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So a year since my initial symptoms and so far things had been going as well as they could. A good result in both the Feb and May scans only showed a small residual sign of the tumour, unfortunately that was not the case in the August scan. After finishing 6 rounds of TMZ I felt pretty well, I had been exercising daily got my weight under control, my co-ordination and balance had improved and generally things were going in the right direction with the hope of even returning to work.
I had however...
Please let me know if you have any good or bad information to say about having a TAE please. Thank you.
Hi everyone,
We’re writing this afternoon with an important update.
Tomorrow morning, Tuesday 11th August, the Community will be entering a read only state from 7am until 10am.
This is to allow us to fix two issues that we know users are experiencing just now. This maintenance will fix the below:
Whilst in...
Fantasy (batik) by Willo
Today in our Community News blog Willo is back with the third instalment of our series called ‘Cancer & me 35 years on’. In this series, Willo, known on the Community as patsyann85, tells us about her experience of being diagnosed with Anal cancer in 1986 while living in Zambia. We will be sharing more of Willo’s writing and incredible artwork throughout the next few months in the Community News. If you missed Vol 2 – Best Friends Forever, you can click...
This week in Community news we’re sharing Alyson’s story and experiences with Renal cell carcinoma, a form of kidney cancer, from her first diagnosis to today.
At the age of 20 years old, I emigrated to South Africa with my then husband Gerard. At the age of 40 years old I was working as a Logistics Manager for Howden Safanco and had been divorced for 2 years. I had by this time two daughters, Kimberley (16 years old) and Katherine (15 years old) and I was holding down a very busy lifestyle...
After having the twitch in my foot my steroids were put back up to 1mg a day which prevented any more issues. Once the final round of chemotherapy was out of the way the consultant wanted to see if we start lowering it back down. The dosage went to 0.5mg for a week without any issues and then down to 0.5mg every other day. Unfortunately, within a couple of days I experienced another twitching episode in my foot, so the steroid dose went back up to 0.5mg a day and that seems to have sorted it out...
Things have continued to go well, Dal continues to eat well, and has gained more weight. He had his first Herceptin treatment on Friday, which was not the best of experiences.. He went through the treatment fine but once he was told he could go home, he was violently sick.
Over the last two days, he has struggled to feel "himself" but we know that this is the first time his body has been put through this particular treatment so, we are hopeful that the next round of treatment will be easier for him...
Hi All, I really, really want to share some exciting news with you all... (unfortunately at the time of writing this I was unable to post it, so I am hoping this can be posted now..... (FYI the date of this post would have been July 18th)
We read so much heartbreaking news and with the knowledge that Dal won't ever be "free" of this condition, we had done a great deal of research on what he can, and cannot expect to receive treatment wise.
Based on previous results where Dal received...
Welcome back to the Online Community!
The new platform is now live, and we’re so happy to share it with you. So please take a look around!
The site looks and feels different, but all your groups and content remain the same. When you log in for the first time, you will be prompted to reset your password for security purposes. Once you’ve reset your password, you’ll be able to log in, explore content and post as normal.
If you’d like to find out more about why this upgrade has taken...
In Sydney, after many tests, I was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer, with metastases to the uterus, cervix, bowel and both lungs. AND as they found high sugars in my blood they added type 2 diabetes.
The surgeon didn't want to operate because he thought given my condition, that I would not survive the surgery. He told me that if I had had the operation I was urged to have in Cairns that I would not have survived. The Cairns doctor had even missed the diabetes. I had complained of needing to...
