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Hi, Having naively sailed through 25 Radiotherapy and 2 Brachytherapy I expected Chemotherapy to be more difficult...but this...! I have had bad reactions to Carboplatin and Cisplatin which have affected my blood markers, my energy levels....Then I...
After having a total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oopohoectomy this has now put me into surgical menopause. Due to cancer I know I cannot have HRT and also have to avoid soya and so cannot take any supplements I have seen. I have struggled with...
Hello everyone, I am new to this and not great at asking for advice so please bear with me. So...a little background first... I am 39 and studying to be a student nurse (albeit currently on a break thanks to the big "C"). It all started last year...
Hello ,new here,i went to my doctor as when i had smear test, it was hurting and the woman told me its because i had a prolapse,(i have no idea what is prolapsed) so i went to my GP and she examined me,and asked if i was on my period,i told her no ,not...
My C section incision is still bleeding and smelly after 8 weeks should I worried.
Hi all, just wondering how people have coped with and have got on with their diagnosis. I was diagnosed with stage 4 leimosarcoma in my womb in october - i have had 2 cycles (of 6) of chemotherapy and am on doxurubicin. i have had some side effects but...
It’s a year since I was diagnosed. I can still remember the phone call I received from a registrar dispensing the difficult news at such lightning quick speed and in such a matter of fact way that everything inside me started silently screaming and panicking...
Hello ladies, It’s now almost 2 years since I had my cancer diagnosis, and I just wanted to say hi I also wanted to say, after a really bumpy start (surgery during Covid pandemic), post treatment depression, post-op complication of a prolapse…..I...
So, after six days on antibiotics, the swelling under my wound still hasn't gone down, so I wonder if it could be a lymphocyst, a fluid-filled cystic structure. Has anyone experienced this after their op?
Dear Ladies A conversation with a lovely Lass on here prompted me to ask my CSN a bit more about my recent hysterectomy. As it was radical I assumed the lymph nodes where removed but it turns out they weren’t. It all started when I had a polyp removed...
