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Hello My husband finished chemo and radiotherapy on 2nd September after which we were told the next 2 weeks would hit its peak and he would have pain and alot more mucus. However the mucus is awful keeping him awake pretty much the whole night to...
I have had surgery and chemo for endometrial cancer and been diagnosed with neuropathy as a result. In September last year, after the end of treatment, I fell and broke my hip. This required further surgery. It is difficult to know what has caused my...
Hi - I’m having Phesco injections every three weeks as treatment for my MBC. I have it administered subcutaneously into the same thigh. I’m now experiencing pain/discomfort in the thigh when lying on it at night. Could it be caused by a build up of...
Sorry, already left 2 messages but didn't finish them. So lunge cancer is what Mum has now and I just wanted to understand what that looks like, I just don't know what to expect. Struggling to understand what the future will look like x
Are you able to give advice as to what is the best diet (NOT for weight loss) in order to beat cancer? I have prostate cancer which has spread to the bones. When you search on the internet there is so much advice out there, it is difficult to know where...
Hi, I’m currently receiving immountherapy can I have the flu vaccine? many thanks Sarah
I have bladder cancer. Have had 3 TURBT operations with the last one being in March 2022 removing 4 tumours plus CIS. They say it was then post-op non-invasive so I guess TaG3. My cancer hospital have offered only one treatment being cystectomy/bladder...
My surgery was in Dec 2021 and my radiotherapy finished Mar 2022 Although I have great movement, there is still some cording which I think is getting worse Also I can feel a lot of hard patches in my breast which are very tender and painful is this scar...
Hi I was diagnosed with ER8 HER2 negative invasive ductal breast cancer with low volume bone metastases in June 2022. I am currently on Zoladex injections every 3 months (from 22nd July) Abemacaclib 150mg bid (from 1st August) Letrozole 2.5mg...
Hi, I'm 58 and have had secondary breast cancer (Mucinous) in the lungs for over five years. Had a few ups and downs but the lesions/tumours? are fairly stable and I have been living normally. Took Tamoxifen for a while and have now been on Letrozole...
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