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Hello. Part of my breast drain tube appears full and blocked. It's been like this all day and haven't managed to get hold of my local NHS nurse. I'm worried fluid may be backing up as a result. If you agree, is there any way I can unblock this myself...
My PICO dressing is constantly buzzing!!! Every few seconds! It’s getting very annoying and I’ve had to turn it off a couple of times. Only the green light is flashing, no orange lights, the dressings itself feels tight and hard so I know it’s vacuumed...
My partner had testicular cancer at the start of 2024 and had said testicle removed. We thought that was the end of it and he was going to be ok. Fast forward a bit, he was rushed into hospital start of December struggling to breathe and a sky high heart...
After a bilateral mastectomy I had a surgical site infection in my left breast. I had a flush & new expander put in. That new expander ruptured & I have decided to go flat. What is the recovery time after this last surgery? I was hoping to go to Europe...
I was diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer. I received radiotherapy every day for a month and chemotherapy for three months. My last chemotherapy was 20th of January. I have been feeling pretty ok and been taking short walks throughout my treatment when...
Hello, my mum was due to have a mastectomy this week but they have found blood clots in her lungs. I’m anxious that treating the clots will leave too long a gap after chemo finishing and operating but I suppose safer to wait until they have gone to operate...
Hello I have a long going intercostal inflammation problem, which occaisionally flares up. I have this at the moment. It only responds to ibufropen. At the moment I am on Capacitabine Chemotherapy tablets for terminal bowel cancel can I take Ibefropen...
Hi, I am writing to check on my partner's radiotherapy and kadcyla treatment plan. My partner has received neoadjuvant chemotherapy for HER2+ primary breast cancer , post which she has had her lumpectomy in early January. There was a very small residual...
Hi i have metastatic breast cancer and have a three week break from chemo as my PET Scan falls on the day I should be having the next dose. I had intended to have a covid vaccination tomorrow but I’m now wondering if this will have an effect on the...
I have Stage IIIC/IVA high grade serous adenocarcinoma with primary gynaecological tract origin versus primary peritoneal serous cancer. I was told to begin with that I’d have 3-4 lots of chemotherapy then a scan with a view to surgery but I’m now waiting...
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