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With the Winter viruses now upon us, and the recent rise in Scarlet Fever and Strep A in children, as well as some adults who work in schools and nurseries, I have been a bit concerned about mixing with my school age Grandchildren, and my Daughter who...
Hi all Been diagnosed for 17 years with CLL and looks like I shall now need treatment in New Year once they sort out my chest infection - Good to be on here (Well not really ...but you know what I mean)
Hi, My partner was diagnosed yesterday with CLL. He has been diagnosed early so is at stage 0 no lymph lumps but abnormal blood cells. He's ex military and as such has a very positive outlook about where he is with it as thinks could have been much...
Hello.I am Alina from Romania.I was dignosticated with sll-b/cll-b.I am very scared.I heard this malady never totally recovery like others from non hodgkin'.
Hi I've just finished 6 weeks of EMDA mitomycin for my bladder cancer and I really feel like death warmed up despite my urology team telling me that the treatment hasn't got same side effects as intravenous chemo. Right now I feel like my body is made...
I was diagnosed in October 2021 and I'm on the wait and watch approach. I've also got bladder cancer so feeling a bit pants.
Hi have managed to get my glands down myself so looking at delaying treatment as it was only because of my glands they wanted to put me on it. With lots of information from researching with introducing and taking out few things in my diet and fluids...
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Hello, I was diagnosed with Hairy Cell Leukaemia on 12th November. I am on 'Watch & Wait' which is distressing and making me feel so anxious. I know this type of blood cancer is very rare but I just want to speak to others about coping with the condition...
Hi I’m Tracy new to the group hello to you all. I was diagnosed last year at 50 (happy birthday wasn’t expecting that )with Sll/Clll but I’m more lymphoma. My glands have for a long time gone up and down but more recently got extremely large to...
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