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  • Cancer in tonsils and Neck lymph node

    Had a tonsillectomy and neck incision 4 weeks ago and am just starting to recover ( the tonsillectomy was horrendous) Starting radiotherapy in 2 weeks time and having mask made this Monday.
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  • Mammogram results

    Hi just had to do this I had breast cancer. In 2012 it was also in my lynodes had mammogram told I’d had to wait 4weeks even if I said had found lumps anyone else going through this
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  • Lump On My arm

    I had a lump removed two weeks ago on my arm and suspected cancer. They said I will have to wait 4 weeks for results. I’m only 17 i go to College and I work, I’ve missed so much time due to hospital appointments. I’m nervous for results now!!
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  • From spot to op in 4 weeks!

    This is the story of my journey from finding a tiny spot above my top lip one week, which turned into a little volcano two weeks later and ended up being a squamous cell carcinoma that needed operated on within 4 weeks!
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  • Hair regrowth

    I have had ovarian cancer four times in four years. I lost all my hair and it has been regrowing for about a year. I am currently in remission but my hair is painfully thin. Is there a hair treatment anyone can recommend? (I.e. minoxidil?) thanks
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  • LYMPHOMA & ME

    2018 started with a bang. At 32 on the 16th January I was diagnosed with stage 2A Hodgkins Lymphoma.
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  • Pain after kidney removal

    Hi all, I’m just over four months from having a left nephrectomy and am Experiencing some pain in my left back ( around where the kidney was ) Has anyone else experienced this x jo
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  • Had a scan on meck and am very confused

    Thyroid benign or not
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  • Thyroid scan deciphering does t2/3 mean it has spread

    circumscribed ovoid shaped solid nodule with hypoechoic halo and homogenous internal echotexture is seen at the junction of the right lobe and isthmus. No evidence of internal calcifications, perinodular thyroid parenchyma invasion (T2/3)
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  • Dobby dad

    Epithelioid Sarcoma, Trial drug EZH-202, Chemo Olaratumab
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