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Hi I had a skin lesion on my leg for 20 plus years. The Dr's kept saying it was nothing and kept giving me steroid cream. Last year they said it was basal cell. They gave me chemo cream the lesion then went. A year later I have a new mark on my leg went...
Hi, My eldest cousin on my mum's side of my family was diagnosed with kidney cancer which has spread to his spine. He's currently in a cancer centre having treatment. My cousin's mum is my mum's twin sister. Myself, my two sisters and our brother...
My wife had a full nephrectomy in mid-July after a scan revealed a growth. At a consultation following the operation she was informed that it was a dedifferentiated liposarcoma and told not to have caffeine. We forgot to ask if this was just during the...
My 74 year old Dad is two weeks post his third chemo (Rchop) infusion and he is in a terrible way. He has high grade non Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He is so weak and tired, he has lost weight and has no appetite at all. He is also struggling to sleep. It’s...
I had a stage 1 a melanoma removed this year wle from my leg ithe scar itchy by and a small lump appeared on scar above where melanoma was and a small lump behind my knee should I be concerned
Hello Macmillan team, Thanks for this forum. My husband has been diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma stage 4 cancer and metastatic spread to liver, lungs and lymph nodes. He is only 45 years and was always fit and healthy. He never ever visited...
Back oin February I was diagnosed with T2 Prostate cancer with a Gleason of 9 and a PSA of 70. Luckily after a PSMA PET scan there was no spread indicated. I have had radiotherapy for 20 days and n ow my PSA is undetectable. I will be on Aberaterone for...
Hi My husband has just been diagnosed with prostrate cancer and has been given 2 options: Radiotherapy with hormone treatment Prostrate surgically removed with regard to radiotherapy we have discovered Surface Guided Radiotherapy which some NHS...
I was diagnosed with breast cancer a few months ago and am having an op this month. I had a hysterectomy in Jan (not cancer related!) so went into surgical menopause and was put on HRT. I hadn’t had any symptoms so wasn’t concerned. Unfortunately, my...
Hello 43 y/o F, recently diagnosed with lung cancer suspected T4N0M0 5.7cm mass right lung, PET scan clear, awaiting MRI brain scan result. Failed bronchoscopy biopsy - felt too high risk of bleeding as mass has high vascularity. Now booked for...
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