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Latest blog posts

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  Community News

  How a cancer diagnosis is communicated – your experiences with online test results

  Online test results are speeding up cancer treatment and diagnosis. Options for how you receive your diagnosis are also improving. Not every option will suit every individual, and patient choice is key. If you received your test results online, or you have experience with receiving a diagnosis outside of the usual face-to-face consultation, we want to hear from you!

  Matthew - Online Community Team over 2 years ago
• The tonsils have to go!

  Preparing for battle

  With the diagnosis come a number of emotions.  Fear is the big one.  There are so many things that pop into your head that worry you, rational or irrational, they can affect your ability to get on with normal life. I found being able to con...

  Coxey over 2 years ago
• Questions

  Questions

  My mum's 4 sisters have been diagnosed with either breast or ovarian cancer this year, her other sister died last year with the same. Should I get tested for braca?

  LozzaFox over 2 years ago
• The tonsils have to go!

  The diagnosis

  It seems a long time ago now, almost 7 weeks, when the lump in my throat became noticeable. I was sure it was a bout of tonsillitis, as my wife and stepson had recently come down with the fever and the feeling like they were swallowing razor blades. ...

  Coxey over 2 years ago
• I'm too old for triple neg

  Shrinking/shrinkage

  This word comes up frequently in the breast cancer world I now inhabit !! I was musing on it - these are my thoughts. So in therapy terms we pray for shrinkage from chemo. If we're chemo pre surgery we hope for the cancer to shrink so the surgery...

  Vibby over 2 years ago
• Kidney Not

  Two Years On

  Two years ago I was diagnosed with stage 4 RCC on 24/11/2021.  What’s happened this year? Not a lot!  Treatment has continued and the primary tumour continues to shrink.   The latest size is 23mm which is an OK outcome from ...

  Mmum over 2 years ago
• What a terrible year.

  What a year.

  This is my first time at writing on a forum so bear with me. First of all I was getting up loads of times a night for a wee! Then it started to hurt, turns out it was bladder cancer and it’s got to come out. So back in march at Guildford out it...

  Staffdog over 2 years ago
• I'm too old for triple neg

  Girly stuff

  Having been overweight all of my life, I've become very good at the art of disguise. Covering up lumpy bits, smoothing out bumpy bits, shading and shadowing triple chins, highlights, low lights, lycra, draping, suck it in pants I'm a pro. I&...

  Vibby over 2 years ago
• A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  Having a CT-pulmonary angiogram scan

  Every time I have a new procedure, I document it on here for the benefit of anyone about to have one. My most recent experience has been a CT-PA (CT - pulmonary angiogram). These are done to check all the blood vessels in the lungs when there is a su...

  Coddfish over 2 years ago
• Pembro & Lenvatinib Journey for Serous Cancer

  Days 6 to 15

  Well, haven’t posted for a while as there’s been little to say really. Not much happening at all. I felt fine all through the first week, with only minimal effects. We went on holiday to Northumberland a week after Treatment began and I w...

  GreenCliffLady over 2 years ago