We just found out my grandad has throut cancer he is still waitin to get a bed 2 get more tests done to see if its spread it is the size of a fist he has been having pain at his ear and throut going down his throut now and starting to get pain in the...
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Very glad I found this forum. I have been reading posts since January but have only plucked up courage to post now.I found a lump end November went to Gp mid December who referred me urgently to breast clinic. Went there on 9th January ...
Just wanted to say to all our members that haven't started treatment or have just started or are in the middle of it, that there is a life after it. I thought when I was in the middle of chemo and starting radiotherapy that I was never going to feel ...
Sorry not sure where else to ask this. We were told in the hospital as long as my husband wears a condom we could continue to have sex. I meet a lady today who said she was told not to have sex during chemo.
What was everyone else told... Jesus I wi...
So a few years ago my old GP told me I might qualify to get this BRAC test done. Thank God, touch wood, I haven't had a sniff of cancer but want to keep it that way and prevent at all costs. I can't seem to get any straight forward info on this BRCA...
Hi all - new to this forum and finding it very helpful, not all doom and gloom in fact quiet the opposite. Was diagnosed with breast cancer in May. Have to have eight sessions of chemo followed by mascetomy followed by radiation. I am due to star...
I had my last chemo yesterday. I just put my son into the shower and he has what looks to me to be chicke pox. I have had it. But do I need to be worried about anything. Can I get shingles.....
9 months to the day, I am heading into my last radiotherapy.
I feel a bit strange to tell the truth, almost like the chapter is over, but is the book fully finished??
Anyway, all I can say is that I genuinely never thought I would get to this date la...
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I have been reading through the threads and post here over the last few days and am overwhelmed at the amount of support and love here on the boards. It's comforting and reassuring to have someone to talk to!
The story is, I found a lump o...
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I'm due to start taxol tomorrow and just picked up my steroid prescription but slightly confused about it. The note I received said to take 10 tablets tonight with a stomach tablet but there are another 20 steroids on the script and I seem to...
Since breast cancer diagnosis last october i have been having weird dreams, always about being lost/ disorganised/separated from people. Night sweats add insult to injury.Once woken by a night sweat it takes hours to get back to sleep. As I am oestro...
Just wondering if anyone has had any issues with an expander implant. Mine isnt settling , Ive already had an Cellulitis which cleared but now it seems to have a fluid buildup in a small area, kinda like a blister. I dont want to have to get it out...
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