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Sorry things are rather hit and miss for me both being able to connect to the site, and in-between crushing pressure in my head causing migraines making focusing on screen difficult. I have been dealing with a head lesion for six months now and i am awaiting...
https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ Anyone wishing to look for a trial, this is an excellent site, some trials are abroad but you can choose to see only the UK ones if you wish broaden the search bar. even if you are already on one, it doesn't hurt to...
Hi Ladies I mentioned the other week about a lump in my arm and having to be sent for it to be checked because of the type of cancer I have (Carsinosarcoma) yes I know lucky me a rare cancer lol. Had my ultrasound yesterday and the lady said the same...
I’m due to start 25 sessions of external radiotherapy next month to help prevent recurrence. I will also be having 2 sessions of brachytherapy (internal). After my full hysterectomy, as well as the tiny tumour which they were expecting, a few cancer cells...
Morning ladies Has anyone else apart from lost profile details so I can report again to the Community team? There were a few glitches after the update being looked into. It might be a good idea as our stories get longer to update your bios on a separate...
Hi all, I had my first surgery in May 2021. It was a total hysterechtomy with everything out. Biopsy found the tumor to be a grade 3 so I started chemo in July and like alot of people I was allergic to the paclitaxol (don't know how it is spelt) and...
Hi Ladies hope you are all well, Saw my doctor today for my ultrasound results and they still think it could be a fatty lump in my tricep but it has atypical features and because of the type of cancer I have (Carsinosarcoma) they want to send me for...
Pain and discharge 20months after hysterectomy (womb tubes oofectomy cervix)
Hi, I finally had a Hysteroscopy after a failed attempt in clinic due to cervical stenosis. They attempted to do it in theatre under spinal, but couldn’t do the spinal, so it was done under general anaesthetic. It was done as I had post menopausal bleeding...
I was first diagnosed July 17. Hysterectomy followed by chemo and radiotherapy. Thought I had beat it but it came back in Feb 20. After another 12 rounds of chemo and top up of radiotherapy I am on a break. The treatment I am now having is palliative...
