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My husband and I are the only support for our elderly friend who is was diagnosed with stage 4 liver, lung and bone cancer back in early august. It is also in her lymp nodes. She is 95 and was fairly fit and well until July. She has always been completely...
I’m finding it heartbreaking and draining hearing my Mother say she wants this all over with and wants to just die. She is on 3 difference drugs for depression. The doctor came to visit today and said the drugs were all fine that she is on. We recently...
Hi, my sister lives in Spain and has just last week been diagnosed with stage 3 colon / bowel cancer . Is it safe for me to go visit her whilst she has her treatment? many thanks
I am on round 5 out of 6 chemotherapy sessions. I have been having Filgrastim injections each round, on days 3 to 9 of the chemo cycle. On my last injection, when my husband withdrew the needle, there was a spot of blood and immediate bruising appeared...
I am due to have a WLE soon. ..with a skin graft fro. My other thigh.l also lymph node dye/ removal from groin how soon may I walk, Drive or stretch thanyou
I am in menopause and had mereno coil removed in Aug 2018, I was diagnosed with dics breast cancer in 2019. I am experiencing high anxiety and paranoia, triggers are affecting me so that I am running away literally from people and situations I cannot...
Hello My husband finished chemo and radiotherapy on 2nd September after which we were told the next 2 weeks would hit its peak and he would have pain and alot more mucus. However the mucus is awful keeping him awake pretty much the whole night to...
I have had surgery and chemo for endometrial cancer and been diagnosed with neuropathy as a result. In September last year, after the end of treatment, I fell and broke my hip. This required further surgery. It is difficult to know what has caused my...
Hi - I’m having Phesco injections every three weeks as treatment for my MBC. I have it administered subcutaneously into the same thigh. I’m now experiencing pain/discomfort in the thigh when lying on it at night. Could it be caused by a build up of...
Sorry, already left 2 messages but didn't finish them. So lunge cancer is what Mum has now and I just wanted to understand what that looks like, I just don't know what to expect. Struggling to understand what the future will look like x
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