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I finished 5 days radiotherapy a couple of days ago and my breast has got very swollen, hot, bright red and itchy with lumps. I am taking antihistamine and paracetamol but nothing seems to reduce the itching. Where my breast is hard and swollen it is...
Hi I'm on dabrafenib and trametinib. I know it says take at same time everyday but I get up later on days off so I take a bit later does this matter. And same times a bit later in evening as if I take them to work I ll probably forget to take them as...
Hi there, I'm after some advise. My dad was diagnosed with a colon tumour in June. On cancer staging imaging a lung nodule was also found that is suspicious of a metastatic lesion. With the complexity of my dad's medical history, colon surgery is too...
Hi I have just been for an echocardiogram before chemo starts and it hurt like hell. I wondered if it was just me or if anyone else has had the same experience. The person doing the scanning pressed really hard on my left breast with her probe, when...
Hi what can I expect from my first appointment with oncology and will I start chemotherapy the same day or soon after
husband told he's at end of life, he's on his 3rd term of Lonsur chemo pills, taking EMTEC 30 for his pain mixed with Tylenol or Advil. he refuses morphine meds....he's always in pain and sleeps a lot, very edgy and yells at me a lot, he feels weak and...
There seems to be very little information available and all of it very frightening. My husband has not seen an oncologist yet - the 62 day target for starting treatment is up on Monday 11th but he has an MRI booked for 18th Dec. So concerned about the...
Good afternoon 6 weeks ago I had an axillary clearance of the 28 nodes removed 14 had cancer, consultant says its now up to oncology team to decide if I will be offered radiotherapy. I had 33 sessions last autumn following removal of cancer I salivary...
I started chemo (TCHP) for breast cancer in May last year, then had a successful lumpectomy. I went on to more chemo with kadcyla (trastuzumab) in February this year, which was stopped early as my liver function blood tests were not good. I had three...
Hi, I'm a single mum with diabetes 2 insulin dependent and I have mass on my adrenal gland, after scan the doctors have ruled out adenoma and surgery is planned in 6 months. We don't know if this mass is malignant. I would like to ask what the chances...
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