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Worried wife here. My husband is six weeks post 30 radiotherapy sessions and was making great progress until five days ago when his throat suddenly got much sorer. Coincided with covid/flu jab incidentally. Dentist yesterday confirmed no tooth problems...
Hello, I am 46 and I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in March. I went to theatre for a bowel resection the end of April, however they couldn’t do the surgery as my uterus was too heavy from fibroids to move out of the way. I then had 4 cycles of...
medicines. my husband has prostate cancer stage 4. we live in ukraine, now we are in tenerife. how can we buy zytiga (abiraterone) here? thanks!
I have just had a fit test result of 40 and my Dr is sending me for a colonoscopy....I'm am and have been anemic for many years on and off, and also my dad dies at 54 of bowel cancer and my grandad 81 of bowel cancer. How worried ahould I be with a score...
Hi I'm 45 . I was diagnosed with 2 different breast cancers in my left breast bk in May. I had masectomy with lymph node biopsy . I was then told I needed more surgery then got sent for a body ct and it showed it had spread to my spine and hips pelvis...
Hiya. I just wanted to ask how my body will manage without a valve and caecum after a right hemicolectomy? Everything I look at tells me what the role of the caecum is, so I’m wondering how my body will work without it? thanks, Nicnak
Hello, My mum had her third dose of full head radiotherapy today. She is slurring and is extremely tired - staggering around and constantly falling asleep on the sofa. She's occasionally not making sense. I'm very worried about her but she insists she...
Hi I am just wondering how many cycles of immunotherapy are given before you get a scan to find out its effectiveness. Thanks
I recently had a kidney removed due to a large tumour, then after several days an MRI scan found a tumour in my brain. So a secondary brain tumour or metastasis. The surgeon removed the tumour last week and I was told they got it all. There was no mention...
Hi all I had a double mesectomy 7 years ago & now after lengthy and many op disasters I'm at the areola/nipple stage with tattooing. I have immense concerns regarding this as 2 weeks ago I saw my mesectomy surgeon for my yearly review & he stated that...
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