Hi everyone, We’ve launched our annual survey for 2024! We want to hear what you think about the Online Community. The survey should take around 15 minutes to complete. The survey is anonymous. Please complete our survey here. This survey is designed...
Hi, I’m new to this forum but I have spent the last few months dipping in and out of these chats hoping to read some real experiences which could help me make sense out of mine. My dad has Metastatic Prostate Cancer in his bones. He was diagnosed...
Hi, I am so sorry to ask you guys, but I am so confused and scared and not sure I am being told the truth, completely. My dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer around Christmas time, it feels like the depths of it are hidden, to protect us fir sure....
Hi guys Im sitting in my car waiting for my husband to come out of GPs (only one allowed in ) He had a bone last week which showed the nets are in his ribs now . He’s been in really bad pain for a week now in his left lung and shoulder and also...
Hi everyone, We’ve launched our annual survey for 2022! We want to hear what you think about the Online Community. The survey should take around 15 minutes to complete. The survey is anonymous. Please complete our survey here. This survey is designed...
Hi everyone, I had a second bone scan and receive the results, there has not been much change in the cancer spread, but it showed that my osteoarthritis has reached my neck, slowly spreading throughout my body, but I can live with that so long as the...
Hi there Hope you are all good and had a good Christmas, just reaching out to you all as I'm six months in from my diagnosis and having treatment. I'd love to hear your coping mechanisms and stories with the uncertainty of all of this. Finding pain...
Hi all, I've her+ breast cancer, due mastectomy on 17th May, but last pet-ct showed shadowing in bones that wasn't there 3 months ago, they are saying it's likely to be bone cancer taking everything into account. I'm devastated, how do i tell my kids...
Hi My hubby has bone mets from prostrate cancer diagnosed 6 months ago . He still has no feeling from the chest down and is numb. He can walk but uses crutches. He is having hormone injections every 28 days and chemotherapy every 3 weeks via iv. Has...
Hi, I was diagnosed in December with SCC right tonsil, but, unusually it has migrated to my bones, so have the disease through a lot of my body. I had my first chemo 4 weeks ago cisplatin & 5Fu, so pretty heavy stuff! I struggled through the first two...
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