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hello, I’m in good health after having a lumpectomy in July. Due to start 5 days of radiotherapy, would very much like to go on holiday and relax for a few days afterwards. Would it be ok to fly 2 days after finishing treatment?
Hi i I was diagnosed with prostrate cancer last year, Gleason 10 n1 m1 with most of lympth nodes up to my chest been affected as well as my spin and bone marow PSA at the time was a low 26, so I am a low secreater with a highly aggressive form of...
My husband finished chemotherapy in May for Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma. he hasn't gained weight since treatment stopped and is vomiting. It doesn't happen everyday but about 3-4 days out of seven. We have seen GP. No treatment or advice given.
I have been recently diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer and am suffering with heat and pain.What is the best pain relief for it please.I have decided against chemo and surgery
Hi, are there any studies that show there can be shedding from immunotherapy? My husband started his Relanivo last thursday. We don't usually share a bed but I've had to have a damp course and plastering in my room so it's going to be unusable for weeks...
My 87 year old mum lives alone has had lung cancer for 4 years without any treatment, she started with back pain lung area and ended up in hospital for a week recently whilst there they found lung cancer had spread to her liver . She is home now on morphine...
Good afternoon. I've just been offered SABR treatment (5 days) for prostate cancer. I was diagnosed Gl 3+3 when I had a TURP following 2 years of UTI's (13, then 12 months of prophylactic antibiotics). A second biopsy was 3+4 with only 10% pattern 4...
Good afternoon, I was diagnosed with HER2+ breast cancer at the beginning of 2019 and received 8xFEC-T, 23 of radiotherapy, followed by surgery. In May of this year the affected breast began to look inflamed across the bottom half, that area hardened...
I have previously, about 15 years ago, had CIN3 cells removed. Since then I have gone on to develop severe Vaginismus, making smears impossible. However, I now have some worrying symptoms such as bloating, bleeding and terrible pelvic pain. My GP referred...
Hi, i have bowel cancer and have received 4 infusions of oxiloplatin. Goring the most recent infusion, about 20 minutes in, I noticed a swelling on my arm which was an extraction. The cannula was inserted into a vain in my arm about 3cm above my wrist...
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