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Well there was I thinking I could just clear off skiing for a week before the start of treatment, only to just be told the Post Office will not cover me……I’ve had annual policies with them for years!! Absolute nightmare trying to find an insurer for...
Morning, they have found a mass behind my dads voice box which they have said is cancer but until they have the biopsy results it cannot be said for certain. We are getting his results tomorrow and was wondering if there are any main questions that I...
hello, i have read on the macmillan site regarding diet - saying no to mayonnaise, yoghurt and tea and coffee, when i went for the chemo yesterday, they offered me tea, coffee, yoghurt, tuna and mayo cheese and mayo, egg and mayo, prawn and mayo sandwiches...
hello i wanted to know, i have never had a covid or flu vaccine and am being urged to do so in the trimester of chemo, as they have bumped up the chemo to start this friday instead of three weeks from now and am curious, do i really need to get a covid...
Morning All. Hope your all doing Ok today. As per my previous post I had a pre assessment for a tonsillectomy carried out on Friday for the op on Tuesday morning. I was planned for a MRI scan today which after machine breakdown and possible postponement...
Hi I am new to this forum. I was diagnosed yesterday. Really worried. Not sure what to expect. I am going to have 6 weeks of radiotherapy 5 days per week and chemotherapy for 6 weeks once a week. I am pretty scared but putting on a brave face for...
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...
