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This is my third run in with cancer. 10 years ago I had a MOE procedure on my head for skin cancer. 6 years ago I had a stage 3 parotid cancer removed on the left side of my face, leaving me disfigured after removal of my saliva gland and lymph nodes...
Hello there , my dad has been diagnosed with prostate cancer which has spread to his hip and spine unfortunately and he’s took the news really bad , since he found out he’s been in bed and just basically withering away it’s absolutely awful to see my...
Hi my mum was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer a year ago . It isn’t curable but the oncologist said we can try our best to control it . She does have multiple nodules on her lungs too . She had 12 rounds of chemo ( infusion and tablets) she is...
Hiya, My mum has stage 4 Lung cancer. Shes had 3 different treatments which have unfortunately failed. Her lung recently collapsed due to a tumour blocking her pipe into the Lung. She was given two sessions of palliative radiotherapy to help unblock...
Hi I am being booked in for radiotherapy after chemo and surgery both showed zero cancer cells and a complete response diagnosis. What the point of radiotherapy? Im still getting anal fissure pain and symptoms caused by 4 rounds of docetaxal in June/July...
Since changing to Evrerolimud 5mg I’ve found amost every month that hospital pharmacy has no supply and there is delay in collecting prescription. is this a national problem?
Hello, I'm Kirsty and i'm 19 years old. I got diagnosed with Thyroid cancer shortly following a surgery to get the middle lobe removed at the end of September. My surgeon assured me that no further treatment would be necessary in November. But in the...
Have had a biopsy which showed BCC on my scalp. Had an op to remove it from my scalp and just got results today. Told they took away margin of 0.4 mm but would have liked 0.6mm more. This was on phone from a nurse as two appointments with consultant have...
A friend has recently been diagnosed with a spinal tumour and is now paraplegic. This is the fourth tumour he has had. I Know he now has no use of his legs, urinary and bowel movements With the loss of function below the waist what happens to the operation...
History: 2021 Bilateral mastectomy - stage 2 lobular & ductal . Treatment - Letrozole 10 years (no chemo or radiotherapy offered) . 2025 cancer has returned :- - 2025 Core biopsy axillary node metastatic ductal carcinoma ER0 HER2 2+. not amplified...
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