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I’m new to this and feeling very scared and fragile at the moment whilst waiting and waiting for test results, appointments, answers etc. my main question is - how do they know for certain that it is cancer and how do I get a second opinion?
Hi, new here... just thought I'd pop on for advice really... my father who is 74 has recently been diagnosed with secondary lung spine and pelvic cancer with an unknown primary.... we have not been given a time span. Dad has had an operation on his spine...
Hello... My name is maria and i have just been diagnosed with secondary lymph node cancer... This was nearly 3 weeks ago.... I am waiting for a scan to see if they can find the primary. At the moment i dont know how i feel apart from the doctor who...
Hi, where do I begin, well wishing I wasn't asking about this! So my 52 year old fit hubby just been diagnosed with unknown primary with secondary groin lymphnode cancer. It's been the most bizarre 6 months, so we came back from a wonderful Baltic...
After several.months attending GP with fatigue, pain, weightloss and low blood count my husband came to hospital 4 wks ago for suspected bowel cancer. This resulted in an an emergency bowel op 3 was ago. Last week we were given the devastating news he...
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