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Again, just reading up and realise having your ovaries removed is an option for some women who haven't reached the menopause yet but who have oestrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer. Just wondering has anyone had this done or talked this thr...

I've had my surgery in Jan this year - right side mastectomy with immediate strattice & tissue expander reconstruction. Onco-plastic surgeon at the time said I was borderline case for having chemo, but no radiation therapy needed. I'm currently h...

Oh girls just when I thought things were going ok. I have had vomiting and diarrhea since 5am morning, so scary and so sick. I'm due in for 4tg chemo tomorrow don't know if that'll happen now. They think I might have the winter vomiting bug. do you t...

Had mastectomy, chemo, radiotherapy 12 years ago when I was 40. All brill till before Christmas when it came back on my lung. Thankfully, doctors are very positive about it and telling me I'll be around for a very long time. First scan since starti...

I am taking salvestrols as I have breast cancer. The person who developed salvestrols is Prof Gerry Potter, who also developed the new drug for prostate cancer called arbiterone - you might have seen it in the papers recently. Salvestrols are based o...

I'm depressed after the death of my wife from lung cancer. She survived the cancer, but never recovered from the treatment, and was bedridden for a couple of years, before dying. We were separated, she living in the UK, me in Ireland. Helping her out...

I'm describing my experience of an ultrasound guided FNA biopsy for anyone who would like information on it.  Although my 2 sets of blood results were within normal ranges, my doctor noticed a lump on my neck when I swallowed during a visit. Follo...

I went today to get my chemo and was told my platelets were low. Not low enough thankfully to stop chemo. But I am thinking now if there is anything I can do. Have to go back to hospital in 10 day to get bloods done again . To c what is the story. F...

Hey, Went to the doctor the other day.. Foun a lump on my right testicle.. He said he was sure its a cyst but I have to go to hospital to make sure. Doctor wants me back on Thursday to check it out. My testicle seems to be the same size but seems l...