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I would like to know from some one out there that has gone thru the above treatment. I have my first infusion on the 14th February this year. I have been extremely tired is this just a phase I am going thru or will I always feel like this. Mind you before I ha...Read More
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Hi all – I MADE IT!! Week 7 is officially done and dusted, I’m through my second round of chemo-radiation treatment for throat cancer and will soon be on the mend and starting to get back my mojo, with only time sitting between me and a confirmed cure.
The lates...Read More
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Hello. Thanks for letting me join your forum. I had a sigmoid resection a little over 3 weeks ago with robot assistance due to cancerous polyp. I did not have a colostomy. After about a week my stools started to form but i started noticing dark marron blood on pape...Read More
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I thought it would be worthwhile to share my journey on this side effect.I would wake up from a deep sleep unable to breathe with a windpipe constriction that was similar to the body reacting from a drowning response. Pretty scary at first and freaked my wife out b...Read More
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In Jan 2018 I went to the doctors with only a little brown spotting that occasional happened over the previous 2 months. & Not having a Pap smear for a while it was time to go. Not my usual doctor I sent this one into a spin, she sent me off to a gynecologist...Read More
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In 2015 I was diagnosed with right breast cancer and had a mastectomy. I am now considering left breast mastectomy for prevention and for my congenital lower back medical condition/pain.
I am afraid and was wondering if there is any differences in recovery between ...Read More
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Hi my name is Alyssa. I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in April last year. My experience with cancer so far has been a wild journey. I had trouble managing my side effects of nausea and vomiting. And I also lost conditioning in my muscles and had difficu...Read More
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My father has bowel cancer with possible spread. We have been told he is unsuitable for surgery and chemo due to him having copd. I keep reading about immunotherapy but when I ask his dr I get no joy, can anyone help in any way at all, this is particularly bitter b...Read More
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Double Mastectomy, side effects and be aware during different recovery yearsIn 2015 I was diagnosed with right breast cancer and had mastectomy.In 2020 I am considering left breast mastectomy instead of reconstruction because of prevention and congenital lower back...Read More
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Hi all- Happy to report that nine months out of treatment I seem to have gotten the Face and Neck lymphoedema controlled using the lympho massage, swallowing exercises, upper body high repetition exercises and judicial use of red root lymph detox. My face is ...Read More
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