This website uses cookies. By clicking Accept, you consent to the use of cookies. Click Here to learn more about how we use cookies.
- home
- Forums
- Information and support
-
Blogs
Share your story in our online journal space.
- Online Support Groups
Turn on suggestions
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for
- Cancer Connections
- :
- I have cancer
- :
- I've just been diagnosed
I've just been diagnosed
Share your experience or ask questions about how others coped with their cancer diagnosis, how to tell your family and friends or what to expect in the first few months.
Turn on suggestions
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for
Options
- Mark all as New
- Mark all as Read
- Float this Board for Current User
- Subscribe
- Bookmark
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Invite a Friend
- Sort by Topic Start Date
|
Hello, my name is Mel and I never imagined I would be posting on a cancer forum. Four days ago I was diagnosed with incurable bowel cancer. We currently don't know the exact spread of the cancer and will be undergoing a PET scan and keyhole surgery. I was s...Read More
| |
|
Tomorrow I get a Scan that will determine the grade whether it has spread outside the uterus to other parts. Im numbly terrified and feel suspended I dont know what to do next. And then there are the implications of covid and what impact that will have on me and my...Read More
| |
|
Hi everyone,I'm on the waitlist at my public hospital to get seen about a kidney tumour. It's small and not clear if benign or malignant. I got a letter saying to expect delays as they are busy and I'm freaking out a bit. What it it grows in the meantime or metasta...Read More
| |
|
|
So there was a royally bad cock up with my specialist referral that I discovered today. I was referred as category 3 (seen within a year) when it should have been category 1 (seen within 30 days). I should have seen a renal specialist a month ago about a most likel...Read More
| |
|
Background I had very early bowel cancer had it cut out iloestomy for a while due to covid.Had it reversed no more treatments, then my gladbadder played up and the found a spot on my liver.I am confused and devastated if they caught it early is it from that or some...Read More
| |
|
I was just diagnosed with both uterine and cervical adenocarcinoma. Stage 2. Things are going so fast. I was diagnosed on Monday and have been referred to the UVA Cancer Center for this coming Wednesday. This is where l will be treatment. I don’t know what to expec...Read More
| |
|
|
74 years old, male, I had a lung cancer screening done by the VA several weeks ago. The VA doctor called and told me I had a nodule in my left lung and I would need a PET scan. The VA can take what seems forever to get you help so I went to my family doctor and s...Read More
| |
|
Whether you’ve just been diagnosed or are living with cancer, you may want information or support throughout the holiday season. Check out the available Cancer Council information and support services over the festive period:13 11 20 Information and Support line: 1...Read More
| |
|
In September 2016, I sat in a white hospital office, with a young asian doctor saying how sorry he was. I was 44 years old, and he had just told me that without successful treatment, he expected I would be dead in 6 months time. When I first got sick, I became a p...Read More
| |
|
Finally heard that I have ALCL. But the lab is doing a FISH test . This will help with my treatment plan. I'm going in for a PET later this week. They took more blood today for more testing. Will be seeing the surgeon to have a port put in next week .Plus a echo ma...Read More
|
Cancer Information and Support
Online resources and support Access information about support services, online resources and a range of other materials.
Caring for someone with cancer? Find out what resources and support services are available to assist you.
More information
Join the community
Cancer Council NSW would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work.
We would also like to pay respect to elders past and present and extend that respect to all other Aboriginal people.
© Cancer Council NSW 2022 Head Office Address: 153 Dowling Street, Woolloomooloo NSW 2011.
Cancer Council NSW is registered with the Australian Taxation Office as an Income Tax Exempt Charity: Charitable Fundraising Authority No. 18521.