What do you wish you had known about DIAGNOSIS?

Thank you Rose, but I'm good with my diagnosis/prognosis, and can switch off between appointments"'most of the time," and being positive and having a sense of humour helps, along with a wonderful family, and I've always believed helping others helps you, and if your not sure about something then ask, which is why I love studying. Rose my eldest daughter has been through breast cancer and sarcoma of the breast, very recently so research was a coping mechanism as well as filling the need to do all I could for my girl, and came across resonance and histotripsy treatments, and though histotripsy was still R&D, resonance was in the trials phase, abroad, but there was talk of trials starting in the UK soon. I never really looked into the other treatments as my daughter was stage 4. I have no doubt we are going through the greatest evolution in the way cancers are, prevented, diagnosed, and treated ever, and it's only going to get better. Anyway my friend, I'm on holiday and we have a reservation.

love Eddie and family xx 

i love my job and after brain cancer can’t work anymore

Recently diagnosed with esophageal cancer. For me they will attempt radio therapy to prolong my life a little longer . A whirlwind of appointments and mixed emotions.  

Dear Steph,

This is such a meaningful topic. Throughout my cancer journey, my oncologist and surgeon were fantastic, they answered every question I had about my treatment thoroughly. But looking back, what I really wish I'd known earlier is how to navigate telling your family right after the diagnosis.

I prepared myself mentally as soon as I talked to my GP. Still, it was incredibly tough to break the news to my parents, who are both over 75, especially since no one in our family has ever had cancer. To them, it's seen as terrible bad luck. In the end, I decided not to tell them until I'd finished all my treatments, a full year later. They weren't upset with me for keeping it secret, but during that time, I barely visited and just kept saying I was swamped with work.

I was diagnosed with anal cancer on the 8th July started chemo and radiotherapy on 11th August finished treatment 17th sept got to wait three months for scan then another two weeks for results I've been emotional since it's finished I also had to put my kidney at risk as also being a transplant patient 32 years ago as kidney sits in the lypth nodes bit so far ok how long did it take for any one to stop feeling emotional apart from that side affects not to bad