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Hello, My Nanny has been diagnosed with bowel cancer, she is 89 years of age and last Friday had an iron infusion, she has been terribly poorly this week which we believe is down to the infusion as previously she has been fit and well. She has been...
I've been offered hormone therapy before immunotherapy. I tried HRT some years ago to try to help menopause symptoms. I was on this for approximately 6 months with no significant improvement. Is it worth trying?
Hi I am again confused about the diagnosis. I had lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsy at the end of June and was told I had lobular cancer almost x4 bigger than the MRI scan image (nodes clear) so needed further excision of the area. My second operation...
My dad was sadly diagnosed in A&E last night. Came in with severe back pain and unable to walk. The consultant found cancer in lungs, spine and ribs. We are all shocked and overwhelmed. He hasn't been spoken to about next steps yet. He is 78yrs old...
Hello all , hope everyone is ok and in good health Ive been having symptoms last 4 months, start with bleeding … ( ive been diagnosed with internal hemrroids few years ago and been bleeding off and on , after the jbleeding start to have changing on...
Hi I'm 56 and was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2021 and have been on watch every 6 months since then. Had a scan a couple of month ago and nothing changed since the first scan i had. I am very overweight and cant seem to lose any no matter what...
Why are NHS cancer patients not told about or given the option to try cheap re-purposed drugs such as Fenbendazole (see peer reviewed papers online) or Low Dose Naltroxene? Private patients have access to LDN. 1 of the top UK Oncologists (if not THE...
My daughter has anal cancer, the tumour is protruding and causing her great pain, she has a Putnams anal cancer cushion and can manage to sit in her armchair albeit tentatively. The tumour is ulcerated and producing exudate continuously, and on occasion...
I live in Nevada I got diagnosed in February but I have met with an oncologist till a few weeks ago. The mass and my breast burns a lot, and it seems like it gets bigger when it burns the oncologist said that I went from level one from February to level...
Hello, I am caring for my friend who is nearing end of life. They live quite a way from me (in the same country but a different health region), and up until this point, I have been travelling there and looking after them as best I can. Their local palliative...
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