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Hi, My husband was diagnosed with late stage 3 bowel cancer, he had surgery and has been on a regimen of oxaliplatin and capecitabine as a 3 week cycle, with 1 week off the capecitabine tablets in every 3 week cycle. We thought that would be the end...
In November I was diagnosed with a 3cm cancerous polip in my bowel. On the 11th of December I had low anterior resection surgery to remove the affected area and put the bowel back together. The recovery has been tough as every day I am learning to live...
hiya I have been having itching all over my body since june last year started on legs slowly worked it's way up and now practically all my body itches everyday I've read a number of stories were lymphoma starts like this I also come out in red blotches...
Hi , my husband has medullary thyroid cancer, he started selpacatinip in March, we are currently applying for travel insurance , one of the questions is are you on chemotherapy treatment, Onocology say that don’t class a TKI has chemotherapy, but insurance...
Hello. My brother has kidney cancer and had his kidney out and half liver. He won’t eat and won’t get out of bed . He is mentally ill think . Totally closed down . We have no support from anyone . What can we do ?
Hi I’m on oral chemo 2 weeks on 1 week off 2150 dose am and again pm. I’m also on IV infusion of Pembro every 3 weeks. I’m on cycle 4 with 4 more to go. This treatment is part of a clinical trial as I had no pathological response to treatment prior to...
Not quite Christmas present I was expecting. Like all probably been through every emotion but the one that stays is loneliness even though there are family and friends around, luckier than some. 17/12/24: diagnosed with bowel cancer via Colonoscopy...
I am 66, reasonable health. Contained prostate cancer, Acinar Adenocarcinoma, Gleason score 7. PSA 5.4 Bone scan clear. Not wanting TURP or op. See MDT next week, certain options will be Op, RT,HRT, and or Brachytherapy. Op not an option for me. ...
Can you advise please? The last 2 out of 3 infusions I’ve had problems with my portacath. The issue is no blood return or blood draws being possible. The first time they drew blood from arm instead and then passed me to infusion centre. The second time...
I had right nephrectomy in june 2023 and also took the adrenal gland and immunotherapy for 1 year. Latest scans show 6mm nodule on thyroid and a scan after showed no evidence of cancer but how can they be sure without biopsy because i went to ent today...
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