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Hi. I've had a mastectomy and chemotherapy for breast cancer and now I've been put on hormone therapy with induced menopause drugs. I am 47. I've been given postrap injection and letrozole tablets. After a 2 months, the Letrozole has caused 2 episodes...
Firstly I would like to thank you for letting me join your site and it is a wonderful thing to have as people find it easier to write down about their illness, so many types of this awful thing and it is covered by you wonderful people. I lost my own...
My husband had his catheter removed last Monday ( 11 days ago) after his prostatectomy the previous week. His bladder control was surprisingly excellent from the word go and he had a week without needing to wear any pads at all, both day and night. Then...
In July and August 2021 I had my tonsils removed, base of the tongue removal and neck dissection to remove lymph node for stage 1 HPV cancer. I didn’t need radiotherapy or chemotherapy. I have recovered well, my last MRI in August this year was clear...
I am starting Abemaclibib today and have been advised to use a condom during sex. What about kissing and oral sex?. I already have dryness problems from the letrozole so it looks like our sex life will struggle for 2 years. :(
Hi there I have recently been diagnosed with stage 1B melanoma. When I originally got my diagnosis I was told that my case was reviewed by a team of specialists who said that even though my melanoma was 0.5mm deep, because it was ulcerated that has...
Any advice for someone starting radiation therapy
Hello, diagnosed with grade 3 uterine sarcoma last November. Had a radical hysterectomy in January, followed by 3 lots of brachytherapy in March. I haven’t had any contact from either the oncology team or any other medical personnel since. Is that usual...
Hi, I hope someone can help, Hubby has stage 4 lung cancer he started morphine to try to suppress his coughing and has anti vomiting meds, but he has been experiencing vomiting and gagging at smells I can’t even put perfume on as that starts him off...
Hello, my uncle has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and bone cancer. He also has history of prostate cancer that has been treated about 10 years ago. The cancer diagnosed now is adenocarcinoma which is negative ALK, PD-LI. Unfortunately he...
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