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Hi, this week I have felt more nauseous and had a nagging pain, I am struggling to eat and seem to have lost my appetite. when on chemo and steroids I felt much better than this Has anyone else gone through this? What did you do? I am taking the...
After many hours on Internet and so.e quotes over £1500 and some over that amount . I have found CO OP traval the cheapest . Me and Mrs P world wide with mh medical conditions came in under £600 well worth a look
I have now received a call from the hospital, there has been a positive result from the chemotherapy and they are planning surgery for the end of April, this is likely to be a full stomach removal, a very emotional morning and I don’t know what life will...
I finished the 4th round of FLOT over the weekend and had a CT scan on Monday, I wondered if this was too soon to get a clear result
Hi - does anyone have any experience of co-payments? i am on palliative treatment and it’s been suggested that i try paclitaxelvwith ramarumacab, but the latter is only available privately so you can apparently apply for co-payment scheme whereby the...
Just to make people aware that PICC line covers etc are available on prescription, I only found out after purchasing one online. Needed for showers etc
Hello I actually joined this Community recently because my eldest son has recently been diagnosed with Thymus cancer. But his younger brother had Non Cardia stomach cancer. It was caused by his catching Helicobacter Pylori, a stomach eating bug which...
A ct scan has revealed a marble sized tumour in the back of my stomach. I'm 3 weeks into the 12 week waiting for another scan to determine growth etc. And then see if malignant or not. Hoping for any advice on the matter please as worried sick x 54yr...
Hi, I’ve had 2 rounds of chemo, 3rd due tomorrow. As my hair was coming out in handful’s I had my head shaved on the 18th February and my hair is already growing back, has anyone else experienced this, thank you and best wishes to all
I was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma GOJ in December. I presented at the doctors as I had noticed an occasional problem with my swallow. I had an endoscopy followed by a CT which confirmed the presence of a submucosal tumour at the GOJ. I then had a PET...
