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My mum is having treatment for stage 2 breast cancer and has lost a lot of weight. She also had a TIA during her treatment and has an arrhythmia. She has stopped the chemo now and had the operation for a mastectomy on one side and is having HER2 herceptin...
Please could you give me information about having a stent inserted . My husband has stomach cancer which was referred as gastrointestinal cancer. He is having great difficulty eating and is to have the stent inserted on Tuesday. What does it involve and...
I had a lumpectomy and 4 days of radiotherapy which were both no problem at all , I had cording after which was pretty bad but I was back in work after 3 weeks this was 12 months ago. I am on tamoxifen and slowly I became worse and worse with all the...
Is it okay to swim while taking letrazole and ribocyclib.and zolitronic acid infusions
My friend is nearing the end of a long battle with leukaemia. Quality of life is lessening by the day. She looks incredibly frail, thin and weak (no particular order) and wants to remain independent as long as possible (struggling from the bed to the...
My husband has been receiving chemotherapy on a monthly basis for follicular lymphoma. He was due to have his fourth cycle this week but his WBC is too low (0.3). I believe this puts him at high risk of serious infection. I am unsure what we should be...
It has been 4 weeks since the biopsy was taken and on the 4th Nov we were told that it confirmed Hodgkin's Lymphoma. I have since had a PET scan but am not meeting with the haematology team until the 22nd. Is that normal? I am aware of more lumps and...
Husband has just weaned off dexamethasone after 7 months, he has brain tumour (gbm) which was operated on in April and has since had the usual radiotherapy/chemo treatment. He has been feeling sick and has no appetite and it has been 4 days since the...
My Dad has just been diagnosed with Cholangiocarcinoma...he is 85. He has been fit all his life. They can't operate as it is all over his major blood vessels. My Dad is jaundiced but seems ok apart from that. I am wondering how this disease will progress...
Hi my friend has recently had an op for bowel cancel and is coming out of hospital tomorrow after several weeks because if breathing problems and low potassium she is gluten intolerant and diabetic and will also have to be careful post op have you...
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