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Hello everyone, I was placed on the suspected uterine cancer pathway 21/2 weeks ago, following a bleed. Biopsy results a week ago confirmed cancer and yesterday I had an MRI scan. I had no symptoms until 3 weeks ago when I had the first bleed, and since...
Hi all, Has anyone had experience with a port for their chemo? A couple of failed attempts at a PICC line (my previous one fell out!) and my last peripheral cannula tissues which resulted in a swollen hand, which now improving. I have missed a dose...
Hello, I have some concerns regarding the Brachytherapy treatments I am scheduled to start 10/7/2024. I will be receiving 7Gy each time on October 7,9,14th. It is Cylinder single channel. The dose time is 5-15 min per treatment. Has anyone had this...
Hello everyone, Hello everyone, unfortunately bad news. Doctor was able to have look during hysterectomy (2nd one after he had concerns) and he has confirmed it is endometrial cancer. Mum had ct on Thursday and also to have a mri scan. He has advised...
I had my hysterectomy back in 2017 and had loads of different things going on and because of my young age at the time i was told to hold of HRT as i was high risk of breast cancer. Well after having some complications earlier this year as i had some bleeding...
Hi all I got my biopsy result 2 weeks ago and Mri this week Stage 1A Waiting to see surgeon to discuss next dteo Finding the waiting difficult as I waited 15 for initial assessment
I seem to have developed a large swelling/lump in my armpit; is this the sort of thing you take to your GP rather than CNS even though it might be cancer related (or may not be)? My CNS is not very approachable so don’t want to make her fed up
Hi, I was diagnosed with stage 1A grade 3 cancer and have had a full hysterectomy 3 weeks ago. Just waiting on the date of my radiotherapy which is just an extra precaution as they said they have removed the cancer Work was contacted at the start and...
Hi All, did anyone go ahead with surgery whilst having a cold. struck me overnight, I'm due on Friday 4th.
Hiya lovely ladies I’m 11 days post op now and have been up and down in recovery I feel like I’m taking 2 steps forward and 3 steps back. Still in a bit of pain and have had an ecoli urine infection and now on the second dose of antibiotics. Also experiencing...
