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I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in March had full hysterectomy and would have 6 sessions of carbplatin now on my fourth this morning raised my arms and noticed a swelling under my left arm.is this normal for chemo should I get it seen and where would...
I really hope someone can help. I have had high risk HPV for many years that has not cleared and has been picked up in my smears. I haven't worried too much as I know the NHS has a fab system for keeping me checked annually but have recently started worrying...
I found a lump in my breaat which turns out to be a kidney cancer met. I was diagnosed in October 2017 with pt3a N0M0 grade 2 rcc. My last scan on January was all clear. The breast consultant has said he can remove it dependong on ct scan and and there...
Hello my partner is in his second week of chemo and radiotherapy for neck cancer. His taste has gone now and he can't find anything to eat that he can face putting in his mouth. There is no pain yet, just everything tastes terrible. I would like to...
Hi I was diagnosed in March 2022 with High grade DCIS but had to make a decision weather to have a mastectomy or lumpectomy. My decision was made to have a lumpectomy which was cancelled twice and then i had covid in April so i wasn't operated on until...
Hi. I've just received my smear results and have low grade dyskaryosis and positive HPV result. I've been referred for a colposcopy but the waiting time for an appointment is 4 months. I'm considering going private but the procedure is expensive and I...
I am worried as all the UK sites recommend that radiotherapy should be started 4- 6 weeks after breast conversion treatment. The tumour was removed May 6 2022 but I needed to have further margin and lymph node clearance May 31st. I am now in my 6th week...
Hi I was diagnosed with BC in May 2022 , The tumour is quite large (more than 5cm) PR & ER +..I was started on Letrozole for a month, but after scans of the breast it was confirmed that the tumour was still growing..I have now been put on exemestane 25mg...
Hi , my partner has recently been diagnosed with lung cancer 3B, for the past few days he has been in really bad pain, he has taken paracetamol 500mg, also tried codene 30mg but nothing seems to be shifting his pain, the pain seems to be in the neck...
I had a tumour removed from my bladder at the beginning of February this year which was graded 3 and from the CT stage 3. At the meeting afterwards the consultant urologist would not consider surgery and I was put into the care of the oncologist who I...
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