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CLL low white cell count

I am currently having chemo treatment for CLL this is the second time in 7years.My immunity levels are very low and the same thing happened last timeLast time I had to give myself an injection at the end of each cycle but they haven't done it as yet this time.Due t...Read More

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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Just wondering if there were any other people who have had anything like this or contact with any person that has. I hope everyone is going great too, stay strong, stay positive and stay beautiful.

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The beast is back

Hello all,Over the last week I have shown some signs that something wasn’t right with my head and they were totally different to the signs before my first two removals of GBM tumoursI have just finished my 18th cycle of increased TMZ and then I started to get press...Read More

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Counter psychological effect of being diagnosed with cancer

I've recently been diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer that has metastised and am due to meet up with my Oncology team in a couple of days.Since being diagnosed I'm battling severe anxiety and depression and trying all kinds of modalities to cope with it such as posit...Read More

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Diagnosis

Hi my name is Fay. In October last year I was diagnosed with uterine cancer stage one and was operated on recently. I was diagnosed in one hospital & operated on at another hospital. I feel that this is causing a great deal of confusion for me. I was told by the fi...Read More

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Bowel / Colorectal Cancer

Hi, I'm new here and would love to hear from anyone who has , or has had, bowel cancel. Thankyou.

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Recent diagnosis

Hi I’m a mum if three who in the last few months has been diagnosed with a brain cancer.. I have just commenced radiation in the last week and yesterday was advised my mum has stage 4 lung cancer . I am really overwhelmed and not sure how to deal with all of this. ...Read More

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Left supraclavicular lymph nodes metastasis cervical cancer primary rare occurrence

Hi hoping to find..people with cervical cancer metastasis to left (or right) supraclavicular lymph nodes stage 4. Had been in remission for 3 years..just diagnosed recently with this rare occurrence 0.01%...from a stage 1b primary..feel devastated as am asymptomati...Read More

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I have survived 18 months with a GBM

This month will be 18 months from when I was first diagnosed with a GBM and I was given 12-18 months to live. At the moment I have no reoccurrence of the tumour and feel good. In those 18 months these are some of the things I have been through.2 craniotomy surgerie...Read More

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Paraneoplastic myolitis

Hi all, I was diagnosed with lymphoma last year and due to my age, the doctor was confident in a successful treatment with chemotherapy. However, after the chemotherapy sessions, I began to experience severe muscle weakness and was recently diagnosed with Paraneo...Read More

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