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Hi - just had laparoscopic right open hemicolectomy around 2 weeks ago. I have 4 incision wounds with dissolvable sutures and glue. Can anyone advise when it is safe to take a shower bandage free? i currently apply my waterproof dressings before a shower...
Hello iv just been diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer I don't know what to think or expect got pet scan tomorrow and been told ill need radiotherapy and chemotherapy Some advice or something would be nice Thankyou
My 40 year old husband was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer and was told it is incurable. What does that mean? He is halfway through chemotherapy (cycle 7 of 12) and has a possible HIPEC surgery ahead after a break when the chemo finishes. He’s responded...
Had very heavy menstrual bleeding for years, the non-hormonal coil was blamed for this. Strings became lost Jan 2022, Gp, nurse and sexual health clinic could not remove. Referred for scan which was done in March 2023. Coil in situ, endometrium was thickened...
Hello, I had a hysteroscopy on 5th December privately, I was told after the procedure I would be discharged back to my GP and we can discuss options etc, I was also told that the consultant has removed a significant amount of tissue, I had a 36mm endometrial...
Not only is my friend who has pancreatic adenocarcinoma struggling with PERT maldigestion and malnutrition but also zoromorph, codeine, lanzoprozole, antiemetics and imodium seems to be ineffective due to chronic steatorrhoea and diarrhoea. I presume...
12 months ago I had a successful operation to remove a tumour from my lung. 6 months later a CT scan was fine. 9 days ago I’ve been told the cancer is back, had to have a biopsy from my lymph gland and also need a brain scan (booked in).at the moment...
Hi, I wonder if someone would help please; during treatment I developed awful digestive pain after eating or drinking. It settled a little or maybe the pain reduced but I'm really noticing it still. I finished chemo (ABVD for Hodgkins)at the end of June...
Hi there! For the past two weeks I’ve been bleeding whenever I poo! I’ve had cramps in my abdomen before pooing! I feel like I’m having to go to the toilet all the time! And it’s not hard stools! I haven’t been thinking about it until I saw a poster in...
Following on from my previous post can anyone please decipher this report in a way that I can understand? Parotid gland lab report Rt lung (illegible) referred for radiotherapy - PET scan showed Lt parotid nodule (very small) with avid uptake ? ...
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