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Hi all, some if you will already know me from the Head and Neck Group! For anyone else,please feel free to read my profile!
My best friend's mother has just been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer,(terminal).
Apart from developing Jaundice,her mum had no other symptoms and at 78 years of age she was/is a very active women. She does not want to know anything about her illness,she has not let the Doctor's or her family mention the word Cancer!
The only thing she will talk about is having a...
Hi has anyone had an LD flap done in the last year or so please,would like some first hand experiences if possible.
Thank you
Not bad few days managing to eat a bit.Managed a large dressed crab with buttered cob and thats remarkable for me.Weight remaing stable as lost nearly 4 stone since op! Nutrition making brain feel better.11 stone now and not lost any last few days.Still can get very tired though.Al in all good news
Hi all, feel such a numpty cos I computer illiterate but find myself coming back to the site time and again cos would really love to speak to someone going through the same experience but dont really understand how to access it lol. Have been diagnosed with two morphoeic one nodular and one superficial bcc's. Had two removed a couple of weeks back and still feel incredibley sore. Am going to have a chat with mohs surgeon in a couple of weeks but dont know if I am up for surgery feel really foolish...
My advice to anyone in a situation like mine, or anyone who is grieving in general - surround yourself with close friends - they are fantastic help!
http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/05/best-medicine.html
so today my best friend told me her and her boyfriend are going to buy a house.. as her best friend i should be jumping for joy being happy for her.. but instead im jealous and wishing it was me instead... after our convo i go back to the hospital and my boyfriends lying there trying hard not to be sick! he had his liver operated on 3 days ago and he's really nausiated and unwell :( they cut a big chunk from the middle where the two tumors were and glued the two sides together.. he also had his gallbladder...
How are you supposed to be when your told someone you love is going to die and there is notthing the doctors can do about it?
we were told yesterday that the cancer is too advanced and that there is nothing more the doctors can do. They have withdrawn all medication and fluids apart from his pain relief, so now its just a waiting game.
The Doctor told us that the cancer was so aggressive that chemo didn't work and my dad had a cancer that would not have responsed to radiotherpy.
I feel so...
hi my mum under went a total laryngectomy operation in feb also she had to have her thyroid gland removed , also also part of her tummy removed and her osophergus pulled up and stitched in her neck . this was a life changing operation for mum .
i am just amazed how well she is doing as its only been 4 mths since the op . her diet has changed as she can only manage to eat tiny meals as her tummy has been made smaller . she has lost alot of weight but the doctors said she will put some back on once...
Well in four weeks, i have been told i have bladder cancer, went through TURBT op and am now recovering at home. Waiting for histology and treatment plan as are many people on this site so I know I am not alone.. I have had quite a positive attitude to my news most of the time but of course have had a few "wobbles" now and then. I was taken aback when my consultant told me this could return again and again, was not prepared for that, hence I did not ask him questions about my op., which i now have...
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