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Hi there! For the past two weeks I’ve been bleeding whenever I poo! I’ve had cramps in my abdomen before pooing! I feel like I’m having to go to the toilet all the time! And it’s not hard stools! I haven’t been thinking about it until I saw a poster in...
Following on from my previous post can anyone please decipher this report in a way that I can understand? Parotid gland lab report Rt lung (illegible) referred for radiotherapy - PET scan showed Lt parotid nodule (very small) with avid uptake ? ...
Hi. I was diagnosed with stage 1 lung cancer in November and begin radiotherapy next week. During the discovery process the PET scan picked up the left side parotid gland and although both lung consultants said it was very tiny and doesnt look like anything...
hi I'm Simon , have stage 4a Prostate cancer . my question is; why can't the hospital give me this injection?? I do not have any sort of relationship with my GP, I cant move to another GP as i'm not in any catchment , the only way is to move myself...
Hi there, lm new here. I'm extremely worried about my husband as a recent routine blood test showed elevated ggt and alp in his liver. A few weeks later they were up a little more so now he needs an ultrasound. He doesn't drink or take any medication...
Hi I been weeing blood all day with clots , really worried. I am having turbt in January but concerned right now about how much blood their is.
I have a question i would like to ask. Im 41yo, got diagnosed with breast cancer recently and had mastectomy, awaiting for pathology results to determine f i will need chemo/radiotherapy. My question is what if i get pregnant before starting any further...
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...
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