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Welcome to the Bowel Cancer UK Community — a place for anyone affected by bowel cancer to talk about their experiences, share their knowledge and support each other.

Welcome to our forum

Introduce yourself and say hello, as well as find out useful information about the community

Just diagnosed

If you've recently been diagnosed with bowel cancer, post your experiences, concerns and questions here.

Bowel cancer treatment and side effects

A place to ask questions and advice about your treatment and what to expect

Wellness during and after treatment

Tips, new ideas and even recipes to maintain a healthy body and lifestyle.

Life with bowel cancer

Share your experiences and chat to others who are living with bowel cancer. Also chat about any issues or changes to your life since having bowel cancer.

If you have a question for our nurses please post it here. Typically you will receive a response within 5 working days. Please note this is for non-urgent enquiries only. If you are feeling unwell please contact your hospital team or GP.

Younger people with bowel cancer

For bowel cancer patients aged under 35 to talk to others about issues that may affect them.

Stage 4 bowel cancer

For people diagnosed with advanced bowel cancer to talk about any issues affecting them.

Life beyond bowel cancer

A place for people who have finished all their treatment. This is where you can discuss topics such as the physical and emotional after effects of bowel cancer, worries about yearly scans and going back to work.

Relatives and friends

If a relative or close friend has bowel cancer, you might like to talk to others and ask any questions here. For our private relative-to-relative support group, please scroll down the page.

Your blogs

A place for you to post links to your blogs about your journey with bowel cancer.

When bowel cancer returns

If your cancer has returned it may help to talk to others who have been through a similar experience

Get involved

Let everyone know about the ways you're raising awareness, chat about fundraising ideas and find out about research and media opportunities.

General discussion

Feel free to talk about anything related to bowel cancer

Relative to relative support

This is a private group, for relatives/carers only, to discuss issues specifically affecting them as they deal with their loved one’s diagnosis and treatment.

Bowel Cancer UK News

We’re bringing together the voices of people affected by bowel cancer

We want a future where nobody dies of bowel cancer, but we can’t achieve this alone. We've launched a campaign calling on all political parties to take urgent action to address the biggest challenges facing people affected by bowel cancer. To make our voice heard we need to hear from everyone impacted by the disease.

We award grants to fund bowel cancer research worth nearly £440,000

We’re delighted to announce that we’re funding four new bowel cancer research projects totalling nearly £440,000. These awards are part of our investment of over £1.3 million pounds to support research with the greatest benefits for those at risk of and affected by the disease.

We fund the first bowel cancer clinical lead in Wales

The Wales Cancer Network appoints Professor Jared Torkington, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at Cardiff and Vale Health Board, as the country's first Bowel Cancer Clinical Lead, funded by the charity.