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Hi I’m 51, following 3-4 years of highly irregular periods where I’d go 8-9 months with nothing then get one, I’m now in the 5th month of constant bleeding. Sometimes so heavy I can’t leave the house, sometimes light so I only need a liner but always...
My Mum was diagnosed with head and neck cancer last year. She had 2 surgeries & radiotherapy to "mop up" any microscopic cells. There was no spread and having surgery & radiotherapy the doctors seemed positive about the outcome. Even so far as the Dr...
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my husband was diagnosed with a UT1b n1 adenocarcinoma and has just finished four rounds of FLOT. He coped well with the chemo apart from now he has neuropathy and his skin on his hands has gone black and is peeling. We have just learnt following a CT...
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First seen in lung Oct 2025 , pet scan Dec 2025 shows brain tumour , brain tumour removed and radiotherapy done . Still no treatment done for lung 5 months and they say waiting for test results . Is the lung stuff growing and will be too late to do...
I was diagnosed with rectal cancer last September, and started radiotherapy, with combined Capecitabine in October, and am now on a Oxalyplatin and Capecitabine combination, and on cycle 5 of 6, so am nearly at the surgery stage. Last Wednesday, I came...
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