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Hi, I'm new here. I'm a youthful ( well I think so !), fit and healthy 69 year old. A few months ago, I noticed a swollen lymph node in my neck. (Turned out there were 2) I've had needle biopsy, punch biopsy, head and neck mri scan and ct scan. My nodes...
Hi everyone In December, 2024 I Waa diagnosed with Alfactory neuroblastoma at the age of 39. 2 years before diagnosis I was suffering from this regular nose bleeds that GP was thinking that is nothing serious and is probably some blood vessels that...
Hi Everyone, Yes my hayfever has started ,usually because of tree pollen . Not had chance to get anti histamine yet . What I'm finding is , my throat is getting a bit mucus then gets a lot more drier than my new normal , anybody else get bad hayfever...
After all my treatment RT I have remained positive for every step, now I'm just waiting to go back to my local hospital hopefully have my pet scan soon n fingers crossed I will get the all clear finally. But I seem to have suddenly run out of positivity...
Does anybody know if it’s really common that after your three month follow up for a scan that you will need another scan due to inflammation. Or is the initial three month scan usually effective where they don’t have to do a repeat because I keep thinking...
Tumor on the vocal chord,had radiation,28 treatments,now 2 months post
Morning all I’ve had the mri yesterday which was a two week painful anxiety filled wait, just the next stage of waiting… what I don’t understand is why do they not take a biopsy straight away? There’s an obvious thing there looks like a large jelly...
Evening all, ive and MRI with IV this Friday & im so stressed as expected, anxiety is awful, been waking up in the night with full on panic attacks not had those for many years…Anyway I’m wondering is it worth just booking a load of tests privately...
How common is it that the 3 month scan done after treatment wd have to be repeated? I hear some of the time this happens, but is it really common? I don’t want to wait weeks for the results just to hear that the scan has to be repeated due to the pet...
So got my appointment to see oncologist pushed forward a week so went Thursday. Anyway it wasn't my oncologist it was one of her understudies because she was unavailable. He went through all the checks in my mouth and felt my neck ect. He finally said...
