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Hi, I just wanted some advice on my wife 35 years old who's had been suffering from lupus for over 20 years, we have been told that we never can have kids because of lupus but God proved that wrong,and we were blessed with 2 boys (12 and 5 years). Unfortunately...
I joined yesterday and i still feel alone and still in the dard world. I did a research that there is treatment for pancreatic cancer even at stage 4 with results using new technology, but i fear i will lose out in this.
Should I have been given hormone treatment to go forward for Brachytherapy? I will be travelling from Devon to Guildford for the BT.
Hello, I had WLE and sentinel node biopsy on 6th December. I recovered very quickly and felt fine. I did the exercises and had no restrictions in movement so after a week I started the housework - washing, lots of hoovering and ironing, and getting ready...
I've very recently received a cancer diagnosis but am unsure of what the next steps are. I do not know who my doctor will be & have not yet seen an oncology specialist. I have a lot of discomfort & I am concerned about timescales with Xmas etc. & am wondering...
I am scheduled to have a lumpectomy on 5th January.This will be followed with radiotherapy 6 weeks later. Unfortunately, I have been affected with vestibular migraines and persistent dizziness since last December which is made worse when I lie down flat...
My husband has been told he has grade 2 prostate cancer Gleason 3&4. That’s all he was told & just to wait for a bone scan. I thought grade 2 meant it was contained within prostate? Wouldn’t the MRI have shown up any problems with bones? We’re confus...
Hi my husband has just completed 30 radiotherapy sessions (yesterday) and 5 chemos. The skin around his neck is now beginning to break down with raw patches which appears to be green. The radiography explained that this would happen and he is to us flamazene...
I have posterior cribiform plate meningioma. A benign brain tumour. It was discovered in 2018 and has remained stable in size. But it is the size of a golfball and right between my eyes, right near the optic nerve. Last year a second one appeared not...
Hi My husband has stage T2N0 jaw cancer specifically in the retromolar region. It is operable and the surgeons have told us they are hopefully for a cure. I am trying to find out up-to-date information for survival rates for this type of cancer. I could...
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