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  • Your experiences of bowel cancer

    Join the discussion about your personal experiences of bowel cancer, whether it be about being diagnosed to the disease, your treatment journey or how you are coping with day-to-day life. View all posts

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    Lack of continuity at Hospital Latest post on Sun 1 Aug, 10:48AM Hi, last January I was diagnosed with Dukes C bowel cancer. It had spreadd to 8 of 20 lymph nodes removed. I had part of my bowel removed and after 10 days sent home, still feeling poorly. 3 days later readmitted, and 2.5 litres of gunk drained in emergency operation and time spent in intensive… Read this post

  • Worried about bowel cancer

    Join this discussion if you are concerned that you may have bowel cancer or be susceptible to the disease; or if you want to talk about symptoms, causes and prevention. View all posts

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    Lower back pain and Latest post on Thu 2 Sep, 8:39AM I am at present suffering with sing of haveing IBS, piles and constipation. I have gone to the doctors who have confirmed I have piles but have given me laxatives to ease the constipation. However, I do seem to have lower back paind and an ache going from my bottmom to the top half of my legs… Read this post

  • Health professionals only

    This forum is exclusive to Health professionals, allowing anyone involved in, or caring for patients with, bowel cancer to share information and best practice. You must register your details with Beating Bowel Cancer before you can access the discussions - follow the links below.

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    To access this forum please email patients@beatingbowelcancer.org with your name, job title, place of work (including the address and telephone number) and list any professional bodies of which you are a member. We will notify you by email once we have verified your details and activated your access.

  • Ask the nurse

    If you have a question for our nurses, you can email them in confidence to nurse@beatingbowelcancer.org. Some questions come up regularly and our nurses may like to share the question and their answer, posting both in this section. Our nurses will always obtain your permission first, by return email. View all posts

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    Hand and Foot Syndrome Latest post on Mon 26 Oct, 4:51PM We get many enquiries here at Beating Bowel Cancer about the problem of Hand and Foot syndrome when receiving chemotherapy treatment. We recently received an e-mail from one of our Patient Voices, telling her story about treating this condition. Below is an extract from her e-mail: "I have been… Read this post