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Prostate Cancer

My husband has just been diagnosed with prostate cancer. He goes back to urologist tomorrow to be booked into hospital to have surgery. Our brains feel a bit scrambled at the moment. We are both scared but looking on the positive side. Concerned about incontinence ...Read More

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deja vous memories

Apart from all the known side effects of Chemo, my mother in law is undergoing Chemo for small cell cancer and has SAIDH and maybe paraneoplastic syndrome as well, apart from all that, her most frustrating problem is deja vous- especially with the TV. she can see ...Read More

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I am new to this community

My father has just recently been diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer. He has been sick for months but it has only been confirmed in the last three weeks as to what the cause of his sickness is. In October he had a scan that showed nothing and now it seems to be so far...Read More

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Hi Everyone

Hi Everyone. After FIVE months of trying to find out what was wrong with my 57 year old husband Mark, he was finally diagnosed with what was supposed to be only stomach cancer on the 29th March 2010. We were told he was only to have a full gastrectomy, however on...Read More

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Neulasta or pegfilgrim

Hi everyone. I am knew to this forum and am looking for information on the drug neulasta (or pegfilgrim) I have a parent having chemotherapy for bowel cancer . Several chemotherapy cycles have been missed due to low neutrophils. We understand that neulasta can...Read More

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Update

Hi I introduced myself sometime ago and only now i have been able to log back in. Just found out yesterday my boyfriends cancer is terminal.They don't know how long he has and chemo starts in a week.What are the chances of him surviving?

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Frustrated Sister.

Hi :) My name is Kelly, I'm 27 and live in NSW. We discovered last week that my sister, who has just turned 40, has been diagnosed with malignant melanoma. I'm really struggling with finding good information though! What makes it hard is that there is no 'mole'....Read More

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2010 a long road ahead

wow 2010 and I dont like this year already,3 days before xmas my 17 yr old son was diagnosed with lymphoma,the stage and type ? we dont know yet,we are off to Sydney tomorrow for bone marrow biospy and PET scan and whatever tests the dr says he has to have,Its not ...Read More

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Hello

Hello, I'm Helen and 6 days ago we found. out the love of my life has pancreactic cancer.We discovered it has spread to the liver and the lungs and it has totally blown me away and though in shock about the diagnosis I don't know what to do or where to turn in the...Read More

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New cancer carer.

Hi everyone, I'm Joanna,38 and I am the daughter/carer of my dear elderly mum who has just been diagnosed with stage 3 bladder cancer. My mum lives in a granny flat at the back of our house, I have 2 kids, a 7 year old son and 17month old daughter, and my hubby. My...Read More

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