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Hello All I am new to this forum. My Dad had his prognosis this week having multiple nodes of his lungs. He originally had primary bowel cancer, where he had a reconstruction, last year he tackled secondary liver cancer were he had to operations one...
Hello, I’ve posted on here before. I got my surgery on Wednesday 9th April, just out of hospital today and feeling very sore, my neck swelled up on Friday night 11th April and felt crunchy when touching it…I was given an X-ray and told I had surgical...
Hi my husband was diagnosed with lung cancer after a routine scan a month ago and followed by a PET scan. Now confirmed that this has spread to spine and pelvis and that it small cell lung cancer. We have been told its not curable but can respond to chemotherapy...
Hello, thought I’d come on here to tell my story and if anyone can tell me what to expect next…..I was diagnosed with Bowel cancer in 2011, I had a 3rd of my bowel removed along with nearby lymph nodes which a few where cancerous…because of this I had...
Hi. Sadly, New to this community. My 57 year old partner has recently been diagnosed with secondary lung cancer. She has 6 or 7 tiny 1-2mm growths on each lung and starts chemo next month. She got through bowel and liver cancer last year and was told...
Hello, My husband has recently been diagnosed with cancer in his right kidney. He also has some nodules in his chest which may be related. He had a CT needle biopsy of his lungs on Friday and has to wait until after the MDT this coming Thursday for the...
Hi I have endometrial lung cancer both lungs & I’m starting on Provera 300mgs , just wondered how others have found side effects & did it keep the cancer stable Thank you
Hi I am new to the group. My sister had a mastectomy in 2021, her recent annual mammogram is clear but a recent chest scan has discovered she has cannonball metastases in both lungs and enlarged nodes under arm and in clavicle. We are awaiting biopsy...
Hi, I was diagnosed with Endometrial cancer stage 2 Grade 3, in July 2022. By August 22 I had a full hysterectomy, a X weeks of recovery and then followed up with six weeks of Radiotherapy ending with Brachnotherspy. Unfortunately, December 7th...
Hello everyone, a little background for you, I was diagnosed with Kidney cancer in 2018, had left kidney out with no treatment necessary afterwards. Roll on to 2022 they discovered the lung nodules I had that they thought were benign, were indeed cancerous...
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