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Bodily changes after treatment

I have pancreatic cancer which has been held at bay by chemo and radiotherapy for over a year. Cancer cells have been knocked back from glands and bile ducts to the primary site and even that has been reduced in size. I am so grateful and I am feeling quite well...Read More

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Biopsy Question

I was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer in my duodenum which also looks to have spread to lymph node near the pancreas. The dr at a "questionable" hospital did the biopsy on thr tumor which came back as inconclusive. I thought this was odd as my dr who originall...Read More

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Fatique week 1

I am at the end of my first week of Chemo and Radiation for Tonsil and neck cancer.I could stop now.I cant even make a cup of tea.Advice?

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Fulvestrant

I have just started Fulvestrant for stage 4 Breast Cancer, has anyone had this treatment, how did your treatment go?

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Hand therapy for the tingles and numbness

Now it’s winter the tingling /numbness in my fingertips has got worse. Wearing gloves 24/7 in QLD. Has anyone had any luck with some kind of hand therapy? Worried might have some nerve damage. Massaging my own hands feel great, I’m sure it will feel better if I go...Read More

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Surgery prep and hospital tips

HiI've recently been diagnosed with chondrosarcoma and will be heading in for limb-sparing allograft surgery in mid-February. The last few weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind of activity, inactivity and a lot of emotions. Right now I'm focused on preparing for su...Read More

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Immunotherapy

Has anyone had any ongoing issues after immunotherapy. I was on therapy as well as an experimental trial drug after a mandarin sized skin/ breast cancer was removed. my body didn’t take to the therapy well being hospitalised for a week after the first and again 3 w...Read More

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Starting Keytruda immunotherapy

I am begining treatment for stage 4 bowel cancer using Keytruda in 10 days and I was wondering (and hoping) if anyone had also had this treatment and how you may have responded or any side effects I would love to know. I'm finding it quite hard to find anyone who h...Read More

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My breast cancer has metastasised Bone cancer

So depressing to hear my Her2 breast cancer has metastasised After 6 initial rounds of chemo followed by 14 more by clinical trial and double mastectomy plus lymph node removal. It didn’t work. I’m so devastated as to why it didn’t work ? No radiation. Should I...Read More

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Squamous cell carcinoma of the mouth

G'day All, I am currently 5 weeks post op following a radical neck dissection and a T2 tumour resection of the floor of the mouth. I am a former smoker of 28yrs and I was diagnosed 4 months to the day of giving up. My tumour manifested itself in a period ...Read More

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