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First week over 3 to go. Nothing to say really made friends with the mask Tony ( Ironman) staff are fantastic arrive at 07:30 out before 08:00. Have a good weekend guys.
hello, i went for my cancer chat today, sadly because everything has been rushed forward by a couple of weeks, the info form everyone is patchy and sporadic, but i cannot fault all the nurses and dr they have been kindness personified towards me, which...
Fabulous news, I have just had my peg removed and I am so happy and excited. I still need to try to eat more solid savoury food but I am getting there. 5 weeks tomorrow I am going to Great Yarmouth for 4 days with my sister and I’m really looking forward...
Just thought I'd share this. I was told by someone who had the same problem of foot neuropathy as myself arising from Chemo, that they had found the Crocs with the little bobbles had helped them. I got a pair on a Wednesday, put them on about 1800 and...
I got my biopsy results back last Thursday which showed cancer and had my scans on Monday. The consultant said they would review the scans today. I've just got an appointment through the nhs app which says I have a telephone appointment with the ENT consultant...
Hi yesterday was my 67 th birthday wow have been a pensioner a whole year. Another milestone I didn’t think I would reach in the dark days if May 2018 but I did. Last night I chose Turkish restaurant to celebrate with family as a nod to my wonderful oncologist...
Hi I’m new here and feeling very anxious. My husband was diagnosed with a SCC on his tongue in May 2022. Not HPV positive. At the time it was very small, they operated and thought they had good margins so did not require further treatment. However,...
Hi all Radiotherapy ended yesterday so now in the period where new symptoms can appear or existing ones get worse. Sore neck appeared on Monday so asked the RT team and they gave me a small tube of Flaminal Hydro. There was no box and no instructions...
Ten Years After were a moderately successful rock band in my youth, that's not remotely relevant to this but the name won't shift from my head having floated in...as it's ten years today that my first cancer treatment finished, so time to reflect I think...
Hello, About 5 months ago I found a lump in my neck. I was sent for a CT scan and they found a lump on my neck (cervical) lymph node 2.3cm and on both of my ovaries, the largest being 5.3cm. My blood test came back as normal. My core biopsy of the...
