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My first post detailed my long journey to diagnosis and I was frustrated and dealt pretty much a hammer blow. However, on Friday 13th August I was introduced to a great team and I have a different head on! This was the first medical person from February...
Hi my doctor had to sign and fill in a form for me. I had a full hysterectomy 5 weeks ago, and have a secondary lung cancer, in my right lung. He put that my cancer was stage 4, high grade. im waiting for another CT scan on my lungs, as the last one...
Hi everyone. I live on one of the smaller Canary Islands, La Palma. I thought I'd pulled a muscle in my thigh. My doctor thought so too, but two friends who give massages weren't so sure. When I went back to my GP, it was a burned-out looking holiday...
Recently been diasgnosed with Angiosarcoma Been pencilled in for surgery on the 24th August, however awaiting pet scan results as nodule showing on my lung. Anyone been through anything similar petrified
I was diagnosed with leiomyosarcoma in the uterus in June and had a total hysterectomy on the 13th July. The hystology came back grading it 1A stage 2 with evidence of lymphovascular space invasion. The sarcoma consultant said that it has all gone with...
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with GIST in March after firstly being told it was ovarian, I was told I had a number of tumours and that they weren't operable as the operation would be too dangerous, I'm on Gleevec which thankfully hasn't had too many side...
