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Hi I'm Jane 3 weeks a go my partner and I were planning our wedding, now I live day to day. Steve my partner collapsed and after 9 hours sat in a chair instead of a spinal board was found to have prostate cancer that's spread to his spine, hips and legs...
Have stage 4 terminal secondary bone cancer in various places and had now spread to left hip. I am on am, pregablin ,slow release morphine tablets omeprazole ,paracetamol, thyroxine ,and calcium tablets.in pm everything above except thyroxine,omeprazole...
Hi im not new to the site but new to this group, 3 years ago this month I was diognosed with chromophobe renal cell carcinoma, I had my left kidney removed with no further treatment needed other than yearly checks, July 2025 after a ct scan for an unrelated...
Hi , I was diagnosed before Xmas to have breast cancer and that was hard enough to listen too and take in , then after a long wait for my ct and mri for the mdt team to decide weather I will have to do chemotherapy treatment or surgery first , I built...
Is it just me or perhaps it's January but am getting slightly miffed that everytime I try and find something to watch on tv , the adverts seemed to be either holidays or funeral plans. I have a spinal back brace to wear during the day and I think everything...
Hello! I'm new here and somehwere I never thought I would be 20 years after mastectomy for ER+PR+HER2- BC. This was followed by 5 yrs Tamoxifen, Zoladex, then full hysterectomy, so felt I had been cured! This diagnosis was one week ago so shell shocked...
Stage 4 terminal secondary bone cancer and the weight is slowly dropping off. Before diagnosis was coming in at 124 kg weight , now down to just under 100kg. Any suggestions gratefully received regarding high calorie smoothies or something else to keep...
Good evening, my name is Katie, I was recently diagnosed with bladder cancer which spread to my liver and my bones . I am having treatment at the Christie’s I am having cistolatin and etopiside chemotherapy I have just completed my 2nd round and I...
Hi I'm new here my husband has a diagnosis of advanced prostate cancer with neck of bladder tumour and bone metastasis his PSA was 45 how long should it take to get all the results back were waiting on the CT & MRI? Once the rigid cystoscopy is done how...
Hi all, I’m new on here, I live alone with my 2 dogs, I have 2 grown up kids who are very supportive and who have been through a lot this last few years. I was diagnosed with grade 1 breast cancer (2 small tumours) last year and was told it was early...
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