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Hello. I have had two of four EC cycles but cycle three has been delayed (5 days so far) as my portacath became infected and was removed a week ago. Hoping that an Interventional Radiology appointment for this Thursday will result in a new port being...
Hello, my mother has been diagnosed by stage 4 cancer. Please see below the PER scan. My questions are: 1- is there any hope of any treatment 2- we keep getting different opinions, one Dr is suggesting having a tube connected to her kidney for urine...
My beautiful beloved husband is lying in bed as he has been for 5 weeks. He is weak, he hardly eats , he is in pain and I feel like my whole world is imploding. I dont even know where to turn. My daughter is distraught and really cant cope I have to protect...
My husband has recently developed a fistula between hi colon cancer and bladder. One of his remaining pleasures is to go to the pub once or twice a week for a pint or two. This condition seems to be quite rare so I would like to hear from anyone who has...
Hello so I am being told that my pancreatic cancer has progressed to stage 4 so all they can offer is palliative chemo to try and make me more comfortable, now I see this is hopefully going to shrink it to relief symptoms is that right? So if it hopefully...
Hi my mum has been diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer, which ha spread the the liver. We have been told there is nothing that can be done. She says she has a constant burning “peppery” sensation in her stomach and going up into her mouth. She is not...
I've been taking Provera 200mg for stage 1 grade 1 endometrial cancer for 6 months now- I'm about to have my first biopsy in a few days to check progress. I have recently started to have tender/painful armpits, one side in particular gets very sore. Is...
Hi, my brother has just told me he has kidney cancer which has spread to his pelvic bones and lungs and consultant has told him it's terminal with only months left. I'm absolutely devastated. He lives a 3 hour drive away. How fast will all of this happen...
My Mum is undergoing chemo for TNBC (just finished 4 th session with Epirubin). I am aware that there is some evidence of Reishi mushroom as an adjuvant (Cochrane review) to improve treatment outcomes/ response to treatment, and similarly using with Turkey...
Hi I had a situation during Oct and Nov of 2023 it was during what I assumed was my menstrual cycle because I only bleed during this time of the month In Oct I had very light bleeding for 5 consecutive days the blood that accumulated on my panty liner...
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