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One of the Macmillan Online Community staff suggested I put these questions to the Ask a Nurse service. The 'subject' box above gets to the key issue, so I won't go into a long history. I have LARS - Low Anterior Resection Syndrome - following surgery...
Hi l am new to the site. I have developed lumps on my face and jaw 6 months post treatment. I had received 6 sessions of chemo and 35 sessions of radiotherapy. Treatment ended 27th of February. I had neck and tonsil cancer. Has anyone had similar side...
My nails have felt kind of "weird" for a little while but i realised last night they are actually coming away from the toe. I am sure this is due to immunotherapy or chemotherapy or both. Is it something i should go to my GP about? or do i need to see...
Hi , After suffering from swallowing issues for a year and a half and having 2 clear endoscopes my condition continued to worsen. I then had barium swallow and manometry which resulted in diagnosis of achalasia. I was booked to have a hellers myotomy...
My mum has had recurrent meningiomas but has been clear of treatment for a year. She has been told that three of tumours are growing but there is no cause for treatment at the moment and doctors are recommending and watch and wait plan. She is asymptomatic...
My dad has recently been diagnosed with stage 3 prostate cancer and has already been started on Bicalutamide and will start LHRH injections in a couple of weeks and radiotherapy after Xmas. He's going to have a bone scan next week but I am wondering why...
My husband is starting immunotherapy in 2 weeks for metastatic melanoma of the lungs. He has no other lesions. One lung has had the lesion removed for biopsy. He has no symptoms. It was an incidental finding. He's otherwise fit and healthy. He's very...
Could you please explain what a measure of 371 means on a fit test please?
I had breast cancer over 2 years ago and had a lumpectomy and was clear on my last mammogram in March. Then after another scan for something else in April I was found to have a small lesion in my left kidney which after a biopsy was shown to be cancer...
I am struggling with this drug, but I don't know if it's me worrying all the time that is making it worse. When I am at home I am ok, but I worry every time I go out, that I am going to get caught short and not make it to a toilet or there isn't going...
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