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Treatments and side effects

Nivolumab and Ipilimumab Dual Therapy....continued

This is a follow up to the post I submitted between July and October last year. Hope that one proved useful to those contemplating immunotherapy. Following the four rounds of Nivolumab and Ipilimuab I had six weeks off. The side effects were quite minor and wore of...Read More

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Vocal cord cancer and mucus

Hi allI will make this a quick post. I was diagnosed with displasia on my vocal cords last December. I was told that would lead to cancer so I entered into the radio therapy treatments after minor throat surgery and had 37 radio therapy treatments over 7 weeks and ...Read More

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Blender recipe ideas

I was just interested in some good receipes for the blender if you drink a healthy drink using blender please reply. Thank you. Needs some good healthy ones.

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Diet and lifestyle that definitely helped healing during treatment

Hello all,First, sorry for my English, English is only my second language.I want to share with you our experience with breast cancer (and I truly hope it helps with most cancers). More than ever, after this experience, I know that cancer (like most disease), is the...Read More

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Peritonectomy and HIPEC

Hi there, I am having a peritonectomy next week and a bit anxious about it. Would love to hear of any tips and tricks for recovery and hear from anyone who has had this surgery and it’s success. Thanks

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Chemo acne

I'm 3 rounds in with 5fu chemotherapy. My skin is full of pimples on my face, in my hair, my chest, my back, my butt cheeks. My mouth is starting to feel more sensitive. I have 3 more rounds before my next scan to see how I'm traveling and how effective the chemoth...Read More

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Question about QML Pathology & Vaccinations - not really cancer related, only indirectly.

OK, so, my family - we have a small nest of problems at the moment, and we're muddling through.1) my business is travel insurance, and with the collapse of the travel industry, it's fallen over, rendering us financially a bit distressed.2) I have cancer, and there'...Read More

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Xeloda side effects

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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Colorectal surgery

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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Your experience with Keytruda / Pembro? Nervous.

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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