Hi everyone. Having finished chemo in December, Oncologist has put me on Herceptin infusions every 3 weeks. My cancer cannot be cured, but can be controlled and doctors very pleased with progress. However, I am feeling more and more tired and often go...
Hello My husband is due to have an oesophagectomy in a couple of weeks. I’m looking for any advice as to his care when he comes home please. Have read various things on line but had minimal detail from our care team. Would like to hear from anyone that...
Hi all , I’m on my 8th day of the diet but finding the going very difficult for a couple of days now ..feeling vey low .. and having to go to bed to keep myself from eating … not sure if I can last another 6 days .. has anyone else been through this ...
Hi all, I haven’t posted for a while as nothing new to report and I’m sorry I don’t reply to many of you, it’s still new to me so I haven’t got much to input yet. I did however have my first round of FLOT treatment yesterday preceded by my picc line being...
Hi I was told I had cancer on 12th of November and have had my 4 Chemo treatments. I now have a potential date in March for my operation I would like to talk to someone who has had this procedure in the last year or two so I can understand the timescale...
Hi guys n gals I have recently been diagnosed with this horrible disease. I'm told it's spread to my hip plus my spine. The spinal tumour was surgically removed in December which has affected my legs and balance. But legs are slowly improving. My...
If my memory serves me correctly, on the old community prior to all the updates over the last couple of years. The most recent comments on a post were at the top of the page. When you clicked on the post it didn't start with the original post from way...
Afternoon everyone, Tomorrow is going to hopefully be my last ever chemotherapy. I will then be entering 3 months surveillance just on herceptin. Has anyone here been purely on herceptin if so what side effects did you encounter? Thanks vinny
Hello all. I've made a few posts here in the past and wanted to reach out again because you're all so nice. Short story my mum has inoperable oesophageal cancer that has attached to her liver. She had a stent fitted a few months ago which has been...
Hi everyone, About 3 weeks ago I somehow came across an advert for an Air Physio device which claims to get rid of the mucus build up that many suffer with, especially in the morning. We have now had 1 delivered to see if its claims are truthful....
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