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If cancer returns

I'm tired, scared and tired of being scared.

I had my thyroid taken out late 2017 because of cancer. I am now getting radio-iodine treatment in July. I am completely aware that the cancer I have/had would be a blessing in some peoples eyes, yet I cant help but feel sad. I'm really strugging to grasp the fac...Read More

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Im angry

i cant believe i am actually posting on a site but i am just so angry and so tired if this crap. Im angry because i was given a chance and i didnt see how blessed i really was to be given a second chance. Im tired of this crap and by this i mean; being reminded eve...Read More

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Webinar: Fear of cancer coming back

We'd like to extend an invitation to you all to join our next webinar, which will focus on: Fear of cancer coming back – “What can I do to stop feeling this way?". Feeling anxious and frightened about the cancer coming back (recurrence) is the most common fear fo...Read More

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RELATIONSHIPS after Cancer

Hi I am Belle41 and last year I had sarcoma cancer of my left leg. After the radiaton and massive surgery in July I finally in September returned to work and on the first day i was called to rush down to my Dads place to find him dead on his bed. Also during this...Read More

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Does the waiting ever stop?

Hi everyone. It's almost 2 years after diagnosis of melanoma (stage 3), and 2.5 years after my cervical cancer (stage 1) diagnosis. And I feel like I'm spending my life waiting....just waiting... for it to come back or for it to be far enough behind me to be confid...Read More

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adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast

hello, how nice to have discovered this site. I was diagnosed nearly 8 years ago, and had a mastectomy. Have found my health is now compromised particularly in my sinuses. often feel like I am going mad as I worry about my health. Nice to not feel so alone.

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Strange spots and dots

Was having a part of me ultrasounded and the sonographer noticed a spot somewhere else. A couple of days of tests and seeing a new surgeon followed. It jolted my partner and I out of the kind of comfort zone we'd ended up in after 5 years of no evidence of disease...Read More

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When you get a call to say the doctor wants to see you. ....

Why do those words instil so much fear in you when you have tests the previous week - tomorrow lunch time will tell if my cancer has returned after only 3 months in remission

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Anxiety

I have survived bowel cancer stage 1 by having my large bowel removed in July 2014. The drastic surgery I opted for has given me permanent re plumbing and due to surgery complications almost killed me with a long stint in intensive care.....but I have since recover...Read More

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Surviving the waiting game

Hi all I'm new here, beware my verbal diarrhoea is about to begin. In March this year my cancer was removed from my bladder in what I can only describe as the most traumatic experience of my life. I was 20 weeks pregnant at the time and fortunately they got it al...Read More

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