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Hi all,It is amazing reading about the strength and resilience of so many people, it's awful how many are affected by this terrible disease. This year both my mother and father, who are divorced, have been diagnosed with stage 4 bone cancer. Mum had breast cancer a...Read More
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My mom is 67 years old (in india) and was recently diagnosed thru PET scan testing that she has stage 2-3 Renal cell carcinoma with a mass of 7 cm on left Kidney (localized with surrounding muscle .. but they found some spots in lungs). She had heart failure earlie...Read More
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), breast cancer is the second most common cancer in the world and the most common cancer in women worldwide, accounting for 25% of all incident cases of female cancers. As people celebrate breast cancer awareness mont...Read More
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Hi,It's a worry when the doc asks the patient, 'Do you have any ideas?' My father had a Whipple procedure for pancreatic cancer over two weeks ago. He is still unable to digest food and therefore remains in the RBWH. They've said the digestive system just needs to ...Read More
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MammogramA mammogram is an X-ray of the breast. It can find breast cancer early, when it is easier to treat and before it is big enough to feel or cause symptoms. Having regular mammograms can lower risk of dying from breast cancer.Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)A...Read More
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Hi everyone, my dad has just recently been diagnosed with Bowel Cancer not sure what stage but it has spread to the Liver so I’m guessing stage 4? Little background information, my dad, who is in his 60’s, has never been sick in his life ( apart from the usual like...Read More
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I’m sitting in a waiting room. It resembles a cupboard, but it’s private.Cannula in, first cup of contrast downed, now tapping the keyboard. I’ve had this PET scan quite a few times in the past. I will confess though I am a little nervous this time. I already know ...Read More
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Hello all, hope u are all doing ok. I have a question re side effects of chemo. My dad is on his fourth and hopefully last chemo treatment next week. He also has immunotherapy with the chemo. He was doing really well up to a week ago , only suffering from a li...Read More
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Hi, Im 23 years old, My grandmother passed from bowel cancer 5 years ago. And its been in the family. (Disclamer - blood) It started of as mucus in my stools. But....Ive been having rectal bleeding for around 1 1/2 weeks now. Its alot of blood. My poop is very st...Read More
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hi Lilly it's mummy!I am sorry i may be loosing my fight but i can't believe your my beautiful daughter.. so beautiful i love you
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