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Hi my mum has just been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer they started her on steroids a few days ago which she’s doing well on but know they said they are going to stop them so expect her to decline but why can’t they keep her on them ?
I have found a help for the problems with mouth and chemo - Folinic Acid (not Folic Acid) helps with the blistering etc, although things still taste awful. I am looking for help with fingers and feet...... I have gone through around 4 months of chemo...
A family member has Bowel Cancer and isn't being offered chemo due to other health concerns. What else could we be asking for, either different treatments or supplementary support? With low haemoglobin, what else will help rather than just iron tablets...
Hi, I was diagnosed and treated for base of tongue cancer (T4N2) in late 2015 with 35 RT sessions and 6 chemo sessions, I was given the all clear in April 2016. I attended all of my check up appointments I had a good few years, but since have developed...
I've another 2 week before my second PCV treatment I thought I would be feeling a little bit less tired with it coming out of my system but I'm feeling more tired every day is this normal
I have been on Letrozole for hormone receptive breast cancer for three years - two more and I will be 10 years post cancer. I have recently become vegan but I have some concerns that cutting out dairy will compound the bone thinning effects of Letrozole...
I finished my radiotherapy treatment in mid December but was admitted to hospital until 23 Dec due to water infections. Since them i have 2 further infection and have just finished a week of Nitrofurantoin mercury Pharma tablets but am still passing blood...
Diagnosed 2022 with colon cancer. Had surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy CAPOX (4 cycles). Cleared of disease by October 23 with blood tests and CT Scans. Had another CT as part on monitoring in Feb 24, unfortunately disease had returned to pelvic area...
Hi nurses! (You are all doing a great job btw). ;-) I posted the following in the PC forum and as there were no takers it was suggested I repost it here: I had a telephone chat with my consultant earlier as a follow up to a recent review and then...
Hi my dad is having chem treatment he has stage 4 prostate cancer but over the last few days his hands of swollen really big and he is in a lot of pain. He has also been having nose bleeds/clots and passing blood through his urine.
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