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Hi. I had a NET in my stomach removed last month. They found another lump in my oesophagus so did biopsies and I had this removed yesterday as well as having my oesophagus dilated with a balloon to stop me choking. The results from my NET removal came...
Hi does anyone have experience of mets to caudate lobe?
I've been having treatment for the past two years, firstly having the lower part of my left lung removed. Unfortunately I suffered a blackout at the start of treatment and it was decided that an MRI of the brain was in order! They then found a brain tumour...
does anyone else feel abandoned by their medical team? i was told wearing a necklace and lipstick was a good sign of cancer recovery last week by the surgical reg. i would also like to say hello since i cant find the right bit to do this with on the forum...
i would like to know if anyone else has been told to self medicate and live with post distal pancreatic surgery pain. I wished i had joined at the start. i am utterly overwhelmed with it all, and yet i am ticking over. i would love to have people to talk...
hello for the all group members. Hello dear all Tpn users. I wish everyone has good time with their tpn. I have a question for tpn users. I am daily 4.5 lt tpn patient. And i was in hospital since 3 weeks because i have had very bad cramps and pain...
Hello everyone, I am New Zealand based but originally from the UK so thought I would post here as the more global we get with our information sharing the better. I was diagnosed around Christmas 2017 when a small bowel obstruction was removed with a lot...
Hi all, I'm Sian, 61 yrs young and diagnosed 2 weeks ago with NETS of the stomach. To say my diagnosis was a complete shock is an understatement, as it completely came out of the blue and over the phone. So if I go back to late December last year, I was...
Have had thyroidectomy and T1b papillary thyroid cancer found. In 3 weeks I have surgery for lung wedge resection for suspected NET. Very concerned about the recovery from the lung keyhole surgery and have allowed a month of Ld work - will it be enough...
After 6 scans endoscopies and blood tests I,m to have Distal pancreotectomy with poss splenectomy plus gallbladder removal. The last octreoscan lit up on the 30mm lesion in my tail so it has all the appearances of a neuroendocrine tumour. It seems focal...
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