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I have non Hodgkin’s lymphomaIt all started when my back started hurting so they did an MRI and found a tumor, so off to surgery where they removed 70 percent of itThe tumor was wrapped around my spinal cord in my thoracic spine area. They removed 6”s of the back o...Read More
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Diagnosed with breast cancer 2 weeks ago i see the surgeon this week ive never felt so alone in my life, im angry after caring for so many others and running around after others ( friends i thought i had but turns out i dont) what happens to my autistic daughter wh...Read More
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tired of waiting. I never imagined it would be like this. Had a chest xray in early june. was then sent for CT scan which confirmed primary mass in right lung and various metastasis of various sizes in left lung. since then it has been wait wait waiting. Hospital a...Read More
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Good morning Thanks for letting me join here. I'm having 2 large lumps removed from my armpit on the 6th of this month.I'm a 55 year old male. February i had skin cancer removed from my nose. We haven't told our grandchildren yet but our adult children are aware of...Read More
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Just over two years ago, I joined this site. Diagnosed with colon cancer and treated as such. I thought it was early enough and the treatment was thorough enough, to make sure it didn't reappear. Ta-Da! So here we are again. Good news... The PET scan found only one...Read More
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Hi there everyone. Im new to this, just joined tonight. I havent been diagnosed with cancer yet, should be having a biopsy done next week or the week after when the hospital decides to get its act together. CT Scans revealed multiple nodules throughout my lungs wit...Read More
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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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Hello everyone.
My name is Ruairi and i am a 34 year old male living in Northern Suburbs in Melbourne. I was recently diagnosed with Non Hodgkins Follicular Lymphoma/Stage 4a and my bone marrow is involved as well.
I underwent my first round of Chemotherapy yes...Read More
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I've recently been diagnosed with Pleural Mesothelioma of the left lung. From research i have done this seems to be a fatal situation. My question is ...if there is nothing they can do for you, why go through the trama of chemotherapy and it side effects, if it is ...Read More
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Hi I wanted to know what you would do in a situation like this, or what are your thoughts. Thanks My sister (age: 51) had prolonged bleeding (periods?) and contacted a gynacologist who, after various tests, suggested removal of a fibroid that had grown/developed an...Read More
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