Hello I have been diagnosed with unknown primary and matastic carcinoma. I was diagnosed with secondary in July so it has been a stressful few months and so many tests. The consultants and the nurses have been amazing and couldn't fault them. I start...
Started having pain 6 years ago on and off in lower right side stomach. Had so many scans over the years and consultants saying I'm a puzzle to them and saying different things. 2 years ago had hernia repair which I was told for few years no hernia till...
Hi new to all this. Have been diagnosed with CUP. 2nd was found attached to my back muscle which they thought was a cyst on my down colon. I now have another on my rib near my left breast and recent CT shows on my lung now to. To say I'm angry is an understatement...
Good morning Iam new to the forum and wanted to say Hi iIam desperate need of some help & support please I will give a little background & try my best not to overload this post with everything that has happened to me over the past 18 months to this...
I started going to the doctors two years ago with pains across my abdomen. Several MRI scans later which found a focal fatty spur on the liver and a cyst on the kidney no Cancer revealed. Told the pain was muscle related due to my job. GP called it Diastic...
Hi. I’ve migrated over from oesophageal cancer forum .From 2022 -present day my husband is recovering and hopefully cancer free after a 13 month experience of diagnostics subsequent treatment (FLOT chemo ) and major surgery for Stage 2 OC . Now unfortunately...
I’m looking for advice on how the CUP team would proceed with diagnosis/ treatment. A close relative has been referred to CUP with metastatic pelvic mass after waiting 6 weeks for sigmoidoscopy they were then told 3 days before appointment they didn...
Hi everyone, yesterday I was told that, if treatments work well on my incurable cancer, I might a few more years to live. I'm 58. Over the last couple weeks, I've been managing to stay reasonably positive but today is a bad day
Hi everyone. I am new to this site and just beginning to navigate my way around. So my big brother Chris (49) has been diagnosed with secondary brain tumours caused by a cancer unknown. He is due for his CT and MRI tomorrow, the CT will cover the chest...
I have a CUP. I’ve been having pain in my lower abdomen/pelvis for a few months. Discussed with oncologist when I went for a 5 year review of being on Tamoxifen following breast cancer in 2018 (DCIS and 0.4mm invasive, ER positive and had a mastectomy...
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