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Hi I was diagnosed with BC in May 2022 , The tumour is quite large (more than 5cm) PR & ER +..I was started on Letrozole for a month, but after scans of the breast it was confirmed that the tumour was still growing..I have now been put on exemestane 25mg...
Hi , my partner has recently been diagnosed with lung cancer 3B, for the past few days he has been in really bad pain, he has taken paracetamol 500mg, also tried codene 30mg but nothing seems to be shifting his pain, the pain seems to be in the neck...
I had a tumour removed from my bladder at the beginning of February this year which was graded 3 and from the CT stage 3. At the meeting afterwards the consultant urologist would not consider surgery and I was put into the care of the oncologist who I...
Hi I am nearly 3 weeks past my last treatment and most of the pain/discomfort has eased (anal cancer stage 3) but for the past week I’ve totally lost my appetite (it wasn’t brilliant before) and the last couple of days I’ve been constipated but when I...
I have recently moved from Ipswich to London and was told that my treatment would continue down here as the Oncology team would have access to all my notes. Unfortunately I am unable to access the Oncology department here as I am told I have to see...
Following discovery of bladder cancer and subsequently development into CIS, I had my bladder, prostate and lymph nodes removed on 30th May this year. I left hospital on June 11th with a super pubic catheter and urinary catheter fitted. The super pubic...
Hi I am new to this group I am on my last 2 sessions of Taxol chemo with 3 weekly treatments of Herceptin. My hair has started to grow back. The Herceptin will continue after my chemo has finished. Will my hair continue to grow whilst I am on Herceptin...
Hi, After taking Anastrozole for a period of 10years, my consultant has now told me to stop taking the medication as there is no trial evidence to support continuing taking it to prevent further recurrence. I had a large invasive lobular cancer, was...
Hello my husband has been living with this cancer for 7 years the past two with metastatic lung cancer . He is now receiving palliative care , he is no pain thankfully but is becoming very thin , will this continue and what will his end of life look like...
Hi, I had a mastectomy in January 2021 with axillary lymph node removal (11, 6 of which were malignant along with spread into the surrounding tissue). I had immediate reconstruction using tissue from my tummy. I have not suffered too much with oedema...
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