernie".
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