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Sally Moon - Living With Cancer
My family has just lost a great friend following a long fight with cancer. She spent the prime of her life just keeping ahead of the disease. Following her career, the ability to have a family and enjoying stable relationships wer...Read More
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Hi...has anyone heard of the Australian plant called Gumbi Gumbi...we have been told it is used as traditional medicine for Indigneous Australians.
A friend has suggested it as a natural therapy for cancer....has anyone used this or know where to buy it.
Thanks
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Hi all
Still trucking along on my second course of chemo-radiation for head neck cancer, having just wrapped week 5 of 7. Latest vlog tracking my progress is up on YouTube at https://youtu.be/ZH1TeGQinmo
Cheers
Shane
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Hi, Its been a while since i have been online. Let me re introduce myself.
My name is Cathy I am 29 and 12 months ago i was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma Multiforme grade 4. Since than i have had 2 brain surgerys, 6 weeks of radiation and 6 months of chemo.
I am v...Read More
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Hello all,My surgery today seems to have been a great success . My neurosurgeon was able to resect the whole tumour but there was a lot of edema around the tumour.i am writing this why lying in CCU ( critical care unit). I am bored lol The surgery was for a tumour...Read More
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Hi there - I've just passed from week 4 to 5 of my current treatment round for head neck cancer (HNC), involving radiation and chemo. I've been compiling a weekly update vlog that you can watch by following this link - https://youtu.be/VYO3WED25c4
This week I...Read More
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Hi members - I've just posted my Week 3 update, heading into week four of my second lot of chemo radiation for head-neck cancer. In this vlog I've provided a break down of the $262k my treatment has cost so far, including my out-of-pocket expenses, the public syst...Read More
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Hey, we're not dead yet, are we ? With cancer hanging over your head, it's easy to forget that. You start mentally winding a shroud around yourself, trying to bite the concept of mortality into digestible portions, reach a place where you can make peace with it. ...Read More
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Hi everyone. I'm 46 and had a radical prostatectomy just under 4 weeks ago. I'm still getting erections (not as strong as they were, but strong enough), and my libido has remained strong. Surgeon said we could have non-vigorous sexual activity from yesterday. We di...Read More
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When I was going through my radiation treatment, I would make little jokes. I figured the staff did a pretty grim job, and I might try and make it more human for them, smiles not tears, G'day, how you doin' ? I vividly remember the first lady leading me in there (...Read More
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