Hi. I was diagnosed with cancer on my cervix a few weeks ago and referred for an MRI. At the same time my abdomen ballooned and I was told I had a large mass on my ovary and ascites. It got so bad I’m now in hospital and the ascites has been draining...
Has anyone had the experience of benign complex cysts post menopause?
Hi everyone, hope you are doing okay. I was diagnosed with stage 3c clear cell OC in Oct 2021. I had full cytoreduction at surgery. My CA125 dropped from over a 1000 to 39. I then had six cycles of carboplatin (the first included paclitaxel but unfortunately...
Am experiencing hip pain Really bad at times particularly after exercise (walking) have been having 6 monthly CA125 all of which have been very low annual CT scans have been clear (abdominal scan) I had pain in my hip/groin area before I was originally...
Morning everyone. Following successful chemo and surgery for stage 3c my oncologist has advised avastin 3 weekly for a year. I had avastin as part of the chemo along with 2 others. Has anyone had it as a prevention and how did it affect you.
Hello ladies I’d love some advice please. If you saw my older post, I was waiting to go to my nhs ultrasound appt today. I’m due to have a Hysteroscopy and laparoscopy for irregular bleeding. So at the appointment rosary the abdomen u/s was very quick...
So I never expected to be here at 31 years old. I’ve had acid reflex for years and I have multiple chronic illnesses including PCOS, asthma, EDS, IBS My Dr has been putting off investigating my reflux for years and just keeps me on omeprozole but it...
I had a total hysterectomy in September and have had 6 cycles of chemo, my ct scan and blood tests are good but I have been put on maintenance treatment, is it possible that I will be able to stop these in the future or will I be taking these until they...
My mum has had her 1st chemo session which went very well considering. But its been 5 days now and shes sleeping most of the time. Drinking esure only, no appetite at all. Is this normal? Will this improve ? Will she eat normal again? Tia
Hi, I am experiencing pulsatile tinnitus (hearing your heartbeat in your ear) during carboplatin chemo. Just wondered if anyone else had experienced this at all and if so how you coped and if it eventually went off? I had it for a few days after my previous...
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