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Hi there hope you’re well. I had my first EC chemo on Tuesday and from Wednesday I started getting very red skin on my right hand, my cheeks and on my chest. they are not painful or anything but very dry. although I used hand sanitizer and my hand were...
Hi. My mum has mesothelioma in both lungs. they told her a year ago it was incurable. She’s had immunotherapy and chemotherapy but I don’t think she’s going to be offered any more treatment. she’s really struggling to keep up her weight.shes so so tired...
Hi I have stage 4 RCC and have been on Pazopanib since November 2023. Side effects were awful on the starting dose of 800mg, and was reduced in stages down to 400mg where I have been since January 2024. Side effects include the usual hair colour changes...
This may sound like a weird question but ……….I had a double mastectomy with the removal of 7 lymph nodes removed. I am almost finished immunotherapy in May. I was thinking a companion in the form of a cat, would I be compromising my immune system by getting...
I started my prostate cancer journey with a diagnosis is April 2016 followed by pelvic radiotherapy and triptolerin hormone treatment which reduced my PSA to negligible levels. All was well until spring 2024 when my PSA rose above 2 and I was sent for...
Hi, My mother has cancer of the larynx on her voice box. She initially was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer and had 30 sessions of radiotherapy to treat it. The treatment failed and my mother was told her only other options were removal of the voice...
Hi I am really struggling with this. I was diagnosed with Her2 ER+ breast cancer in my left breast in November 2023 and had 8 lots of chemo - 4 x Docetaxel and 4 of EC. In July '24 I have a Lumpectomy followed by 5 days radiotherapy in Sept 2024. I am...
After a biopsy if it comes back with a high Gleason & or TNM how long is it going to take for me to get a Prostatectomy?
Hi I was diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic melanoma in 2022 I had 13 sessions of immunotherapy ( invo) ending in October 2023 previous scans showed a small nodule on left lung had decreased in size. The melanomas both primary and secondary have been on...
My brother was diagnosed with bladder cancer last sunday (30th) and was originally told he had just 'weeks' to live. After a rough few days getting him in and out of the hosiptal for further checks he undergone an Ileostomy due to the swollen bladder...
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