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Hello lovely people newbie here, I am 3 years post treatment and recently started to experience an ache in my right buttock, my GP thinks it’s Sciatica but I’m not convinced ️ I am due to see my oncologist soon and wondered if anybody has had this...
I am really struggling with symptoms and worried so much I cannot sleep. i have been suffering brown bloody discharge and fresh red bleeding between periods, I suffer daily with lower back pain, lower abdominal pain and left leg pain. The pain is quite...
Good morning ladies. I had the PET scan on yesterday. Doctor called and said that the cancer is not outside pelvic area. This was good. They could not see the little bit of cervix that is still left from leep/cone procedure. Pet scan Vaginal cuff mass...
Hi I've finished my treatment which consisted of 6 weeks chemo , 5 weeks chemoradiotherapy and 4 brachytherapy. I have an appointment with my oncologist on Tuesday which will be 6 weeks post treatment. My question is what might I expect from this meeting...
Hello, my first time posting. I had a hysterectomy in August 2021 for womb cancer Grade 1 stage 2. Followed by 35 external and 3 internal radiotherapy I have been using a dilator weekly with no issues, until last week when I had some pinkish blood...
Hello, Following a misdiagnosis, a delayed follow-up appointment, delayed biopsy result and having made a formal complaint to the CEO of the trust, I was finally diagnosed stage 1b in August 2022 when I was 48. I basically lost 4 months due to NHS incompetence...
hi after finishing my treatment the end of December for vaginal/vulva cancer i have been to the hospital today for results of MRI and Pet scan which were both good news. i have to have another MRI in 3 months and then will be kept an eye on for the...
Hi, I'm 44 and I live in Yorkshire I have 2 children 18 and 11 and have been married for 20 years this year. In January I found a hard lump on the left side of my vagina sex was painful and I would bleed very time. I had previously been to doctors with...
I'm very new to this, and I keep reading other people's stories and some are similar to mine. my 62 days are up and although I’ve been told I’ve got vaginal cancer that’s all I know every test has been done. I still haven’t heard anything and no date...
I was diagnosed with uterine cancer October 2022 and had a radical hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. I had 2 tumours stage 1a & 1b but was told it was a curative op with a low chance of reoccurrence. About 6 weeks ago I had some vaginal...
