just waited ages to get through, went through security checks and agent said your claim has already been submitted, i cant help, i explained last letter i had said they would send a form and information booklet, to read and complete. i never have had...
Hi my husband has stage 4 cancer and is quite frail now. Hi skin has become really itchy and sore . We’ve tried varies creams from the doctor. Can anyone out there recommend anything else he could use. It’s quite red and aggravated. Thank you Evely...
Hello All, How accommodating has your MDT been over treatment breaks for holidays? Because my husband agreed to take part in a clinical trial, there seems to be some push back over us going away in January for a week we booked earlier this year, back...
Hi After a break in chemo and Immuno of 6 months, after 2 years of treatment. Increased lymph node activity means I have to start cHema again, this time FOLFIRI via a line. What are people’s experience of this?
Hi I wanted to share some pictures of what weigh loss can look like in hope I can help others to not fall foul of what nearly happened to me. Mid illness before my operation the upper GI team was concerned about my weight loss after loosening nearly 40...
hi all thought i would put this on its own chat, after the wallpaper paste making a regular come back last few days, and especially waking almost on the hour coughing and choking, with hardly any sleep and my food line imminent this thursday, whats the...
I'm experiencing dumping on almost every occasion that I eat. First the sweats, then the nausea and increased heart rate and finally the actual "dumping" itself! Does anyone experience this horrible thing after every bloomin meal or is it just yours truly...
We feel so let down by our cancer care team. Husband had his first Chemo session last Monday, to try and shrink the tumour, prepared to give it a go, so he could possibly start eating again. Had the Chemo, 6 hours later walking in the corridor to reception...
Having survived the five weeks of radio and chemotherapy, and the after effects, my oncologist decided I could have my stomach tube removed, as I was able to swallow again, and eat fairly normally. The stoma site has healed up fine. But perhaps I got...
Although I have good private healthcare, I am inclined to NHS treatment instead for many reasons (although I have time to change my mind). I am due to start chemo soon, but I would be intrigued to hear about the experience of others here (relative pros...
