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By an unusual chain of events I found out I had Stage 2 Lung Cancer. I had no symptoms at all, no shortness of breath, no coughing, no coughing up blood. However, I was a smoker. I needed a medical certificate for work as I was taking Friday off, GP wanted to do E...Read More
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Hello, I was diagnosed with melanoma at age 23. It was superficial spreading melanoma INSITU. Was removed by specialist Professor John Thompson RPA. Anyway 12 years on the scar was itchy and been sore. I just noticed a large protruding lump today at the site of the...Read More
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Hello all!
Many people sign up to the Cancer Council Online Community to ask questions and you would all know from your own experiences out in the world, that it would be frustrating if no one responded to your post. And this is where you can all help!
If you'r...Read More
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Hello everyone, I’m new here, I had a skin lump on my face punch biopsied, only a small amount, and since it was done it looks like the lump has vanished.. of course google doesn’t help and said malignant melanomas can regress after such biopsy due to the bodies he...Read More
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Macquarie University and Cancer Council NSW are conducting a study on personality and the impacts of your decisions to participate (or not) in discussions in the Cancer Council Online Community.
The purpose of the interviews is to understand what impacts your d...Read More
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My wife has been diagnosed with bowel cancer and has an operation next week but at this time I am being used as a punchbag. Nothing I do is right we had a fairly volatile marriage before this happened and I am trying so hard not to lose my rag with her but she shou...Read More
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They say they care, but they seem to have zero understanding about what you're going through. They do not give you consideration in terms of the painful struggle you find yourself in. You're going to be fine, they say, and accuse you of wanting special attention, e...Read More
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Dear sisters, has anyone had Contralateral Breast Cancer? Im about to finish my second lot of five year adjuvant therapy. The Onc. Says don’t continue.The second tumour in my other Breast, I self discovered as the facility monitoring me with mammogram missed it. H...Read More
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Hi everyone, I turned 37 today. I was diagnosed with stage 3CII clear cell endometrial cancer in June 2018. I had a hysterectomy at 36, went through IVF prior and am about to take on cycle 9 of a trial immunotherapy called Durvalumab/Phaedra at Peter Mac. I am resp...Read More
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Not sure if this is the place to post or not so I’m sorry if it isn’t. I started having throat issues in September of 2018. Noticed a hard bump in my throat and a soft patch near that area. My back molar was also hurting so I went to the dentist first. The xrays s...Read More
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