Carla's story | Bowel Cancer UK
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Carla went to her GP after experiencing fatigue and tiredness. She was diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer in January 2021 at the age of 36. This is her story.
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Thanks for sharing your story, the waiting is so tough , on my 3/4 chemotherapy cycle spread to 3 lymph nodes . Definitely push your GP I had fatigue as pretty much the only symptom. Bowel screening got mine , 58 now glad they’ve lowered the screening age in Wales.
I’m feeling very discouraged by the medical system here in the United States. I had extreme bleeding as well as a consistent cramp in my left side that won’t go away. I’m completely exhausted, I have iron deficiency and my bowels oscillate between being constipated and then on the other side of things. On the other side of things, I’m going five or six times a day. Pencil thin stool. I really genuinely am worried that something is going on however, nobody will take me seriously because of my age and because I’m a woman woman I’m going to keep pushing to get help, but it’s really discouraging.😊
Wow this is exactly how my journey went down but I had 15 lymph nodes infected and I had to have 6 months of chemo x
Thanks for sharing Carla. I am 42 and like you said we think and get told we are too young to get bowel cancer which is not the case.
I went in to A&E 7 weeks ago with suspected appendicitis after a CT scan turn out I had a blockage in my bowel. I had emergency surgery 2 days later to remove part of my bowel and have a stoma created. Similar to you I waited about 3 weeks for my results to be told that the tumour was stage 3 cancer (pT3N1b M0).
The surgeons where happy that all the tumour had been removed and my second CT scan showed no spread to other organs.
I also had 14 lymph nodes removed 2 of which had cancer cells in them. I am now waiting for chemo treatment.
Hi Iain, thank you for sharing your experience. If you need any information or support, we're here for you💛
Please pray for me. I diagnose with stage 3 rectal cancer, and i am in severe depression. I am only 27 years old
We’re so sorry to hear about your experience. Please know we’re here for you. If you ever need any information or support, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. 💛
@@BowelCancerUK how can you help me??
Hi, thank you for getting in touch. We have a whole range of support services that may help you: www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/how-we-can-help/. You can get in touch with our nurses via email or you can join one of our forum groups to talk to others who may understand what you're going through. We're sending you a big hug💛