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Rectal Cancer - the waiting game

Hi all, I am a 33 yo female, diagnosed with rectal cancer (stage 2 - T3a) amid Covid lockdown in Melbourne. Deciding to find out what food intolerances were causing my mild symptoms while in covid lockdown 1.0 may have saved my life. It was found about 6-8 weeks ag...Read More

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Cancer diagnosis and treatment

I have had a big squamous cell carcinoma removed by wedge excision surgery. I have to have a PET scan. Does anyone know how long you stay in the tube? I get claustrophobia! More scared of this than I was of the surgery!Also, how effective are chemotherapy and radio...Read More

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An important message for you: it isn't the end.

In September 2016, I sat in a white hospital office, with a young asian doctor saying how sorry he was. I was 44 years old, and he had just told me that without successful treatment, he expected I would be dead in 6 months time. When I first got sick, I became a p...Read More

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Cancer

I really need to talk to someone about natural cures! I have only just been told about my condition and I am going for biopsy under general anicectic tomorrow, so scared. Is they anyone who could talk with me, I am English and in the UK Thanks Nick

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Bladder & kidney cancer

Hi there I’m new and diagnosed with bladder and kidney cancer two weeks ago. Am having my surgery on Tuesday and really frightened. Even though I have family and friends I feel really alone. Really really setting in today can’t breath!

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Husband just diagnosed, told its terminal

It’s been a really emotional couple or weeks. My husband who is 41 had some stomach pain and bloating and next thing we know, we’re in the hospital being told he has stage 4 bowel cancer that has spread through his entire abdomen and liver. They said it’s incurable...Read More

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Atypical cells in breast biopsy and pregnant

I recently had a fine needle biopsy of a lump in my breast found at a pregnancy check up. The results came back “atypical” and I now need a core biopsy. I can’t go for a mammogram as I’m pregnant, so my diagnostics are more limited. The doctor told me the different...Read More

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Such is life, always look on the bright side

DUMSUMDOTCOMMale 67 disability carer, had cabg heart bypass 10 years ago survived that if anyone wants to know about it...

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I'm overwhelmed by everything. Diagnosed with CML.

I was diagnosed with CML on June 23,the same week as my birthday. I had to go to the hospital because I had severe pain in the right side of my stomach and back. I thought it was my kidney but they took a lot of different tests and in the end my blood test results ...Read More

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Will be diagnosed next week

I had a CT scan last week and yesterday my dr Called me and said I have a lesion and a kidney stone. I’ll find out more on Tuesday. I’m 36 and had a baby six months ago. I am so scared and just know I will die. My mum has ovarian cancer and now this. I don’t want t...Read More

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