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Had cancer got no friends

Hi, I just joined and can't seem to find any current posts. I'm having trouble finding out if anyone else has experienced this sort of thing: I completed chemotherapy and radiation for breast cancer in 2019. My parents and 2 sisters shut me out of their lives. Nev...Read More

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Throat cancer

Hi, Nov 2019 had biopsy found tumor 29mm x27mm back of throat. In Jan 2020 started chemo and 35 radiation treatments. Prior to that had peg fitted to stomach so liquid feeding through peg for 16months had to replace with new peg after 13 months. Started dilation pr...Read More

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Noticeable neck & head surgery

I have had an uncommon surgery that began as a sore ear. I joke that I went in for swimmer's ear and came back with a cancer diagnosis. I have metastatic melanoma which has spread through the left side of my neck. A couple of years ago I had a melanoma removed from...Read More

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Pancreatic cancer

Hi, have just joined this online community. I was diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer in April 2022 which spread to my liver. I have been having chemo ever since, though that has changed over time. I started on Folfirinox but this was modified due to side...Read More

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Sex after total pelvic exenteration.

Hi I was diagnosed with cervical cancer stage 3b in 2021, had chemo, radiation and brachytherapy and was told I was cancer free. !2 months later during a routine MRI it was found to have returned, this time I was given a total pelvic exenteration, and ended up w...Read More

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What should I do, help?

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New Transplant Patient

After two year of weekly chemo and endless trips to the Vince Lombardi Cancer clinic, I opted for the Transplant. I was pretty scared 17 days ago I started the process. Get a massive dose of chemo that wipes out everything. The next day the transplant. Then just ...Read More

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Pancreatic cancer + liver

Can I please find out how pancreatic cancer has effected other people and how there going with treatment and how there life has been like changes.How long have they being through it all.

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After Care GP Recommendation Non Hodgkins Lymphoma

Hi,I’ve joined this community in an effort to support my mum, who has non-Hodgkins lymphoma, and after failed chemotherapy, continues to be part of a clinical trial. In particular, an appeal for recommendations for GPs in Melbourne that are able to provide proper a...Read More

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Seeking conversations

1 year into treatment for small cell lung cancer.Contained for now, but only with ongoing chemo.Finding it hard at times to stay positive and move forward, not dealing well with not knowing what the future looks like.Seeking inspiration, conversations, advice from ...Read More

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