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My mum has a brain tumour and does not have long left to live. Because I am going away for a week, my step Dad is not letting me see my mum anymore. He has blocked my number so I cannot even call to check on her. They live in Norfolk and I'm in Hertfordshire...
Hi, I’ve read online that you can’t have Actimel when you’re on Chemotherapy, is this correct? I’m worried now as I drank one this afternoon. Also can you have Ginger tea?
My oncologist has just suggested that i pause my immunotherapy for 6 weeks what effect can it have on the cancer I have had Chemo for 6 moths
Hey my mum was diagnosed on Jan 9th with peritoneal mesothelioma she has been told today that palliative care is now the only option as it’s spread already to her bowel and she’s too symptomatic for why was the planned treatment of immunotherapy. we...
Yesterday we were given the news my husband(age 63) has a rare aggressive prostate tumour and it’s only a matter of months if that-how can I best support him?
Hi Ive recently completed all treatment for my prostate cancer diagnosis which consisted of hormone therapy and radiotherapy. I am now awaiting a PSA test which I've been told will be 6-9 months after my treatment finished. I have 3 questions: 1....
My dad is 78 with a net tumour in his small bowel with liver mets. He was told over the phone of his cancer and has his first appointment next week to see a professor. He has just been discharged from hospital after going in with abdo pain. He was told...
I am a newbie here and only recently diognosed with Cancer of the Bile duct but unclear If it is the pancreas head too. i have had all the scans, blood tests and a 2 week stay in hospital where I had a procedure to have a stent put in place to help...
Hi I’ve recently been referred for a possible soft tissue sarcoma in my arm. However the gp forgot to send off the referral so everything has been delayed and has made me really anxious waiting for appointments and results. I had an ultrasound a week...
I have been clean for 4 years but the same cancer ( proven by biopsy and DNA testing) is now in my portal cava lymph node. Started on Afatinab for 8 days and developed very bad sores under my tongue and began bleed through the top of my tongue, Have tried...
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