I would like to have views on a very pointed question, without value judgement please. I am male and have just had unprotected sex for the first time with a woman who has not been my normal sexual partner. It was protected sex, but the condom broke, ...
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Kind of feel cheeky posting considering I'm coming up to the end of treatment.but I'm so flat,confused,sad and angry!!!soo much has changed in the last year I am so apprehensive about leaving the safety net I've had hanging under me all the...
Hi There, Was just wondering if anyone is using Modified Citrus Pectin as a supplement to prostrate cancer medication.My father was diagnosed back in feb 2011 and I have read some interesting articles on its use (Life Extension Magazine March 200...
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Well its only taken a year but the penny has dropped well the whole money jar actually!!!I HAD CANCER.Arrrrrgggh!!i finished herceptin last thursday and what a memorable one it was 6 attempts to get vein.Then woke up saturday with cystitus wh...
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I had my double mastectomy last Thursday week and had all the nodes out under my left arm. I was just wondering because my surgeon had always said that he would use the scar on my breast to remove the nodes through, but in the end he went...
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Once again asking for experiences....I met the oncologist today. Shes very very nice and says it how it is - even if I didn't really like what I was hearing......
I have to have six rounds of a regime called TAC. Has anyone haf any experie...
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Have been having problems with bad back pain since before Christmas. My GP gave me the usual, difene, paracetmol and anxicalm. I always suffered with back pain prior to being diagnosed in Jan 2011, but I am now stressing that there may be s...
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Went in for Taxol number 10 today but they didn't give it due to the neuropathy which is too bad at the moment . Kinda was expecting it a bit ...glad and a bit sad at the same time !(so near yet so far!)
I had really bad pains all over ...
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Can't do Tamixofen because chemi has given me
Clots so they are starting me on these next week.
A few questions for anyone who has has these - what were the side effects and how did you deal with them.
Was it better to take first thing in ...
Hi all, have just joined the message board and have started this thread on oesophageal cancer. My husband was diagnosed a few months ago. It is a cancer which appears to be increasing in incidence, so I am sure that there are some people (patients, s...
[b:5f7oyent][i:5f7oyent][color=#FF0080:5f7oyent]Em I dont really know what to be write on this , but last year my nanny got lung cancer and like i thought it was the worst feeling ever when i was told , its real upsetting now when i see her getting t...
hi I have finished my treatment now and have 2 appointments coming up. But what happens next? Do the docs order new scans to see if the cancer is gone? I have asked these ? but cant get a straight ans from any one.
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