Hi, i was diagnosed with GIST last may and have been taking Imatinib since then but last week i had to go for a breast exam which ended up with me having a mammogram an ultrasound and then having biopsies on two lumps found under each of my nipples so...
Anyone else here been diagnosed with Low grade endometrial stromal sarcoma?
My husband has sarcoma. Has been on various treatments. Now on a drug, Selinexor, permanently it appears. He had a pituitary op in 1988 and that affects frequency of weeing. Now he is up as many as 8 or more times in the night. No-one seems to know what...
I am having chemotherapy for the 2nd time and I believe this is what is causing such bad headaches all the time. I just wondered if any one else suffers from severe headaches during chemotherapy I have had one for 4 weeks day and night have tried so...
Hi there I was diagnosed with the above in January after having which I now know was kind of fits as I had this in my head I went for surgery straight away and it all got taken out and the mri scan after looked good I am now 2 weeks into 6 weeks of...
Hi all I have an appointment with orthopaedics (sarcoma clinic) on Thursday for a lump near my elbow which I noticed in March. Ultrasound just showed it was an irregular shape, mri showed build up of fluid and fat protruding into the muscle so my gp...
Evening all Had my mri results the other day for a lump by my elbow and the gp said he doesn’t think there is anything suspicious and that there was a build up of fluid and the fat was protruding into the muscle and because of my history he wanted orthopaedics...
Hi everyone. So update on my recurrence, the operation was a disaster in that the surgeon zipped me up without doing anything other than take a sample. Apparently the cancer made removal too dangerous so I am now back home and waiting for test results...
Can any one help I've been diagnosed with the above had a big op on my back and I've been off work a month and next week start my radiotherapy, I've put a claim in with a Aviva cause of my financial situation with my mortgage and bills and I'm wondering...
Morning I get my ct scan results tomorrow to see if radiotherapy has done anything to recurrent tumour in pelvis. Struggling to keep calm , already. I don’t even want to answer the call. Jane xxx
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