This website uses cookies. By clicking OK, you consent to the use of cookies. Click Here to learn more about how we use cookies.
- home
- Forums
- Information and support
-
Blogs
Share your story in our online journal space.
- Online Support Groups
Turn on suggestions
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for
- Cancer Connections
- :
- I have cancer
- :
- Treatments and side effects
Treatments and side effects
Ask questions about treatments, how others managed side effects and share your experience to help other community members.
Turn on suggestions
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for
Options
- Mark all as New
- Mark all as Read
- Float this Board for Current User
- Subscribe
- Bookmark
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Invite a Friend
- Sort by Topic Start Date
|
hello my name is Jo im 49 i have been on Tamoxifen for six months and have started to have very bad side effects i feel dizzy my anxiety has worsened i have depression i already had anxiety before starting these tablets so that is heightened is this normal pl...Read More
| |
|
Wondering if anyone on here has considered or has refused treatment. In the past year I’ve had an Anal Cancer diagnosis, gone through radiation and chemo where I had to relocate to the city for the 7 week treatment away from family and friends and needing to take ...Read More
| |
|
Hi... to stink or not to stink... that is the question. So even though my radiation treatment is aiming at my neck, not my armpit, I've been told to not use regular deoderant during my treatment and get a natural roll on one. So I just searched online for re...Read More
| |
|
Hi There So at age 44, I was diagnosed with a regionally advanced head & neck cancer. It was staged at T4N2BM0 if that makes sense to any of you. It was a cancer starting on the tonsil, and had grown to the point that it was abutting the jaw & soft palate, and th...Read More
| |
|
|
Hi, I call it my main vampire because in movies you have to find and kill the head/main Vampire character in order to kill the vampires he made. In my case, my secondary cancer was found in my swollen neck lymph node... and the PET scan I had yesterday came back ...Read More
| |
|
Hi I had breast surgery on the 20th January. I have had my results appointment changed 3 times?Still waiting on pathology results.My new appt is in March. Wondering why it is taking so long.Just getting more and more worried. I know I should not but it is hard not ...Read More
| |
|
I am about to start chemo has anyone else been given doxorubicin am wondering about side effects and any heart problems
| |
|
Hi, I've recently undergone 4 cycles of chemotherapy (etoposide and cisplatin), and am now done with the treatment. so far the tumor markers are good. Currently however after a week and half after my treatment I've been dealing with ear ringing and muddled hearing....Read More
| |
|
I've been really uncertain about tamoxifen. It makes me feel weird and I'm finally losing weight since Covid started. Any tips?. And does it make you gain weight?. Had breast cancer and am done with radiation. Thanks 😊
| |
|
I have just been diagnosed with stage 1 localised tonsil cancer I want to speak to other people who have had surgery / radiation or chemoradiation combined reaching out I need some help thanks
|
Cancer Information and Support
Online resources and support Access information about support services, online resources and a range of other materials.
Caring for someone with cancer? Find out what resources and support services are available to assist you.
More information
Join the community
Cancer Council NSW would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work.
We would also like to pay respect to elders past and present and extend that respect to all other Aboriginal people.
© Cancer Council NSW 2021 Head Office Address: 153 Dowling Street, Woolloomooloo NSW 2011.
Cancer Council NSW is registered with the Australian Taxation Office as an Income Tax Exempt Charity: Charitable Fundraising Authority No. 18521.