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Hi It's been a few years since I had RPLND which was done via laparotomy. They had to go back in a month after the laparotomy due to a medical complication (two laparotomies in one year- lucky me). Life seems okay now and has been for a few years...
Hi So my journey started on 25th Feb 26 I work in A&E whilst I was shift I had been up all night with pains in upper back & under right rib so I had explained to dr he got me admitted suspected gallbladder but after ultrasounds & ct scans it showed...
Hello, I am hoping for some insight please to help me understand and support a relative in relation to their care. They have stage 4 oesophageal cancer with local lymph node spread. They are unable to swallow anything, including saliva. Treatment has...
Hello, I am 55 and living with Stage 4, secondary breast cancer. In 2022 I had a mastectomy and lymph node clearance. Currently I am on letrazole, ribociclib and sertraline. I currently have a low white cell count which is being monitored. Recently...
Hi all, I really hope someone can settle my mind. My dad completed radiotherapy treatment in February 2025 for lung cancer. He didn't really have any follow up scans. He had a CT scan last Thursday and an appointment with his oncologist on Tuesday....
Diagnosed with bilateral Invasive Ductal Carcinoma July 2024. ER+ HER2-. Lumpectomy and 1 lymph node each side (lymph negative), 5 days radiotherapy. Started Anastrozole December 2024 for 5 years. Massive weight gain especially stomach, aching joints...
I have Grade 1 Bladder Cancer. My TURBT was very recent and although I have been told the grade is a 1, I know nothing else. I knew the grade the day after my TURBT because I had a cancelled, due to bladder perforation, procedure two weeks previous where...
Hello In about March this year hubby went for a routine Aortic Abdominal Aneurysm Scan, all fine, Aorta looking good. But in the process found an 8cm mass in the upper left quadrant of his abdomen. CT scan confirmed it. Biopsy (no's 1) was good...
Hello. I had a full hysterectomy for what was initially just ovarian cancer, but when they had the full histology back a couple of weeks after I came out of hospital, it was also Stage 4b Grade 3 endometrial cancer totally unrelated to the 3 different...
Hi Iv started a 6 cycle chemotherapy treatment plan my first was 3 cycles in one session and then to rest 3 weeks then continue with weekly sessions until completed and onto radiotherapy. ( carboplatin and paclitaxel ) im having my next cycle next...
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