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  • Mums recent mastectomy

    My mum had a mastectomy last Friday. Mum had her drain out 5 days after her op.Tonight she has a large build up of fluid where her breast was. She has also been suffering with severe headaches. Has anyone got any advice on what to do?
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  • travel insurance

    Can anyone recommend a reasonable travel insurance company? I am hoping to go to Spain at the end of Oct after having treatment for breast cancer. Any suggestions will be gratefully received.
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  • Grandad

    My granddad has been recently diagnosed with lung cancer. This has broken my heart as I am extremely close with my grandparents. My granddad is 82 therefore isn't coping very well. I am struggling on how to talk to him
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  • stage 1a melanoma how long after results to wide excision

    Hi all my daughter has just been diagnosed stage 1a mm,she had the biopsy 8 weeks ago,went back yesterday for 3 more biopsies and when they saw her they where surprised she had not had the wide excision done where the mm had been found,how long is wait
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  • the day our lives changed.

    Wednesday 30th July I got the phone call "your granda has cancer of the liver & its spread to the bowel, theres not much can be done for him, sorry you have to hear this over the phone" how do you deal with news like this??
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  • too much at once

    i want this site to help me to understand other readers stories, my 12 year old daughter had a tumor removed from her left ovary 3 weeks ago, it turned out to be cancer, its rare and it hasn't even got a name for it, it is a hard thing to take in.
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  • nerve damage

    Can anyone help me. I have developed peripheral nerve damage from tax chemo. At the moment I I feel so useless unable to get out of bed as I fear I will fall.
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  • Will i get through all this

    i was diagnosed with womb cancer in november,had hysterectomy and found i had womb cancer.had 6 months chemo,25 days radiotherapy and lost my husband to a stroke on last week of radiotherapy.
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