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Hi there my mum had a brain tumour removed last year from the right side of her frontal lobe they classed it as stage 3 progressing to stage 4. she had radiotherapy and a 12 month cycle of chemotherapy. she has literally finished her chemo therapy and...
Hello I recently underwent lung surgery at Guys Hospital- I am now 3 weeks post surgery. 2 weeks discharged from the ward. i have very painful distended abdominal air/ gas on my left side. I raised this with the hospital and was provided buscopan ,...
I had the operation nine weeks ago and still have diarrhoea most days. I thought it would have settled into a normal stool by now. I don't have the confidence to go out much as I have had a couple of accidents and don't want it happening again. Can I...
Hi i had an excision on my back just over 2 weeks ago and the anxiety of waiting for the results is absolute torture. I know from reading other people’s stories that I’m not likely to get the results at least for another couple of weeks. i have quite...
My mum was diagnosed earlier this year with Luminal B, Malignant metastatic breast cancer. What does this mean? She lives in Spain and feels like things are getting lost in translation. Is metastatic always Stage 4? Or can it be a lower stage also? thank...
I have a pea sized hard lump in my armpit first noticed it around 3 weeks ago. I am 40 years old. my GP said it’s likely just be a blockage and should go in a couple weeks it’s still there and I am concerned I had a total hysterectomy around 10 weeks...
My mother has just been diagnosed with Nodular Melanoma, She’s had the Tumor removed and is waiting for some tests to be done to see if she is in any need of treatment etc obviously she is struggling to come to terms with everything and seems to overthink...
I had a rectal biopsy under general anasthetic last week followed by both MRI & CT scan. I have now received an appointment to see the surgeon presumably to get the results but the appointment is not until 15th July. That is two months after the biopsy...
Hello - my 95 year old grandad has recently been told he has lung cancer. I am in the dark as to what to expect from now as the medical team have said that treatment is unlikely given his age. He is having some more scans but what should I expect in terms...
Hi I was diagnosed with throat cancer laryngeal but they can't identify the cancer type . They sent it to London they can't identify type so now has been sent to America to find out what type of cancer I have .why can't they tell ? What happens while...
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