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Hello My husband has been diagnosed with Stage 3b metastatic melanoma, has recovered from his surgery which included a right side parotidectomy and neck dissection and his recent CT scan was clear. He started his planned one year adjuvant treatment...
Hi, My brother has been diagnosed with Stage 4 Colorectal Cancer in March/April, which has spread to his lungs and liver (multi bilateral liver and lung metastases (stage 4). The outlook isn’t good. He is 47 and was mega fit and healthy… now a little...
I am in my 4th cycle of paclitaxel carboplatin, in the last couple of weeks I have noticed an increase in shooting pains in my armpits and down into my breasts. Sometimes the pain goes into my shoulder blades. My breasts also feel swollen at times and...
Hi, I hope that this is the correct place to ask this kind of question. My Mum has lung cancer and had just completed four chemotherapy and immunotherapy treatments. She will now carryon getting immunotherapy only. Her cancer iisn't curable but it is...
Hi , Please bear with me as this question is quite lengthy. In June I had a radical cystectomy , surgeon who performed the operation says I had small cell bladder cancer and it had reached lymph nodes 2 of which tested positive after removal during...
My mother in law was diagnosed with MF In January 2020. She’s been in good health up until these last 6 months and has now had all medication withdrawn and requires blood transfusions twice a week ongoing. How long can the body sustain twice weekly transfusions...
It's two months now since a lesion was removed from my left nasal alar. A skin flap rotation was made from my cheek. There is still a pronounced lump, the whole area of the flap is raised and domed. So far I haven't had any follow-up appointment, they...
My husband originally underwent an emergency Hartmans surgery last April and was then diagnosed with stage 3 cancer, had 7 rounds of Capox chemotherapy. A 6 month scan had shown it has spread to the lung and adrenal glands so he is now on Filforel chemotherapy...
Had my infusion yesterday and feeling/coping with the side effects. Obv I have a temperature/fever but how high is too high? It was 39.3 earlier I’m taking paracetamol which has brought it down for now to mid 38s. reluctant to call my treatment line...
Hi There I had a total gastrectomy in April. I have recently been noticing that it has been feeling tight near my ribcage, like a shift on my anatomy and wondered if this was normal for those who have had their stomach removed due to cancer when it...
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