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Ten year ago in June I had a very large non cancerous cyst removed from my abdomen along with a total hysterectomy. In May what I thought had been scar tissue was in fact another very large cyst. Due to the size my doctor had a drain placed (approximately 4.5 lit...Read More
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In June this year (2017) I went from being a fit 45 year old male to having Brain cancer overnight.i had a seizure that started in my left foot and went up the left side of my body. A CT scan later that day showed a tumor on the right side of my brain. Two days lat...Read More
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Hello, I was just diagnosed yesterday with Complex Hyperplasia with Atypia. I am 50, and in peri. It started with excessive bleeding for 2.5 months. I had an ultrasound that showed my endometrial lining was 21mm followed by biopsy. I was put on BC for oa month ...Read More
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Hi folks I'm a 47 year old guy in the ACT, recently diagnosed with Bowel Cancer. As someone who was always observing this happening to others, I've been getting regular check ups for early detection since I was 40. Nothing ever came up. As it turned out, none of th...Read More
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Hi there, i am wondering if anyone is feeling ashamed or embarrassed by being diagnosed with cancer. I sure did. Doctors told me that I could continue to work through the chemo treatments and that gave me hope but I didn’t want to be treated differently at work or...Read More
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This starts with a squamous cell carcinoma cut from my back. Some time later the same cancer grows in my left toncil. I am waiting for 2 more surgeries one to get nodes in my neck the other to get what was not taken by the first surgery. My question is about the in...Read More
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After 8 wonderful years of remission from Stage 4 Follicular Lymphoma, within 3 weeks I had gone from being care-free, cycling to work, cycling around, feeling good, to hearing the news that first that a CT scan - whilst I was waiting for biopsy results - showed th...Read More
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Hi folks, I am new to this forum and I can't seem to stop writing posts. Who is PhilPepper? I am Phil. Pepper is my stoma. I tried to avoid naming it, but it just had to happen. So after an unexpected diagnosis, a few scans, a few blood tests, and finally a surgic...Read More
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Hi All,Please welcome me to the club. I was diagnosed with bowel cancer 6 weeks ago- and told I might have had it for at least 7/8 years. I was confident I can get through it however bad it is. Getting through might mean getting out of it completely, or living life...Read More
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Hi All, I went through a surgery 10 days ago and got my sigmoid colon removed (high anterior resection). I thought I was recovering well. I had some blood in the stool for the first couple of days and none after that. Since yesterday I am spotting some traces of fr...Read More
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