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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 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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I have been told that once my chemo starts I will lose my hair. Everyone tells me about the wigs I can wear. I must admit before having cancer, I thought every female with cancer wore a wig. But the more I have thought about it, I dont want a wig. Anyone else f...Read More
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I just found out pop got this.I was never informed this was code for genIV, a genetic test, maybe.I have seen great results with this for breast cancer (78% confidence lvl)but my sample set 10000>n>5000of 5k records indicates there is no statistical significancein...Read More
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few months ago diagnosed with 3 types of arthritis since then diagnosed with invasive carcinoma ( breast ) had the lumpectomy, saw the doc , it will be 6 weeks as of 1st May when i see the surgeon again , and a week after that I see the oncologist. I was told by ...Read More
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With the immune booster for chemo, that you have to do 24 hours after, how long do the did effects last
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The cancer center called me and told me that my lung cancer was stage 1. It is a solitary nodule. They sent a referel in to the surgeon and that he would go be calling me. After reading some of these peoples stories I almost feel bad posting good news. I foun...Read More
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New to this forum New to 'cancer' as a 'cancer patient' New to this fear , anxiety and feeling of detachment. I have removed myelf from FB and all social activities - I said i never wanted to join the 'cancer club' no disrespect to anyone but here i am . I live iw...Read More
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