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I’m having a hysteroscopy under general anaesthetic in a couple of weeks. The hospital have advised me to have peppermint tea after to help with the gas. I really DETEST peppermint and will not be able to drink it. Will peppermint oil capsules work just...
Having a hysterectomy in 3 weeks and holiday booked 12 weeks after that to go to Europe fir 2 weeks should I pay the balance as due 8th Jan will I be ok to travel not worried about travel insurance costs
Hi, I need some help. My amazing, funny, beautiful and strong daughter has been diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. She is 16 year old and is scared. I have spent the last week crying and I know this isn’t what she needs, I want to be strong to help her...
Im recovering from a major theraputic mammoplasty. They didn't clear the margins and so I ve just been told that I have to have a full mastectomy. I have 38GG breasts. They will be putting a spacer in. From what I understand I have probably 12 months...
Hi I m taking dabrafenib and trametinib can I eat mince pies and stollen as it says on medication don't eat seville oranges and these contain orange peel.
Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask about this but I don't know what to do. My mum is a stage 4 melanoma patient currently being treated with Ipi Nivo. She's been doing really well and is due to have her last cycle on the 2nd of Jan,...
Hi I used to donate blood regularly but haven't since having a partial nephrectomy in October of this year. Now on Pembrolizumab and have had one of 6 cycles so far. Blood.co.uk said I can't give blood again, ever....surgeon said (before Pembrolizumab...
Hi all, I have been on Letrozole tablets 2.5mg for about one year now following chemotherapy and radiotherapy sessions. Does anyone have any experience of the side effects (my legs ache and my fingers feel stiff first thing in the morning). Thank...
Hi. I had a thyroid lobectomy 12 weeks ago. I went back for my blood results and pathology results of my thyroid, 6 weeks later. The consultant told me that I had nothing to worry about but they sent it off for a second opinion to Swansea. I was thinking...
I am the only living close relative for someone with lung cancer. All treatment options have been exhausted. She understandably doesn’t want her prognosis as it feels like she will be counting down the days. Im a mum to 2 kids and work full time ...
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