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Mum is 89 with incurable metastatic breast cancer in lymph nodes, peritoneum and bones. She has been given anastrozole to try to slow the cancer down. She can't sleep at night at all. GP prescribed Zoplicone - it hasn't worked in helping her sleep at...
I had an endoscopy where biopsies were taken on Saturday, invited for ct scan Tuesday and understand that my biopsy results had been processed by Wednesday morning. I was phoned Wednesday afternoon to confirm cancer and had been discussed that morning...
My question concerns side effects of triptorelin and enzalutamide controlling my stage 4 prostate cancer. Shortly after I was put on these drugs, I started getting numbness in my feet, often accompanied by burning or strong prickling sensatiions.Also...
Hi my brother has stage 4 bladder cancer which has spread. He’s told it’s palliative care only now and he’ll live a few weeks only. Suddenly he’s experiencing hot burning pain in his legs and in extreme pain. He doesn’t want an airflow matress as he finds...
I had a sarcoma on my leg 10 yearsago so am nervous about cancer. I have a small raised brown mark on my face for last 10 years , wondering would this cause problems.it become raised in later years. Justvworried but isnt bleeding or itchy
Hello, I am not even sure where to start and I guess it would take me an age to type it all down. Basically, I just wanted to ask if, after emergency surgery for bowel cancer that ended up in a third of the bowel being taken away, is it normal for his...
I have recently been diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer originally told stage 3 and would need radiation and chemo tablets and a possible cyst on liver that the consultant wasn’t concerned about but after a 2nd mri told it had spread to my liver...
Hello i have grade 3 palmar plantar as a result of 8 rounds of capecitebine. Does anyone have anything more than the general advice of cooling, and urea cream for assisting healing? I’m on a 2 week drug break but my feet are healing so slowly and I...
recently replacing lenalidomide regime and told will begin starting belantamab regime on reading information booklet the treatment looks scary any insights into what to expect
I recently been told port isnt working so they changing to picc line Does this hurt as port insertion was really painful as they had to do it twice and then still didnt work
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