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Depression post cancer

I am 63 years old. I am now cancer free. Bowel cancer and liver cancer. Chemo and operations. Now 7 years remission. I should be happy. The effect of cancer on my life has changed it forever. No career, no normal way of life. The side effects have destroyed a...Read More

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Nasal congestion post chemo

I began chemotherapy for breast cancer in the middle of October 2018, finishing in March this year. From the start of the year I experienced continual severe nasal congestion for six months. After using a neti pot, it got significantly better for a time, but still ...Read More

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Inbetween my bowel cancer

43 is young for bowel cancer in women, but with a my family history of cancer I was about to begin a long journey in Oct 2016...Today I'm INBETWEEN My tests are good but still a CT every 3mths and the port flush every 6 weeks....but I'm not well enough to go back t...Read More

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Hair care for cancer patients/survivors and their families

Hello everyone.My name is Ruairi. I am a hairdresser with 25 years experience living in the Northern suburbs of Melbourne.I am also a cancer survivor. I was diagnosed with Non Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2010. I underwent Chemotherapy and 2 years of maintenance therapy/R...Read More

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Cancer Fraud

Hi, I am a 32-year-old mother of two. I had been having some health problems and ended up needing a hysterectomy. When the pathology came back from that, it was discovered that I had endometrial carcinoma. A month after my hysterectomy, I had to have a second surg...Read More

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Radiation

I'm having Radiation for Breast Cancer, I had the simulation/planning process in mid September where they marked the skin with tattoos. Now my treatment has started, when I lie on the bed & get in position, can anyone tell me why they need to put more on my skin d...Read More

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Getting espophageal stents removed

Hi there, I am just coming off chemo for stomach cancer. I had full stomach removal and partial esophagus removal. Surgery was done in Thailand as this is where I have been working/living/have family. The main surgeon put in a covered stent at the time of surgery t...Read More

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Highlighting Pancreatic Cancer more.

As an 8 year survivor of pancreatic cancer I'm so happy to finally hear that pancreatic cancer is in the spotlight more. More funding from the government has been great news, the prospect of a pancreatic cancer nurse through donations and many more things, big or s...Read More

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Life after total glossectomy

I'm 67 years old and was diagnosed with tongue cancer mid 2017. Since then, I've endured two rounds of radiotherapy (8 weeks, then 6 weeks), and my most recent surgery involved a total glossectomy. My lastest check up was a week ago and given the all clear.I'm very...Read More

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Life after treatments..

Hi there, August 2018 was at times I feel like the best month of my life. It was the month that saved my life. August last year, at the age of 38 I got diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. This was after exactly a year of doing all sorts of tests for my stomach pai...Read More

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