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Hi friends,My dad was diagnosed with Stage3 rectal cancer in India and I have been travelling back and forth in India to take care of him. His rectosigmoid tumour has been removed with Surgery and he has been recommended 6 month CAPEOX regimen for chemo in a few da...Read More
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Hi, My 61 year old friend recently underwent emergency surgery for bowel cancer. The results are good. She has a Stoma and tests indicate that the cancer was removed. She has been offered chemo to 'mop up' any rogue cells. It will be 6 month of treatment then she c...Read More
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Dear All,My uncle's digestive track has been blocked due to malignancy and he is not able to eat or drink anything. History:He was undergoing chemotherapy for duodenal cancer in Jaipur, India and the malignancy was removed. But, he is yet again detected with mali...Read More
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Hi, mum went in for a lump on her back found out after 7 days and 3 in hospital stays it's cancer, she has cancer in her windpipe where the air goes into both lungs under her breast bone,a lump in her breast pooped up 5 days later and now has one in her groin and p...Read More
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Hello ... I'm hoping someone can give me a heads up .. my husband who is 68 has undergone 2 rounds so far of chemo for esophageal /stomach cancer and this second round has knocked him for a six - his fatigue is total .. can barely roll over in bed and hasnt been ou...Read More
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A year ago my Mum (age 62) was diagnosed with stage IV NSCLC (Pancoast Tumor). She has gone through Chemo and Radiotherapy which seemed to slow things down but to no massive effect. So she is now undergoing Immunotherapy treatment. It seems to have improved her ge...Read More
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I tend to go straight to the point, well, who would volunteer some time and patience to help me with getting doctors devoting time to consider my ideas, there are forums that seem to be designed by bureaucrats with exigencies concerning the format of texts... for n...Read More
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My Brother was hospitalised with pneumonia a few weeks ago and during a routine scan they found a mass in his lung. At the the mass could not be seen clearly due to the amount of inflammation, fluid and gunk from the infection. Released on antibiotics and a follow ...Read More
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My partner has been released from hospital to end his days at home. He doesn't eat any solid food at all so I have been making him Whey Protein and Sustagen shakes with whole milk. Is this the best way to get nutrition into his body?
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Hello, I'm hoping to find someone who has been through a similar experience with twins. My husband (37) is an identical twin, and his brother has stage 4 metastatic melanoma. We've recently been informed his situation is terminal. Identical twins have an incredible...Read More
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