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Hi allIm trying to make sence of my cancer if I have options and still carry on with day to day life of kids and work . Any ideas on how to do this would be great. I can't get through the day without crying and that horrible feeling of dread just doesn't go away. ...Read More
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I don’t want to have cancer or a bilateral mastectomy and therapy but it’s that or I die. This will ruin trajectory of my teen sons life. Don’t want others to know or be a sympathy fest.Dont want to wake up tomorrowAngry, sad....lifeless.Read More
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Hi anyone It is taking months and months for me to get hospital visits and a diagnosis. During my last appointment the dr told me it's not unlikely I have cancer... Does anyone have any feedback for me regarding my symptoms vs. cancer or something benign? Last year...Read More
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Hi, 6 months ago I was a fit healthy 31 year old carpenter, I was having the most successful year at work I've had, and generally in a state of happiness and excitement at the life I was living. Then out of nowhere, I woke on a Sunday morning in extreme pain in my ...Read More
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Anyone have experience with this? I had a complete hysterectomy due to endometriosis (left one ovary). After biopsy of removed ovary, they found putative clear cell carcinoma (meaning possibly clear cell carcinoma) cells. They can't say for sure yes cancer or no...Read More
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Recently I have been diagnosed with cancer in the right lung which has matastersized from the left kidney which was removed in 2011. In the near future I return to Canberra hospital to have scans ultrasounds and blood tests
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Seven weeks ago I was diagnosed with Metastatic Bowel Cancer. I give the name capital letters as it feels like such a huge thing it should be a proper noun. In the last seven weeks I have had a hemi- collectomoy (removal of the ascending colon the very large adenoc...Read More
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To be honest, cancer was the furtherest from my mind. I started bleeding Vaginally towards the end of January. I was a bit concerned because I had well and truly started Menopause quite a few years ago.
Naturally, I got an appointment to see a GP (my regular one ha...Read More
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I have just had Testicular cancer. I had it removed in March. Now i have to have chemotherapy. I am scared about this treatment.
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Hello to all. I am 52 years old, male, married with 3 kids. For more than a year, I've noticed a lump growing in between the jawline and base at the left side of my neck. I paid no mind to it at first, since I felt no pain or discomfort. Towards the end of 2017, I ...Read More
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