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I finished my radiotherapy treatment in mid December but was admitted to hospital until 23 Dec due to water infections. Since them i have 2 further infection and have just finished a week of Nitrofurantoin mercury Pharma tablets but am still passing blood...
Diagnosed 2022 with colon cancer. Had surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy CAPOX (4 cycles). Cleared of disease by October 23 with blood tests and CT Scans. Had another CT as part on monitoring in Feb 24, unfortunately disease had returned to pelvic area...
Hi nurses! (You are all doing a great job btw). ;-) I posted the following in the PC forum and as there were no takers it was suggested I repost it here: I had a telephone chat with my consultant earlier as a follow up to a recent review and then...
Hi my dad is having chem treatment he has stage 4 prostate cancer but over the last few days his hands of swollen really big and he is in a lot of pain. He has also been having nose bleeds/clots and passing blood through his urine.
Hi I’m really asking a question that we know the answer to but need clarification of how quickly my dad will go worse. He had pancreatic cancer diagnosed March 22, whipple procedure June 22. We then found out sept 23 that it had spread to the liver...
First diagnosed with prostate cancer in May 2006 had 20 Sessions Radiotherapy 55GY total, followed by Hormone treatment for 3 years and PSA was down at @ 0.1. Over the years therefore, I have had PSA checks every 6 months, but since November 2010 PSA...
Hi. When I received my biopsy results the Specialist Nurse said it was Gleason 3 + 4 and S2. More recently when I had my pre-radiotherapy appointment the (different) Specialist Nurse has put 'S2, likely S3' in the consent form I was given. Does this make...
Hello I'm 52 years old and was diagnosed with localised Prostate cancer in Nov 2022. At this time my PSA was 12. After just 2 months on hormone therapy my PSA was 2 (this was just before my external radiotherapy began) I finished my radiotherapy in...
Hello, my husband was recently diagnosed with testicular cancer but his biopsy result showed no evidence of metastasis but he has had a few follow up appointments through yesterday, one being with the lung cancer team however none of this was mentioned...
Hi everyone, I’m not sure I’m in the right place but I don’t really know where else do go or who to speak to. My dad found a rock hard lump (thumb sized) on his lower back at the beginning of January. After seeing the GP he was advised to wait a month...
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