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800 km pilgrimage with stage 4 bowel cancer to fundraise for cancer.

I am Peregrina. I am 68 years young. I am 17 months into my cancer journey, having survived a bowel resection, liver resection, insertion of a portacath and 6 months of the most awful double whammy chemo treatment. Some days just surviving, other days just wanting ...Read More

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Returning to walk the Camino de Santiago

I have just completed a year of treatment for stage 4 colorectal cancer which included a bowel resection , liver resection and the most awful 6 months of chemotherapy. My most recent follow up scans/tests inform me that I am currently cancer free. So, with new hope...Read More

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Persistent Thyroid Cancer

Hi friends, I had a complete thyroidectomy in May 21 and did not have RAI as was given a less than 5% chance of recurrence/ persistence. Had my check up ultrasound in January which showed 4 suspicious lymph nodes, had FNA in Feb with confirmed PTC persistence. I ha...Read More

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Cancer

I was diagnosed with lung cancer over a year ago. It feels so surreal , people say, you look ok but they don’t know the physical, mental things you go through. I have had radiotherapy, a lobectomy which I was in an induced coma for 3 days. And was psychotic when I ...Read More

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Early stage lung cancer

Hi, I was diagnosed with early stage lung cancer in May this year which was aggressive and on the advice of my surgeon I had half my left lung removed. After the operation I was told that they had not got all the cancer and that there was some cancer left where the...Read More

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Bucket list ideas??????

Hi, Just found this site. I'm a 46yr old mum who was diagnosed with non smokers lung cancer, Stage 4, in May this year.I make the point of being a non smoker as most people ( that was including me) don't realise that anyone can get this disease and the number of n...Read More

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Follicular Lymphoma

Hello I was diagnosed with Follicular Lymphoma on 19 December 2013. Is there anyone else who was put on the 'watch and wait' approach?

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Anyone Else hate the feeling of loss of control?

Hi, I have my first appointment tomorrow with the oncology team who are setting up my combined chemo and radiotherapy treatment (I have head and neck cancer)... I was looking online at wig options etc last night and looking at videos about it and for the first ti...Read More

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Lost

Hello, Im Ellah. I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Endometrial Cancer in March, had my surgery on the 23rd of March where they took out my cervix, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and lymph nodes. All have cancer. I just finished my 2nd round of chemo carboplatin and pa...Read More

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lɛftəʊvə my Prostate Cancer update

Been a while since I wandered in here. I get bloods sampled ever year and Doc says my PSA levels are below normal for my age of 69 years young. At least my Doctor has changed a few things in his clinic after my dose of Cancer was finally picked up as no one was t...Read More

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