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Recent diagnosis

Hi I’m a mum if three who in the last few months has been diagnosed with a brain cancer.. I have just commenced radiation in the last week and yesterday was advised my mum has stage 4 lung cancer . I am really overwhelmed and not sure how to deal with all of this. ...Read More

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Left supraclavicular lymph nodes metastasis cervical cancer primary rare occurrence

Hi hoping to find..people with cervical cancer metastasis to left (or right) supraclavicular lymph nodes stage 4. Had been in remission for 3 years..just diagnosed recently with this rare occurrence 0.01%...from a stage 1b primary..feel devastated as am asymptomati...Read More

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I have survived 18 months with a GBM

This month will be 18 months from when I was first diagnosed with a GBM and I was given 12-18 months to live. At the moment I have no reoccurrence of the tumour and feel good. In those 18 months these are some of the things I have been through.2 craniotomy surgerie...Read More

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Paraneoplastic myolitis

Hi all, I was diagnosed with lymphoma last year and due to my age, the doctor was confident in a successful treatment with chemotherapy. However, after the chemotherapy sessions, I began to experience severe muscle weakness and was recently diagnosed with Paraneo...Read More

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I have cancer and have been diagnosed

Hi everyone I have just recently been diagnosed once again with 2 brain tumors on both sides o f my brainand are 2cm size, what I am asking from anyone who can help out it would be great.What has or does anyone know what has happened when they were in tbe same sena...Read More

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Helping my family deal with my cancer

{Quick diagnosis summary; Back in April, I had my first seizure with an unknown trigger. The follow up MRI a month later showed no changes but 3 weeks ago an MRI showed significant changes and I was diagnosed with a blastoma in the right side of my brain. The biops...Read More

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Exercising during cancer treatment

Did you know that exercise has been shown to help both during and after cancer treatment? Exercise can help you manage some of the common side effects of treatment, speed up your recovery and improve your quality of life. If you are thinking about starting an exerc...Read More

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A mental side effect - fear of mobile technology & sugar

Hello! Yes I have cancer I wont do the into-story. Just wanted to talk about a mental side effect I was not at all prepared for! Has anyone else's brain thrown-up somewhat irrational fears? My fear isn't debilitating at the moment - honestly cutting sugar out of m...Read More

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12 month check up after thyroid cancer

Hello,It’s 12 months since I had a total thyroidectomy (in two parts) and RAI. Now I am having a checkup with a low dose rai so I am off the thyroxine. Has anyone else been through this?I just can’t keep up physically the way I used to. I almost feel like my chest ...Read More

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