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Hi, I take care of my grandkids while my kids go to work, my husband is starting radical radiotherapy and chemotherapy soon, we have an appointment with oncology to discuss this on Monday, my question is - Is it safe for my grandkids to be around their...
Hi had the info on the recently diagnosed cancer - great! Specialists recommended Radiotherapy (7 weeks every day) and LHRH for 3 rears (i've been on the hormone pills and now injections for a few weeks now) wondering if there are other options? obviously...
Hi just wondering whether after having chemotherapy and radiotherapy will I be able to dye my hair once it has regrown.I know it will come back as grey and don’t particularly want it that colour.Thank you in advance for your advice.
Hello all, I hope I'm posting this in the right place. I am 22 years old. I've noticed I have nail clubbing several months ago. I saw two GPs about it who both confirmed it, and I was rushed for an X-ray and a CT to check for malignancy. The X-ray showed...
I had surgery and radiotherapy between September and November 2021, I am still having so much fatigue and weakness in my arm after a skin graft. I also get a little bit of lymphedema in my neck after removal of lymph nodes which makes my upper body strength...
Hello I have been diagnosed with lung cancer i am 38. Its small cell carcinoma. I have had 2 rounds of chemotherapy cisplatin and etoposide. I have shooting pains in the rib areas on both sides. The cancer is on the left side. Could this pain be related...
Hi. I am just finishing 6 rounds of chemotherapy and am about to start 15 sessions of radiotherapy for breast cancer. The radiotherapy (which finishes in early March) will be targeting my mastectomy scar, armpit, collarbone and the lymph nodes in my breastbone...
Diagnosis: Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL), NOS OTHERWISE SPECFIED, Refractory Since I have finished 7 line of treatments and have not been cured or respite I would like to know if there are any other treatment lines - with a higher success rate...
HI, just looking some advice, my partner finished treatment in Sept 22 after Flot Surgery and flot again. He has been getting dizzy spells and seem to be getting worse where he's shaking and gets blurry eyes and cant stand up. He does get dumping badly...
A friend has just been diagnosed with small call ling cancer and the suggested treatment is immunotherapy. As I understand this can be truly unpleasant and I was wondering if there is a specialised hypnotherapist in the North East who could help her through...
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