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Hello i had chemo (6 sessions) finished early september i lost my hair which i was ok about. It has started to grow back but seems slow. I last shaved it mid sept. As i was a hairdresser i thought it would be 3 cm by now but its prob 1.5cm. Does it take...
My mum passed away recently. She had breast cancer like me. She was 73 and had chemo then went onto EC and completed one. Sadly she passed not long after this with a pulmonary embolism in her lung. She had a chest X-ray which was clear although she had...
Hello, I was diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer in April. I have since undergone radiotherapy and chemotherapy. My chemotherapy finished on 11th October and a week later I had an endoscopy. This came back all clear and I had an MRI and Ct scan on...
I completed radiotherapy treatment in November , I have been experiencing bladder problems since early December , I also have swollen legs and feet.How long am I going to be like this?
Hi, my brother, who has lived in the US for decades, running his own fund management business which is hard work, for 20 years including his youngest son in the business in New Year 24, wishing he felt younger but no signs of illness then. My brother...
Hi I have just had my 4th PSA test with a result of 17 which is up from an original of 12 I have had an MRI scan and biopsy in Oct 23 of which 34samples were taken which resulted in a gleeson score of 3+3=6 in 5 samples and 3+4=7 in one sample I am...
My melanoma is in my lungs and immunotherapy has not worked..if i pay private for a consultant at royal marsden will this affect my visits to velindre..I'm being given 12 months to live with chemo,surely there's something else can be done...
My mum in law has stage 4 lung cancer diagnosed in August. She had 1 session of chemo but ended up in hospital with an infection. She then had 5 days of radiotherapy and is feeling and breathing much better. She saw her oncologist 16 December and he is...
My dad has been diagnosed with BPDCN and are treating with both (ALL) & (AML) and had to stop first course of chemo due to bleed on the brain. Won't continue with chemo. It's in his blood and bone marrow. They say they got about 80%. He is having regular...
Hi there, I’ve seen a consultant as my PSA was 77.7 and DRE was smooth on one side and hard/firm on the other. Next is an MRI and then prostate biopsy. The consultant seen me a week ago and he asked me if I have any pains in my body, which I replied no...
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