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Since my last blog in June my mother-in-law has been doing so well, she's really defying all expectations. She is bright and chirpy, her hair is even growing back in. She's abandoned some of her mobility aids and having less outside help at home. BUT, and its a big one, the weight keeps falling off her. At her visit with her GP today she had lost 5kg in 3 weeks and at least 10kg in the 2 months before that. She's eating well, though very small servings since the tumours in her liver are squashing her stomach space somewhat.

Hi all!! So, my husband is back in hospital due to losing six kg in a week......he can't keep food down and he has chronic diarrhea. Yesterday he went out for a walk around the hospital and had a fall (he's 39 and not a falls risk usually).... Anyway, he took skin off everywhere including his face. He has no idea how it happened....

BC: Early in 2012, I had recently moved to America from Australia to be with my new husband. I was trying to fit in and learn new ways (do you know light switches flip up to go ON in the US?). I established new connections and made appointments with a GP and dentist. It was a couple of months before I attended the routine mammogram my GP suggested. I was contacted almost immediately for another mammogram, then an ultrasound and then a needle biospsy. Within a week I knew I had the dreaded breast cancer.

Excruciating pain - the nausea came later! It was a pain I had met before, ten years ago. It came in waves that at the peak had me in a foetal position gripping onto the bed head. It was not a friendly pain. It was an enemy that had to be beaten and controlled and mind games were not going to do it.

The last few wks have been tough; I've been feeling quite down, even depressed, very angry and finding myself getting very frustrated at myself and others. Seems my memory and cognitive abilities have gone off on a lovely holiday together and have no intention of coming back.

Hi, I recently have been diagnosed with Melanoma and have since had one round of surgery including sentinal lymph node biopsies, I have been told that one of the nodes was positive for the melanoma cells and so I am encouraged to go in for a second round of surgery to remove more nodes. Has anyone gone through this? I'm just interested to know what sort of recovery to expect ie length of time before I'm able to return back to normal life? Thanks, Monners