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I was diagnosed with Ocular Melanoma in December 2024 and had markers put around my tumour ready for proton beam radiotherapy in March 2025. I am now starting to loose my vision in that eye and always seem to feel tired. I have recently had Ocupational...
I got my diagnosis of breast cancer 5 years ago, I have had all the possible treatments and have struggled with side effects of everything. I have peripheral neuropathy from chemo and am in constant pain. I have had 5 years of endocrine treatment and...
Hi everyone we have just had our first appointment with the Urologist after a Tumor was found on my 88 year old mums kidney that involves her colon and abdominal wall . For myself and my Sister In Law it gave us some hope hearing that the cancer is likely...
Hi I am new to the group and wonder if anyone can help. I am supporting my mum who was diagnosed with Thyroid cancer which is incurable only recently. i feel as though the weight of the world is on my shoulders and all I want to do is support my mum...
I am hoping someone out there can help my wife and I. We are very stressed about a refusal by an insurance company to payout on a critical illness claim. It's a long story but I will try to summarise: 2020 my wife and I took out separate critical...
How do I go about finding a suitable professional to help with ongoing anxiety and depression following on from a year or more of diagnosis, operation and various treatments? Talking Changes has long waiting times and 5 months since I completed with them...
My husband is on the third cancer pathway of the summer. It's a living nightmare. Bladder cancer now ruled out. Chest/ling cancer ruled out. Bowel cancer ruled out. The urology CT scan showed lesions in his bones - both femoral heads, left hip, pubic...
My employer has started to gather from my gp etc before we meet for a capability discussion. I would like to finish on medical grounds as it may enable me to continue receiving benefits from the insurance. I am still awaiting confirmation of my diagnosis...
My dad was well before two years ago, then suffered a triple A and survived. He then had an infection on the stent following a further 11 hour surgery, and survived again in March. August 2026 - stage 4 lung cancer. As a son of 33 years and very close...
My father in law has been in a residential care home since July. He is immobile and unable to care for himself because he has terminal prostate cancer which spread to his bones and compressed nerves in his spine. He has less than 12 months to live and...
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