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I had a melanoma removed last Nov 22 and it had travelled to my lymp nodes and they were also removed. After 9 months of immunotherapy it has travelled to my lungs. I am about o start an addiction immunotherapy and have it more often next week. However I have had q...Read More
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Hi diagnosed with bladder cancer December 2022, 5 surgeries and 12 BCG immunotherapy treatments later, I’m now at the what will I do next stage , my immunotherapy worked well, pain free no side affects and I feel well, would never know anything is wrong with me. Fo...Read More
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I don't have private health insurance so been referred to the oncologist at a local hospital and my GP referred me and said they will reach out to me. I'm scared it will spread even though the doctor said it wont be too long. But how long will i need to wait? it gi...Read More
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Hi all, well here I post. 2 weeks ago I was diagnosed with Mesothelioma. According to my doctors it is a non curable non treatable disease. I have been given 18 months. Tough call, but no good complaining. I’m a 63 year old builder who only did as I was told as an ...Read More
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Just wondering if their are any other posters who have been through what I have.I have had non-Hodgkins lymphoma, multiple melanomas, renal carcinoma (kidney cancer) and now a soft tissue sarcoma. I am still positive, but you can only get hit down so many times. Do...Read More
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I have recently been diagnosed with a cancer of the bowel. Surgery for bowel resection was to have been done 3 days ago but was postponed the day before. A biopsy showed fairly low marker for bowel cancer but high for ‘something else’. The ‘something else’ as far a...Read More
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Hello! This is not my first visit to this page as my mother is a cancer survivor which was briefly discussed here (in 2020/21, could be found on my profile). This time it is about me.I do want to note that currently there has been no talks of cancer and I hope it w...Read More
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What a week! Went to GP on Monday last week with breast pain and a large swelling appearing. I have had lumps in my breast since breastfeeding so breast lumps are not new. GP ordered an urgent mammogram and ultrasound on left breast which was done on Thursday just ...Read More
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I have had a big squamous cell carcinoma removed by wedge excision surgery. I have to have a PET scan. Does anyone know how long you stay in the tube? I get claustrophobia! More scared of this than I was of the surgery!Also, how effective are chemotherapy and radio...Read More
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