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Hi All Can anyone recommend specialist hair products that you think helped with keeping your hair during chemo or perhaps made it grow back quicker? Thank you
Hi there. A month ago I was diagnosed stage 3 ovarian cancer. I had no symptoms other than some pain in my left hip and no family history of cancer.. An mri last October showed abnormalities in my pelvis. It rook 6 months for my case ro be seen by a gyny...
Can someone please recommend any strategies for dealing with chemo induced or possibly Pegfilgrastim induced pain? What is in your view the best painkiller for that? Thank you
I have just finished my chemo. Had 4 sessions then debulking and now the last 2 cycles. Itscm stage iv and had gone to my owritineul, omentum, bowel and hip bone. After the debulking I had no visible cancer left and am now on an antibody therapy. I am...
Hi folks- Following CA125 rising steadily at every follow up since debulking and chemo, a CT, and then PET scan has confirmed recurrence in lymph nodes in my abdomen, chest and neck (para-aortic, mediastinal and supra-clavicular). I've been advised...
Hey there, I'm new here... I'm quite shocked to be here cus you never think this is going to happen to you do you? I was recently rushed into hospital a few weeks ago with a bad stomach, I had an urgent CT scan done and I had colitis... But they actually...
Hello. Just been diagnosed at 52yrs old. Big shock. Had rapid symptoms with ascites. Had fluid drainage x2 and started Chemo. Ascites coming back, worried will need another drainage. All very scary. Any advice? Thanks
New to this this forum although I have used the forums before as my husband had stage 2 tonsil cancer in lockdown (has the all clear now) and found it in a way reassuring. Trying not to turn this into a monologue. I've been bleeding since July last...
I was just wondering how others came to be diagnosed? I understand that in most cases there are no symptoms in the early stages? would be interested to hears others stories.
Hi is there anyone here who has a diagnoses same as mine and did chemo get rid of most of cancer to be able to have surgery? Diagnosed Stage lV high grade serous carcinoma of the ovary/peritoneum HRD positive, germ line BRCA wild type BRACA negative...
