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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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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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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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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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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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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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Hi I was just wondering about finacial assistance as I am about to start recieving my employment income protection I am not entitled to health care card and am doing interferon (melanoma )treatment the medication is $1583 every 3 weeks plus pain medication etc .......Read More
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Has anyone else lost close friends or family members who you thought would be there during treatment? I saw this and realized cancer ghosting was a lot more common than I thought Cancer Ghosting: The Traumatic Side Effect No One Warns You About Read More
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Work is an important part of many people’s lives. Whether you are able to keep working during treatment for cancer, or while caring for someone with cancer, will depend on your personal situation. The question of when and how to tell your employer, employees or co-...Read More
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I have had two rounds of Chemo. The first one was with immunotherapy but after 3 cycles my Oncologist terminated it as said wasn’t working and down to funding. I really wanted to keep going with immunotherapy but said they couldn’t as in public system. My health...Read More
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