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Following a painful urine infection my 54 year old husband was sent by our GP for routine CT and and camera tests on his kidney and bladder. The CT scan shown a 1.5 cm tumour on his right kidney. His consultant Urologist has said the tumour is very...
Hi, having had a LAR and TME for rectal cancer, with 40 lymph nodes removed, I now have oedema or is it possibly lymphedema? GP doesn't think the 2 are related, (oedema and lymph node removal) but why then should I have swollen ankles? I have been on...
I had chemo, radiotherapy and an operation in 2013/14 i still take anastrazole. all of this has taken its toll and I wonder if I could have Botox, but not sure if my immune system will cope?
My wife dose not want to know a prognosis for her osofacus cancer. She is going down hill fast and a fear the worst. Can I as her husband ask.
My son(53) had oesophagus tumour removed in December slowly beginning to eat more then scar tissue closed the oesophagus, he was given 1 session of dilation He was given the chance to have immunotherapy and had first dose but this has resulted in inflammation...
Hi good morning My partner has appointment tomorrow to see consultant about radical bladder cancer surgery what should we ask?
I’ve had discomfort for around 4 years in my tummy, I’ve had my gallbladder out recently due to lots of stones and a collapsed gb, but still have a niggle. I had a scan 2 years ago and my pancreas was seen and normal, I had another before my op and only...
Hello, my sister decided to stop treatment for secondary breast cancer (spread to her bones liver and lungs) due to debilitating side effects of last chance drug (she has survived longer than expected but there are no drugs left for her to try other than...
Hi my husband has the BRAC gene discovered after his colon cancer was removed and bloods showed something not right six months later I do not understand why it did not show earlier on a scan taken after the bloods it showed his cancer had spread to numerous...
Hello My husband has just starting taking Regorafenib. He was told to take it with a light meal, with less than 30% fat but doesn't actually know why. He thinks for personal reasons it would be better to take the tablets with his lunch. He hasn't...
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