Hi Everyone, please bear with me, I am new to all this and it may take a while to get my story out and concerns, but I guess I could really do with any advice or support on how to deal with the wait for a referral and to hear any stories similar to mine...
Hi everyone I had a radical hysterectomy on Tuesday, back home Saturday and been doing well. I’ve removed my dressing today as instructed and not sure how it’s supposed to look to be honest. There is also one tiny hole in the wound, is this normal...
Hi Ladies... just a quick update with scan results...away in Cornwall at the moment but had PET CT and MRI and both showed no sign of active cancer which is awesome! The earlier chest CT showed a small area of scarring on the lung but the Oncologist said...
Well ladies that's it. I've done it! Third and final treatment of brachy today. I'm so proud of me for getting through. Today I'm overwhelmed and so emotional to think I didn't think I could go on or get through and I've absolutely smashed it. I was petrified...
Hello. I was diagnosed with cervical cancer on 23 May. Prior to that I was diagnosed with an infection after my LLETZ and the antibiotics given for that caused severe infection. My diagnosis was therefore coupled with feeling very unwell and swollen....
I start treatment on Tuesday and I'm scared, feel unable to express this in front of people not really sure what to do or how to deal x
Hi Ladies and so sorry for my long absence! When I first had my diagnosis after the initial PET scan they said they could see a tiny dull nodule on my lung but they weren't worried about it as they are very common and they would keep an eye on it. ...
Hey guys thought I would write a quick post. I hope your all doing as well as can be and are keeping your spirits high. This is my fifth week in of chemoradiation can't believe I'm here after the first week I generally didn't know how I was going to do...
Hi all, im new here, I fell down the Google rabbit hole and the thought maybe coming here would help with my anxiety. So a little about my situation. I have bleeding in between periods and heavy periods also am in my period more then I am off. I went...
Hope you guys are all getting on as well as can be and made the most of the Easter. I just need to vent I guess. Have started second week of treatment and I just don't know how I'm going to get through. It's only the beginning. I literally feel like I...
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