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Hello all. I am new to this forum but unfortunately not new to cancer! My Bowel cancer has come back only 6 months after being given the all clear (was it ever actually gone?!) Unfortunately it has now spread into my vagina. Initial surgeon had stated...
Hello all I had chemo-radiation 5 weeks and 4 days brachytherapy for stage 2b squamous cell Cervical cancer with treatment completed December 2023. Ive had 3 monthly hospital checks since then and thankfully no signs of cancer re-occurrence - i had...
Hi all, hoping someone might have an idea of what I can expect.. “urgent” referral sent 3 weeks ago today (was told I would likely wait 2/3) weeks.. what kind of appointment should I expect in the letter when it comes? I’ve been bleeding for past 2 weeks...
Hi, I’m just over two weeks post radical hysterectomy. I’ve had 2 trials without catheter now. I did better at the last one. I could squeeze some urine out but not enough. I don’t have any feeling of needing a wee. I’m being referred to urology now. ...
Since being diagnosed I’ve been researching anything and everything… up to now I know I’ll be having chemoradiotherapy and I’ve read a lot about side affects… such as nausea, vomiting and lack of interest in food and while I know these will only be short...
Hi I had my first chemo treatment yesterday and just wondered how others felt the day after ?
So I was diagnosed after having a smear, come back with Severe abnormal cell Had a Letz procedure under general anaesthetic three weeks later was diagnosed with stage one B2 cervical cancer had lots of blood test, CT scans and MRI hadn’t spread my surgery...
Hello all, I am a newbie here and am reaching out in the hope that I can get some advice / support as I am currently in bits.... I am a sufferer of extreme Health Anxiety which has got much worse since menopause. Five years ago the results of my smear...
The first thing I am going to say is that “I hate it”. I am finding it really difficult to get into a routine to do the dialation. I know it is a necessary activity to avoid problems from tight scar tissue. I had burns after EBR and brachytherapy...
Good morning, I recently had a smear which for the 3rd year running said I was HPV positive. As I expected, I now have to have a colposcopy. What I am panicking about, though, is, that unlike my 2 previous smears the result didn’t come back as negative...
