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Got upset yesterday teatime after speaking to my consultant and was very weepy for a while. Later coughing away and I started coughing up blood then a little later I coughed up a small blood clot. I’m still coughing up blood this morning, I’ve tried phoning...
Hello, I finished 2 cycles of Capecitabine 5 1/2 weeks ago. I was advised to stop as my feet were sore and blistered. I’m still experiencing side affects: tender feet, sore cracked lips that don’t heal, hands sensitive to hot and cold, itchy skin, pins...
How will I know what Stage my cancer is at? Lump is 1.5cm. Magseed planned for 14th Jan. Diagnosed 17th Dec. Feel in limbo with no date for lumpectomy/lymph node removal. Frightened and unsure about the future
My intravenous chemo stopped at the end of September 2021 but have still continued to have herceptin injections in the leg. Two of my finger nails have now split across the finger and I am trying to stop them tearing across as they are both midway up...
After Brachytherapy i now have beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer. Increasingly, i now experience incontinence issues both extreme urgency, and frequency, and then prolonged dribbling. What do you suggest and can i get a variety of solutions...
My mum had most of her large colon removed last summer. She’s managed quite well until recently, when she’s complained of stomach pain and diarrhoea and vomiting at night. This has happened about 4 times over the last couple of months. There doesn’t seem...
Hi, My Dad has stage 4 lung cancer with high PD-L1 so just started Pembrolizumab, his first infusion was on Dec 30th and his second will be on Jan 20th. Dad is due his Covid19 booster and we also want to get him his annual flu vaccine. Is it safe for...
My dad has stomach cancer, hes had a bypass and is physically able to eat but mentally his mind wont let him. Have tried fortisips/juices etc, gps dont seem to care just say drink plenty then...hes gone from 16 stone to 9 and a half and we just dont know...
Hi. I have been receiving emails from Macmillan and found the general info helpful. My symptoms appear to be decreasing, but anxiety rising. Have finished 6 months Chemo treatment for focular Lymphoma. Was told I may have had this for 10 years! Before...
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