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I have breast size 34DD and just completed adjuvant chemo therapy for recurrent breast cancer. I have been advised that this time I will have to have a mastectomy. Horrified at the idea of having a hideous scar and a large saggy boob I wish for a DIEP...
Hi there, I was diagnosed with stage 3b melanoma and completed my year of adjuvant targeted therapy, Dabrafenib and Trametinib, in September 2025. In October a blood clot near the spleen was discovered, this did not block the blood flow. It was assumed...
Hi After my lump was removed I have tried various medications, the first two with side effects which were getting worse. I have been taking exemestane for about 6 weeks and it's not too bad at the moment apart from feeling very hot when my husband is...
Hi I am new to this group. I have metastatic breast cancer spread to bones, lungs and liver. i have had breast cancer twice before. The second time 2017-2018. Ii am on Letrozole and Ribociclib. I don't fully understand what I can and can’t do regarding...
My brother has had thymic carcinoma - diagnosed 3 years ago. He had surgery to remove it but they couldn't get it all. Since then he has had 2 rounds of radiotherapy and 3 rounds( 6 Sessions each) of chemo. Just had a scan and it has grown 7 mm despite...
Hi, I’m looking for advice on similar situation. At the start of Dec a mole behind my left thigh that’s been there since birth became itchy (on and off) so I decided to take a look, noticed it wasn’t the brow round mole I remembered it to be previously...
Hi everyone, I’ve gone down a rabbit hole with what my mutation means (KRAS Q61H). Everything I’m reading says ‘poorer prognosis’. Just wondering if anyone has any insight to this and/or personal experience. I’ve just had my last round of Folfox (first...
Hello, hope someone can advise me-I'm 63, never been in hospital for anything before, and have terrible phobias of all things medical (mainly because both my mother and brother had poor treatment for a stroke, and pancreatic cancer respectively, I had...
Hi my dad has been on chemotherapy tablets for 12 months and last week started intravenous treatment last week. he has flu and we have had to call out paramedics today. The paramedic has said in the event of the worse they won’t resuscitate. we...
Hi just got diagnosed with a rare condition which means I have tumors in head and on spine I have been given paracetamol ~ codeine and have taken them for the last week , however they are not really working I wake up in the night after a couple of hours...
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