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Hi I’m newly diagnosed, and my IBD nurse has told me to stop Azathioprine which is keeping my bowels on remission prior to starting chemo. Is there any one on here that also has Crohn’s disease and had to stop taking there meds?
This is perhaps a question I don’t want to know the answer to and I can just pretend that there’s a hope of me sailing through Chemo with mild or no side effects . However, if there are any of you who can respond with what I want to hear, it can help...
Hi I have extreme nose drips can barely get tissue to nose in time and put tissues in mask as it soaks it in mere minutes I apply my face as in makeup only to have it wiped off within a half hour and I have tried Claritin yo no success any help would...
I have found this forum so helpful over the last few weeks. I feel I have really turned a corner in my recovery, but I would have struggled so much in my difficult times without the benefit of the discussions here. It is so important to be around women...
I’ve been taking Letrozole for 8 months now after diagnosed with Grade 3 Invasive Ductal Cancer ER + and HER2+ In February 2020. After TCHP chemo, I had single mastectomy and all lymph nodes removed, Radiotherapy, and further 8 treatments of chemo...
Hi there Does anyone have severe pain from spinal tumour due to metastasis from aggressive breast cancer ? thanks and hugs
Does anyone have advice on how to tell teenage grandchildren that I have cancer and need masectomy without frightening them? When my mum had cancer which unfortunately was terminal my children where 11 and 8 and I didn't tell them what was wrong with...
I've finished treatment and been on cancer tablets for a year, I have tried all three choices and they all make my body ache to the point I can not get out of bed, so I have decided not to take them, doctor knows about my decision. Also I constantly have...
Hi everyone, hope you on good spirits Wondering if anyone has suffered with lower back pain after lumpectomys, I had it months ago but started getting back pain really bad Would like to know if this is normal
Hi My name is Michelle, I was diagnosed with Breast cancer on the 4th August 2021, I had a few biopsy's and an MRI scan to which they found another shadow behind the original tumour. They couldn't get a reading off the other shadow, so in the end...
