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I was diagnosed with rectal cancer last September, and started radiotherapy, with combined Capecitabine in October, and am now on a Oxalyplatin and Capecitabine combination, and on cycle 5 of 6, so am nearly at the surgery stage. Last Wednesday, I came...
How many y BCG treatments do they recommend and why do some people only need 15 and some need more Iam trying to get an appointment with my urologist to discuss this as I am have side affects
Hi I am 5 years on from a tight hemicolectomy and stage 3 cancer. I’ve just been told my follow up is finished but my last colonoscopy in 2024 I had a small polyp removed( not cancerous) but now I worry that I might get more polys but with no more checks...
My husband was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer eith asbestos. We were so shocked we couldn't quite absorb it all. How do we get a clearer more accurate picture of what the results of the x ray and CT can showed?
I have had treatment for a form of nonhodgins nimphnomea as you can see my ability to express myself in writing leaves a lot to be desired. I cannot spell and of an age when dislexia for was classed as stupid. However I came through my working life quite...
Hi there. I’m new to this group and feeling a bit lost and very worried. I'm 43yrs old and had breast screening a week ago. I have 2 x lumps in my right breast and some raised nodes. I’ve been advised I’m highly likely to have cancer. I had 4 x biopsies...
4 weeks post neck dissection . Thought I was imagining not being able to open mouth as I’ve had partial maxillectomy too and fake teeth are odd/ large possibly . But I found a photo pre surgery and my mouth only opens about half way compared to pre surgery...
Hi I have completed my 5th round of Capecitabine (adjuvant) after TNBC and really want to stop - I feel I have had enough and just want to try and start living normally, my oncologist is saying its up to me and im supposed to have 8 but im just so sick...
Hi, just finished chemo tablets after surgery and four infusions with tablets of preventative chemotherapy. When I was signed off by the oncology nurse on 6th February, 10 days after treatment ended, my peripheral neuropathy was minimal so I finished...
Hi, My mum (85 years old), was diagnosed with IHD1-mutated AML two weeks ago. She is undergoing a blood transfusion tomorrow and then starting her first cycle of IVO-AZA on Monday. She has been told that she will need to be in hospital for 7-14 days...
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