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I'm off to St. James tomorrow for my lumpectomy and node removal. I'm not dreading as much as I thought I would. Actually a really nice poster here told me that the lumpectomy is a doddle so I feel much better. Just anxious to have it over with n...

Hi, Having some physio to strenghten my back after various surgeries & my physio gave me a flyer about this group. For anyone sporty or wishing to learn a new sport the Plurabelle Paddlers is organising training for dragon boat races/canoeing. ...

Im heading in for a mastectomy on tuesday, so I have a week to prepare myself. Mentally I am as prepared as I can be, so Im looking for practical advice. I know flo had a long list of what to bring in for a mastectomy, but I cant find it. Just practi...

Hi all I'm 45 living in Cork and have had multiple operations to remove tumors from my mouth in general and my tongue in particular. Last summer I had surgury in Dublin followed by 35 fractions of RT here where I live in Cork all to the mouth are...

Hello, I'm 18 and I'm very scared to admit that I may have testicular cancer, my right testicle has recently started to get painful & my 'sack' has increased in size over the last few weeks. I have a deep dark fear of checking for lumps on my te...

I do think breast awareness campaigns are a good idea but i also think they need to be accompained by GP awareness campaigns. there is no point in going to the doctor and being made feel like a fool or a hypochrondiac when you have breast cancer tha...

Im new to this site but my mam was diagnosed with cervical cancer about 10 yrs ago. She lived through the pain and suffering of cancer for about 4/5 years but unfortunately died on the 1st july 2002. I miss her so much 6 yrs later to me it never gets...

Hi, I was wondering if there was anyone on the site who has Non Hodgkins Lymphoma - it doesn't seem to have made it to the list of topics. I was diagnosed in early July after spending 9 weeks in hospital undergoing tests. I still can't understand w...

my mam was diagnosed just over two years ago with myeloma, cancer of the blood. at that time she was given 4 years to live...this changed everything for everyone, no one realised how sick she was, she had even put it down to menopause, just lack of e...

This is an update on how Rebecca's illness is progressing. She is under the care of the Oncology department in UCLH London and finished her chemo st the beginning of December. She was due to pay her first visit to Ireland since becoming ill in 2005 b...

Hi well taste is on a good run at mo thankfully!now I have started to get (keeping me awake )bone pain straight down front thigh.i am assuming that is tamoxifen and all the lovely joys it brings to the party!!!had an MRI for back issues last wed stil...

Hi all just wondering if anyone out there had rads after recon. All the doctors are telling me is that 1)there will be some changes to your left breast, and it will look different to the other one [not great when all you want is a matching pair] 2)...