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The waiting game! ! its killing me ..

Hey so I am new to this ... I wish I had of found it a while ago. Possibly when I was diagnosed with stage4 testicular cancer when i was 24. When i was 4 i had open heart surgery. When i was 14 i fell of a 12metre high building , and now 24 i am diagnosed with can...Read More

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Newly diagnosed T Cell Peripheral Lymphoma (NOS)

Hi there, I have finally been diagnosed with T Cell Peripheral Lymphoma, following a splenectomy on 25th June. After all the usual tests, the disease has been staged at 1A. This is great news. I am due to start chemo this week even though all scans and the Bone M...Read More

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Medullary Thyroid Cancer anyone?

Hi, I have only recently diagnosed with Medullary Thyroid cancer after finding a lump in my throat. I have had a total thyroidectomy and was told that it is a slow growing cancer with nothing to worry about. Three months later, my lump is back, my calcitonin level...Read More

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New diagnosis of BC and introducing myself

I'm 47, live in Sydney, studying and working part time and was recently diagnosed with ICD breast cancer in my right breast and DCIS in my left in September 09. Had a double masectomy on 15 October and started chemo last week with AC followed by Taxol and Herceptio...Read More

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Hi to everybody

Hi, My name is Robert, I am 61 years of age and the reason I am writing this is to say from what I have read so far I think you are all incredible brave people, I must admit being told I had a large tumor in the bladder last Tuesday, that has been and still restric...Read More

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hnpcc

Im 27 and have recently been diagnosed with bowel cancer which has turned out to be from hnpcc. I'm interested to see if anyone has any information on this especially the chances of it reoccuring in the bowel and other areas?? it would be greatly appreciated as the...Read More

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Hope

Sometimes I feel like there is pressure to always be positive about things. There are times where I find it difficult to be up beat and only see the positives. I've never felt comfortable with the positive thinking thing. I find positive thinking very rigid and inf...Read More

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Introducing myself

Hi all A month ago I was diagnosed with primary breast cancer. They couldn't save my breast and I had a mastectomy a week later. I have had my scans and am seeing the medical oncologist tomorrow to discuss chemotherapy and hormone treatment. Apart from the init...Read More

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Recently Diagnosised

Hi everybody,Last night (Wednesday) I was discharged from hospital "Prince of Wales" Sydney, after being diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer (with suspect,spots on the liver).This is all very frightening and new to me as I only went into the emergency department on sa...Read More

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New Here

Hello,I'm new to this forum, my (our) life has been turned upside down over the past four weeks.I have been diagnosed with Bowel Cancer which I did not know I had until four weeks ago.I'm married and have 3 children and one on the way so I'm hoping that I can find ...Read More

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