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I was dx in 1998 with aggressive stage 3 colon cancer. I lost quite a bit of my colon and had six cancerous regional lymph nodes amongst the thirteen removed. My surgery was followed up with 48 weekly doses of chemo enhanced every second week with 9 tablets of leva...Read More
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I was reading thru some of the blogs and just burst out crying. It seems so long since the big change happened in my life. being on CANCER CONNECTIONS helps so much confirming we not alone. So much in the news recently about celebs having a double...Read More
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HI I'm hoping to find some mums who've had b/c and gone on to have children. Also those affected by the whole coping with life post cancer season, of which I still struggle with. I had 2 partial mastectomies at 34, then IVF, then chemo (AC and Taxol dose dense whic...Read More
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Two years ago today I had my first chemo session. Beforehand one of things that bothered me was that the people there would know that I was scared and I don't like it when people know I'm scared. The reason they would know that I was scared was simply because, obvi...Read More
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Hi everyone,
Re introducing myself to you all after a quiet period online. Im Annie Miller and Manager of the Cancer Survivorship Unit at Cancer Council NSW. Put simply our unit is here for you to "Help Life get Better" and if we cant directly assist you we can ce...Read More
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I was diagnosed with melanoma at the age of 23, I'm now 26 and although on the road to recovery, it has been a very lonely journey being young and from the country...
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Hi Everyone,
Survivorship can present us with lots of challenges, and the end of treatment is not always a time for champagne and celebrations.
Trust me ….. I know.
I’m Pauline, a (very slightly) neurotic mother of 2 young adults with a belly and nose ring, who ...Read More
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When's survival survival?
I was diag'ed with follicular lymphoma stage IV in April last year, and underwent 6 months of chemo in a medical trial (BRIGHT study). Whilst I'm in full remission right now (and was half way thru the chemo!), I'm still part of the study,...Read More
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‘What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, right?!’
This is one of the most important lessons I have learnt from my fight with cancer. Seeing the look in my doctor’s eyes as he broke the news of my diagnosis is an experience that no 26 year-old ever wants to face....Read More
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I'm Fiona, a single mother of two children (12 and 9) and I have survived Thyroid cancer. I had a severe case, as it was misdiagnosed in 2007 and thankfully found and correctly diagnosed in late 2010. I have had my whole thyroid, 66 lymph nodes and tissue surroundi...Read More
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