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Hi, Im 22 year old female, and i had ultrasound done month ago, which showed that wall of my gallbladder is thickened up to 8mm. I dont have any stones, and nothing more, my liver etc and blood work is fine. I have been taking pills now for a month...
am not going to relate the whole saga here but basically i need both a vitrectomy and a cataract removed on my OM eye so that the hospital can see in to check my tumour. I rang yesterday to check waiting times - the specialist ( a retinologist not an...
Hello. Could somebody please give me a rough estimate of how long it takes till the results are available when they do MMR/Lynch testing on a biopsied tumour? I have tried asking this info of my cancer team, but they keep saying things like 'Don't think...
Hi I have just completed 6 cycles of EC-T for locally advanced breast cancer . I am about to commence Palboclib targeted chemo with letrozole which my Onc tells me will be long term. I understand that I start on a high dose for a month then reduce down...
Hi my wife has Pancreatic cancer which has spread to stomach and liver. She was diagnosed in March and had 1 session of chemo before getting Sepsis and ending up in hospital. During her stay a new CT scan showed her pancreas cancer had affected her duodenum...
Hello, My Dad is receiving chemotherapy for waldenstroms macroglobulinemia. I looked after a friend's child who has chickenpox. The child hasn't got weeping sores. My Dad and I have both had chickenpox, but do I have to quarantine from him just in...
Hi, I was after some advice about genetic testing. I've just been told a cousin has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. To give some background, my Grandad (dad's dad) died of cancer (some type of leukaemia/blood cancer). After he did my Dad (20...
A question regarding my husband’s diagnosis that is deeply concerning me my husband was diagnosed in Jan with 7.4 Gleason score he is 72 had an MRI privately because our GP considered non urgent cancer was present 27mm in the gland biopsy showed...
I had my first chemo on Wednesday. Felt fine until last night when my legs felt flu like. same this morning but was also sick. Anti sickness pills working but my legs feel sore, also knee and ankle joints. Is this usual/common?
I have just discovered this post. My husband has advanced bowel cancer and has currently been prescribed fentanyl patches, He gets these patches changed on a weekly basis. He is currently in hospital just now recovering from a sepsis infection. His palliative...
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