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I had my treatment 6th Jan to 12th Feb 2025, and I can't believe a year has passed already. I know I probably should be feeling proud of myself and how far I've come, but I'm feeling quite the opposite, I'm feeling down and lonely. I live on my own and...
Hello all, Day One of Cycle Two of paclitaxel and carboplatin treatment started on Monday morning (12th), but was delayed slightly after the nurse looked at my left arm where I'd had the extravasation two weeks earlier. She thought the darkish reddening...
Hi Everyone It was treatment number 21 today and I think I'm holding up pretty well although I'm not sure my team will agree lol! I'm not going to lie I have struggled with the travelling, 1.5 hours drive time to get to hospital, having to be ready...
Hello I’m in the last few days of my treatment radiotherapy & chemo . My skin on my Pubic Bone has became very itchy & irritated, usually at night after I’ve had treatment , my skin hasn’t broken & hopefully it won’t now , did anyone else suffer this...
Definitely over hump day but definitely finding things ramping up. My platelets are dropping (I have a DPDdeficiency which means my body cannot process the chemo so it builds up) so I’m on a two day chemo break to hopefully let things settle a bit. I...
I am almost at the end of a 28 day course of radiochemotherapy for anal cancer - 3 days to go! I had one infusion on day one and have been taking 6 Capecitabine tablets every day. I was wondering how soon if it will be ok to have my hair coloured ?
Hi all, it’s been a while since I posted and I hope everyone is doing well, whatever part of the rollercoaster they’re on? I’m almost coming up to a year from the end of my chemo radiation. So far things are going in the right direction. I do have some...
Hi everyone, posting here for the first time on behalf of my mother who is currently 11 days in to 28 days of treatment. We have both found all your comments so far really helpful so thank you! My mother is struggling to cope with the pain in the radiation...
Good morning everyone, I haven’t posted for a while but I still check in and read all the threads. I finished treatment last April and was given the all clear in June. Since then I’ve gone back to work, returned to the gym, and really tried to move...
Hello lovely people. I've chatted on here before when I was going through my treatment last year but ive been so well with good scans that I was well moved on. However,. 10 months after the end of my treatment. I'm lying on the settee with a sore bottom...
