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Treating pain/anxiety/cancer with CBD

Hello, My grandad has cancer, he is about 77, he is taking zapain (codein) all day and also taking clonazepam at night before bed to help him sleep. He has not had any chemotherapy yet and is yet to have a biopsy to find out exactly what type of cancer it is. I was...Read More

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Research and How to cope

Hi everyone,This is a survey about Cancer and Wellbeing and how it affects the caregivers, I would love it if everyone could fill this out as it is completely private and confidential and will allow me to tell people about how us, as caregivers, are deeply affected...Read More

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Research and Help

Hi everyone, My name is Amelia and my older brother 22 diagnosed this year with a rare sarcoma cancer (not sure of the correct spelling) in his lung, he had had a history of mental illness issues and this diagnosis and the whole year of chemotherapy - multiple rou...Read More

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Treatment

My Son 23 recently passed away from a rare sarcoma and my frustration is why was he offered non government funded treatment when it was to late! Shouldn’t that option be put on the table straight up? We asked the question but it seems no one wants to answer the qu...Read More

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Experiences of Chemo for Mesothelioma.

Hi I wonder if anyone reading this is having or has had Chemo for Pleural Mesothelioma, if so what are your thoughts and experiences. I have to decide in the next two weeks whether to have Chemo or not.I am an 83 year old male, and have been told it is because I a...Read More

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Help, advice?

My dear mum (72) went in to hospital last Thursday with stomach pain and has now been told she has a 15cm mass in her abdomen and pockets of fluid. They have been unable to determine what the mass is connected to via a ctscan or vaginal ultrasound. They did a biops...Read More

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Medical Marijuana

My Dad has recently been diagnosed and was told he only has weeks to live. His anxiety is very distressing.Has anyone got any info on Medical Marijuana?I’m after recommendations for pain and anxiety.Thanks

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Spindle cell melenoma

Hi everyone, I'm new here and don't really have a specific question, I just need to unload if you will. I had a shave biopsy on a blue naevus looking mole 2 weeks ago, 4 dermotopatholigists have looked at it and 2 favor a combined blue naevus and atypical spindle ...Read More

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Lumpectomy

I just had a lumpectomy two weeks ago, I would like to know what I should be doing or wearing. e.g special bras

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Concerned

I'm not sure which board to post this on.. I apologize if I posted in the wrong place. For about six months, I've had a swollen lymph node on the right side of my neck. At first, my doctors weren't concerened because it hadn't been there long, but after two months,...Read More

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