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Eating Well

Eating well after a cancer diagnosis can help you cope with treatment. Good nutrition can give you more energy, help keep your muscles strong, speed up recovery and help manage the side effects of treatment. However, sometimes cancer treatment can make it more chal...Read More

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Escaping reality

Hello fellow cancer sufferers. A little bit of background about myself; I have advanced, inoperable pancreatic cancer and am currently going through the chemo routine. I'm 59, and I guess there's no other way to say it, really, it sucks. The cancer, the chemo, and,...Read More

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Finding friends

Hey:) in 2018 I was diagnosed with breast cancer and went through treatment. A couple weeks ago I found out it’s back and in my bones. They’ve given me 5 years with treatment. I’m honestly not on here to talk about the shit we have to go through but to find like mi...Read More

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Finding Hope in the years following cancer

I just wanted to write briefly about my experience with cancer recovery, in case it resonates somehow with you, and that you may be able to take some strength from it. You see .. for four years now, I've been waiting to die. I didn't want to acknowledge it, but I h...Read More

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out of control

so down... lost my whole past self. hair etc why am i a mess?

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Worried about a narrow tumour margin in RCC surgery

I went through a partial nephrectomy a month ago, removed a smallish (13mm) RCC tumour from my kidney. The pathology report indicated that I had a very narrow clear margin of 0.8mm. I don't know whether it was intentionally narrow or an error/misunderstanding durin...Read More

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Since getting cancer ... I smile more

It's really weird, in many ways the opposite reaction of what you'd expect .. I thought it might be useful to write about it, as many people here are coping with grief, anger, fear, and my personal reaction has been somewhat different. (Yes, absolutely, coloured by...Read More

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Can breathe for a minute till I find out if I have bowel cancer as well.

I've been a total prisoner, I feel like since September last year, after having my cancer surgery ,left lung lobectomy . My husband has controlled what I do, who I see, where and when, if I can go anywhere, including doctors visits ,that I'm not allowed to do any o...Read More

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How do you handle the immunosuppression from chemo ?

Hi ! I've just ben diagnosed with breast cancer and commenced AC chemotherapy. I am just wondering how others handle their immunosuppression from chemotherapy. Do you avoid all crowds ( similar to lockdown for COVID 19) or do you carry on and just aware of others w...Read More

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Advanced breast cancer - How often do you see your Doctor?

Hello, I’ve had breast cancer metastasis diagnosed last year. Before that I’d had five years of Tamoxifen after mastectomy in 2015. Today I’d like to ask you especially if you’re in similar situation like me.. I’m on immunotherapy (Palbocyclib. and Letrozol) for ...Read More

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