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I apologize if this is the wrong group to post this to but I'm new to the site and had difficulty finding where the best place to post this would be. I was wondering if anyone has ever experienced what I have been for the past few months. About 6 months ago I devel...Read More
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Hi all,Very grateful for this community in a time like this. My father had a biopsy and has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. I'm in shock and it feels like a bad dream, compounded by all this covid19 restriction going on. None of it feels real.He's had a scan d...Read More
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Hi everyone, so just to catch you up my dad has Bowel cancer that has spread to his liver. He has had two rounds of chemo but had to stop after getting an infection and being in hospital for a week and a half. He is home now and the doctor was wanting him to get hi...Read More
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My mum was diagnosed with stage 4 Glioblastoma back in September last year. She has completed her 6 weeks of radiation and chemo and has now just started on her larger dose of chemo which is 5 days on and 3 weeks off. She got weaned of her Dex steroids but has dete...Read More
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Hey everyone I’m new here but my mom has recently been diagnosed with cancer. she had two biopsies done one in her breast and one in her lymph node underneath her armpit area. The one in her breast came back stage 0 breast cancer but the one in her lymph node came ...Read More
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Gilbert K Chesterton once referred to a paradox as “truth standing on her head to get attention”. A prime example that illustrates this is with regards to our solar system. Prior to Nicolaus Copernicus (1473- 1543), everyone in the world held the belief that the ea...Read More
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Hi everyone, I was just wondering if there are any immunotherapy drugs on the PBS that could be given to my Mum (advanced gallbladder cancer)?We know there's an ongoing trial at the ONJCRI with immunotherapy for rare cancers, but we don't know how long that would ...Read More
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Hi there! I'm just concerned about small lymph nodes(painless) on my head and armpits area and just worried if these are normal cysts or will I get cancer. Want to hear from you if someone has the same problem. Give me some the suggestion! Should I consult with a d...Read More
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Good morning! My father has received some bad news, he has pancreatic cancer. For weeks he has been using the normal treatments for the situation he is in, chemotherapy. Some people have told me about an alternative treatment that helps to alleviate the pain and br...Read More
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Hello, My name is Hugh and my Dad has stage-4 pancreatic cancer. I have a medical query regarding the reliability of the CA19-9 tumor marker number. I have read that the CA19-9 number can be a very reliable and accurate marker of a tumors regression, though for oth...Read More
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