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My mother has been recently diagnosed with a rare form of Stage 4 Gastro cancer. The diagnosis was made 6 weeks ago at a Western Sydney hospital.
Since the diagnosis we have been shuffled between lung specialists, gastroenterologists, been mistakenly given a r...Read More
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Hi all, thanks for listening my story. My father has diagnosed with duodenal cancer with stage 4 in May 2018. One year past, we had 12 times chemo therapy and another twice new drug chemotherapy, totally 14 times until now. But it seems the tumour progresses now. ...Read More
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I had a mastectomy & axilliary lymph node clearnce April2018. Followed by chemotherapy &radiation. Cancer large 8cm Hormone receptor( Oestrogen ) Oncologist also prescribed Anastrozole for 5 yrs. My lymph nodes all returned negative results. I have had two negative...Read More
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Hi, I had surgery on 25th March to remove enlarged lymph nodes on the side of my pelvis. They removed about 3of them and found cancer, they removed 80% of the cancer and planned 5 weeks of radio therapy. Last week the hospital informed me that I have othe masses go...Read More
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Hi, I’ve been told to have radiation for the cancer in my brain (its in other areas also).So I have to have one of the masks - could others please tell me their experiences?I‘m terrified of wearing the mask. Thanks.
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Hi all,Just on October 23,2018 got operated with tongue cancer, was grade2 tumor had neck dissection and all my 4 lymph nodes results came negative now moving ahead with radiation therapy, so here to undergo and understand what side effects to expect from all thi...Read More
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Hi everyone. Due to start chemo in a few weeks after having a lumpectomy. Any tips or stories to share on your experience and how to best get thru it?
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Hi all! Happy New Year! I'm new here, just wanted to reach out to others in the same boat regarding treatment options for your experiences/opinions. I'm 39, was diagnosed with breast cancer 3 months ago, I've had three surgeries (wide local excision and auxiliary n...Read More
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Hi Fellow Living With Cancer Champions, As, I write you may feel the nervousness as this is my very first time `ever' putting myself out into the ethernet sharing my thoughts so.......here I go! Found out in mid October 2018 that I had 2 cancers low down in the bow...Read More
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Would love to hear from anyone else in the same boat, I have had surgery to remove a large tumour which was in the tail of my pancreas, along with my spleen, and am on a 6 month course of chemo, oral and intravenous through a port. This is all so scary and so mind ...Read More
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