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Hi, I'm coming to the end of my 6 month chemo treatment for Follicular Lymphoma this week and would like to plan a holiday. My consultant confirmed it should be OK to go after a 3 week recovery but stick to somewhere within Europe. Before I started my...
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Hi, my mum was diagnosed with Cholangiocarcinoma with liver mets last month, she has been passed straight to palliative team and we have been managing at home for 4 weeks now, but got to a point where we arer struggling to control her sickness. She was...
After an MRI scan showed unexpected but significant change. The urologist phoned me (as he was abouit to go on holiday) to say he was organising a biopsy. He said there were 2 types but this would be discussed with me when I attend on Friday. Can anyone...
My Dad is coming to his last days of liver cancer, what can I do to support him in my visits to the hospital? Any advice on what to take or what to expect as his body shuts down would be helpful. The idea is to make his end as painless and comfortable...
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Hi, I've been through chemo, lumpectomy and radiotherapy following a BC diagnosis oestrogen and Her2+. I got a full pathological response following surgery. During the chemo, I had a bone scan, head scan and endoscopy which all came back clear, but currently...
Good day, Im a 19 year old female in good health, I have slight family history of breast cancer from my grandfathers side. I got a lump underneath my armpit and it hurts a lot and has gotten large. I can’t even touch it and than i read up on it and...
Hi there, and thank you for offering this service. I have a tumour growing on my neck. It is dome shape with a horn that was cream and now it is growing larger and turning black in just a few days. I went privately last week as was so afraid my NHS...
Today I received a letter for a telephone appointment with my consultant next month to “discuss my recent scans/tests.” I phoned the hospital and got put through to the consultant’s secretary. I asked her was this phone appointment dealing with my actual...
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