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Appendiceal Cancer

I last contacted this website last September when I went on a little rant about waiting for surgery for suspected Ovarian cancer. I was very anxious about it at the time and gained some relief by discussing it. I cannot remember now which page I connected with so h...Read More

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Pancreatic Cancer

About two months ago I was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer plus two lesions on my liver. I am taking part in a clinical trial and have had two treatments with Gemcetabine. Is it unusual that I have no symptoms? other than jaundice which has been corrected with th...Read More

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I'm new to this forum...love to hear from ppl with PNET :)

I'm a 52 year old mum of two beautiful kids - 18 & 20. I have PNET - Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumours. I was diagnosed in May 2012. I have mets to my liver, where I had 4 tumours. They pretty much wrote me off saying it was inoperable and have about 12-15 months. ...Read More

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Today was diagnosed stage IV ovarian cancer

Just feel like I've received my death sentence..after nearly 5 years of surgical removal of ovarian cancer tumours I have been diagnosed with stage IV Ovarian cancer and am being urged to under go a strong chemo treatment. my cancer is so rare that there are no cas...Read More

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FOS - Insurance Claim Dispute

An insurance company has ceased my income protection claim due to failure to supply requested information. However, some of the info requested is simply not available and other requests are unrelated to my income, so undoubtedly the dispute is headed for adjudicati...Read More

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Hi to all

1st timer.this is new to me, still experienting with the computor

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Cancer Friendships in WA wanted

I have made some friends from this site one particular good friend and mate, hi Keith. I live in the metropolitan area of Perth WA and have inoperable pancreatic cancer. As prior to my finding out the "Good News"!!!!!! of my PC I was working mainly FIFO and theref...Read More

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Travel insurance for bucket list event

Given our "pre-existing condition", can anyone recommend a travel insurance provider that gives you a fair go when it comes to the medical side of the policy? I am planning to travel to Thailand in February and am having a hard time finding decent coverag...Read More

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Recovering Taste After Radiation

Recovering taste after radiation was like the Holy Grail to me. I wanted to be normal again, to enjoy food again. It does happen, but very very slowly. It has been such a struggle – both emotionally and physically. This article on recovering taste is what I lear...Read More

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Medication and supplements

Well, my partner's gone and I have some left over medications (unopen) and a truck load of supplements that he bought both opened and unopen. I haven't gone through all of them yet but I don't think I'm going to take or keep all of them. Just thought someone may wa...Read More

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