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Hi everyone I’m just a bit nervous as tomorrow I will be seeing the oncology regarding chemo. I will keep you all inform what happen and how long I will have chemo for? I’m just a bit stress as to what it will cost for the treatment of chemo, I know Medicare cove...Read More
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Just want to ask if anyone has used these two drips Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine when having chemo? If yes did you get any side effects?
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A cancer diagnosis is a life-changing event. It is common to feel a mixture of strong emotions, but everyone is different and finds their own way to cope. Cancer Council is here to support you and has a range of reliable, accurate and up to date information that ma...Read More
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just to let people know I’m starting my chemo on Friday I will be having two drugs one through a drip and the other is oral. The name of the drug is Oxaliplatin the drip and Capecitabine is the oral. I will be having chemo every 3 weeks for 3-5 months.
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Hi not sure if anyone would know about this? Does anyone know if you have to pay for chemo therapy? As I am on a disability support pension and I have no health fund.
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Hello A month ago I was told I had a spiculated lesion on my upper right lung picked up randomly on a CT scan. After this, I was sent for another CT scan & a PET scan. Both lighting up that there was a nodule/lesion that looked like cancer. I was sent to Fiona Stan...Read More
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Was diagnosed with undifferentiated large cell malignancy- triple negative breast cancer. Have had two surgeries within three weeks (they didn’t get the margins clear first go-to remove my 42mmx28mmx41mm cells and go for check up and now told I need chemo and radia...Read More
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When you are first diagnosed, there is a lot of information to take in. You may feel overwhelmed by, or not understand, some of the information being provided to you. Cancer Council has a list of suggested questions to ask your doctor or treatment team, as well as ...Read More
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I was diagnosed with Burkitt Lymphoma, an agressive non-Hodgkin b-cell lymphoma. Unfortunately my symptoms came just 4 weeks of the birth of my first child and my diagnosis came when she turned 2 months old. While the prognosis is fairly positive, I can’t help but ...Read More
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Hi everyone, My best friend of 41 years was diagnosed with Lung Cancer 14 months ago and since then we have been on a long journey together, From misdiagnosis in the beginning, to finding spots on an x-ray, to the discovery of stage 3 lung cancer, to today where w...Read More
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