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Hello, all, I have stage IV anal cancer (squamous cell) and started 2,000 mg Xeloda per day ten days ago. Fortunately, I have little nausea. My problems have been exhaustion and feeling very stressed-out. I've discovered a way to make both side effects more tole...Read More
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I’m posting this to gather some info for my partner. She has a colorectal cancer. There may be an option for surgery and there may not be...Hoping to hear anyone’s experience that may have had colorectal surgery. What their staging was, how the operation went , how...Read More
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Early last year I was diagnosed with stage 3 uterine cancer, and immediately began chemo and radiation treatments. Immediate side effects included "unimportant" things like weight loss (i was overweight) and hair loss. Side effects that showed up later, however, we...Read More
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has anyone heard of patients after treatment of left tonsil chemo/rad that they contracted macular degeneration in that eye above the tonsil my eyes were in perfect condition since i got a new contact lens and eye exaim prior to left tonsil cancer and 4 lymphs and ...Read More
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Hello, I am now almost 8 weeks since I finished treatment. I had chemo x 3 (Cisplatin) plus 35 radiation. It was all targeted at my lower jaw (soft palate, tongue, tonsil etc). My hair along the base of my skull and up a fair way of my skull all fell out and is sti...Read More
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Hi I'm 50 and in March was diagnosed with DCIS breast cancer. I had a mastectomy on my left and due to Covid was unable to have my right mastectomy and recontruction done yet.Specialist put me on tamoxifen but was having trouble coping with foggy brain so after 6 w...Read More
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Hi, My mum has recurrent stage 4 Ovarian/Peritoneal cancer and she's getting to the end of her treatment options at Peter Mac. So far she's had primary debulking and chemo, then an immunotherapy trial, and now PARP inhibitors. Her CA125 is starting to creep back up...Read More
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Hi everyone,I just had my first injection of Zoladex today...I completed my chemo and radiation for breast cancer last May and my period recently returned after more than a year. my oncologist recommended I take Zoladex with tamoxifen to suppress my ovarian functio...Read More
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When i was looking into this, there felt a lack of actual experiences so I want to detail mine.First, I had brain surgery weeks ago. I became a candidate for gamma knife which is more targeted than whole brain radiation so I agreed to do it.This experience was scar...Read More
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Hi everyone,
Today marks 4 weeks since I discovered I had a brain tumor that was about the size of an apple in my front right lobe. The tumor was only discovered after I had a seizure and was taken to hospital where they carried out a scan and discovered it was th...Read More
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