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• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b HD

  Testosterone

  My bloods came back but I’m not sure what’s the right thing going on with them except my testosterone ( I hate typing that lol ) is low. So I’ll be given a check out for psa I think I can’t remember the type of doctor, but we&...

  W J 2 months ago
• Thi Chi

  Is Thi Chi useful to tone up

  Have prostate cancer and on hormone therapy. Got a bit flabby around waste and chest. Has anyone tried Thi Chi to firm uo and does it work?

  Emmers 2 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 435: Weddings. What’s Not to Like?

  Post 435: Weddings. What’s Not to Like? On a joyous day of celebrating with the family—my family, their family, the whole kabuki—what could possibly go wrong? Well, obviously there were a few little things, but the main event and ...

  Mr U 2 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 434: And the Living Is Easy.

  Post 434: And the Living Is Easy. It’s a nothing day today after I weigh myself. Well, it is the day before my nephew’s wedding in a hotel by the sea, but that’s all. Ha ha. The scales lied again. 10st 13lbs. (Eek!) Now that&rs...

  Mr U 2 months ago
• The n

  The monster inside me

  Well they say I’m a curious case because I’ve got secondary cancer tto the spine around L2 to L4 with some small fractures plus shoulder now for good measure they have found a spread too the pelvis and a few nodules on the lung currently ...

  Tim212 2 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 433: More Worry About My Heart but a Quick Response Was Good.

  Post 433: More Worry About My Heart but a Quick Response Was Good. Although I started the day with very low blood pressure, I ended the day happy but hot in this wonderful weather, we can’t have for much longer can we? Where would you be with...

  Mr U 2 months ago
• Living with Desdemona

  Chemo Second Cycle, Week Three: Desdemona Extends The Holiday

  I’ve had a great week three! I didn’t pick up any infections and the side-effects had all subsided; I genuinely feel fairly normal, although my energy levels are only about 70-80% of my pre-cancer levels. Even better news, I had my three-...

  Desdemona 2 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 432: An Iron Infusion, a Sunny Day and a Tearful Ending.

  Post 432: An Iron Infusion, a Sunny Day and a Tearful Ending. There’s nothing like a busy day and this one could have been, but for some fantastic timing by pure accident. The Health and Social Care Connect team had promised a look-in and the...

  Mr U 2 months ago
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  To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  Post 431: Thunderstorms and a Personalised Plate for My Darling.

  Post 431: Thunderstorms and a Personalised Plate for My Darling. 05:00am and the air is muggy and the bedroom breathless, in a non-medical way. Crash, bang, wallop! Oh my, what a storm rolling overhead, so I jump out of bed and close all the wrong...

  Mr U 2 months ago
• Still enjoying life with cancer

  PET scan showing something ominous in bowel

  Radiotherapy seems to have dealt a blow to the tumour on my adrenal gland without too much side effect other than fatigue.  I got a call from the pharmacist last Thursday to say that the treatment I was due to have yesterday would need to be pos...

  Slartybartfast 2 months ago