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Hello and thank you for excepting me i was told to contact you by a lady who recently lost her husband but found a great help in your community, my wife has anal cancer and after a pet scan now found another on her liver she has just had a stoma fitted...
Hi All Firstly I just want to say thank you to everyone who contributes here. I haven't actively posted in a long time however I do watch from afar at times and you have all given me and so many others I'm sure so much comfort and advice while passing...
Good morning all. well I had my last CT SCAN last Monday according to my oncologist and I am post treatment of three years and 2 months. I have an appointment with her at the end of October and told if all is well they don’t need to see me anymore!...
Hi - I am week 4 post treatment and had my Consultant meeting yesterday - I didn’t ask a few things but did give honest feedback! My hand nails have lifted from the nailbeds and are awful looking - any tips for these? Dr R said stress, aLeo could be...
Evening! I last commented on how sore my bits were - I’m so glad I don’t have to go to hospital every day and have them horrible chemo tablets!!! I’m really suprised and happy how my side effects are just one week after it’s finished and I feel like I...
My previous post tells my journey Chemo now stopped after 3 1/2 cycles Ct scan shows Chemo not working and cancer growing and spreading whilst I was on it! Devastated is an understatement! Next plan. B, try another chemo C, apply for clinical...
Hello again today I got the results from my scans. My cancer (anal cancer diagnosed on 14 August) had spread to my pelvis & lymph nodes up up my neck. They don’t think it’s in any major organs and still calling it treatable. I have an appointment with...
Hi, I’m about to start my second month of chemo, 3 weeks on and 1 week off, round 2 starts on Tuesday. I used the cold cap in weeks 1 and 2 then decided it wasn’t for me. Not much hair left now but I am getting my head around that. Please can someone...
Woo hoo its done , the last week went really quick and now its time to recover. I have really bad cystitis, i have a upside down wash bottle but the urge to go comes on so quick im lucky to get to the bathroom , so not had the chance to use the bottle...
I don’t start my chemo until next week but I’ve been feeling really tired and drained. Is this normal?
