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Ok its a week now this is an assumption but i think I'm on the tablets not the placebo. Have had to get medication for my bp which is doing summersaults. but apart from a itchy ( very ) scalp I'm fine. watch this space. :)
well it's a few weeks since i had great news that i don't need to see anyone unless symptoms come back but i am now paranoid if anything is out of the normal. i was at he doc for my return to work line and was again told to mention anything if i think has changed. i've still had problems with either constipation or if i take drinks and tablets etc - forever going to the toilet! but now i've just had a couple of times that there appeara to be blood in my stools. do i go back to the doc so...
Found out this AM at my Addenbrokes appointment that the octreotide jabs I have been on for the last 3 months have been working as planned! Last few weeks have been a little scary as this was Plan B .... however apart from a little more localised pain my thymoma has taken the hint and is on it's way back to where it was end of last year. My fight is now a war of attrition - octreotide is more of a stealth weapon than chemo - but anything proposed by Addenbrookes and Papworth is Heaven-sent. They...
I am a firm believer of having smears, so on 25th January I had my smear done by my local nurse, thought nothing of it.
I was a little surpised how quick the results came back, but again nothing to worry about, but due to admornal smear was refered to hospital.
So on 21st March off I go to Frimley Park Hosptal to see them where a copoloposy was done, everything was explained before they did the examiation, and even when you lying there I could not fault the dr or nurses. Was told results will be...
I feel lyk I did sum fing very bad in a pass litf in order to be gettin this much crap from the big C.
It has spred to my surround lymph in my groyn and i have a new tuma in my spiyn. It is paynful. It herts and herts and the payn mayks me cry as it neva stops. And then I feel bad for say how much it herts as i no peepal r tryin to help... but I carnt stand it much more. I do not wan do it, if it gow b lyk this for the days left.
I want a day off from this. Maybe even half day or a hour?
Is all...
hello, not been on here for a while, i was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, i had a lumpectomy and lymph node removal, then 6 lots of fec chemo and radiotherapy and have been on tamoxifen ever since. have had severe neck pain for the last 6 months, kept gettin dismissed by the doctors saying it would go away, now after an mri scan which i had to push for, they think that i have secondary bone mets in my spine!! waiting to see my oncologist for a definite diagnosis but i just wanted to ask you...
Found out my mum has cancer on Thursday. She has bowel cancer and secondry liver cancer. Feels like Ive been floating in a nightmare. I have so many questions. Glad I found this site. Mum had a stoma bag fitted this morning. Called the hospital shes doing ok. Im going to visit her tommorow
Hello everyone. It's the first time I've posted on here so hope its in the right place.
I've had cancer of the larynx a T4 tumur. I had 10 weeks of daily radio therapy and 8 once a week chemo therapy ( CETUXIMAB )back in 2009 completed my treatment in august of that year. I'm now in remition and coming up to my second year post treatment. I have monthly check ups though with the way the hospital apointment system works it ends up being every two months. Though I have...
The horizon came last week. Shawn passed away on the 7th July at 9.30 am, St John's Hospital. He was doing so well, we had so much hope. After finishing radiotherapy the Doc's were keen to start Shawn on chemo. But exactly a week after being given the good news, Shawn suffered a bleed to the brain, and it was too late, I couldn't help him, no one could.
I held his hand and stroked his arm and watched my gorgeous man take his last breath. I kissed him and told him it was ok. But it wasn...
Hi, I had my six monthly check up 5 weeks ago.I have not had the results back yet and I know no news is good news.I had my kidney removed 18 months ago(had a tumour) Since then all my CT Scans have been clear,its waiting for the results saying see you in six months.Just a quick question or looking for a bit of advice.Over the last six months I have been really tired I don't know if it the heat or not drinking enough water. Does anyone else feel like this?. I also have a tribunial against a previous...
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