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Penile Cancer - looking for other sufferers

Hi , I have recently had a full Penectomy due to stage 3 Penile Cancer and also had lymph nodes in groin removed. I am looking for other patients or fellow sufferers of this type of cancer that I can talk too, maybe meet up,with , have a beer or two etc .

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Hi! New to this forum.

Hi everyone! I'm new here and would like to meet people going through the same experience as me. I was diagnosed with endometrial cancer in July. Had a hysterectomy 2 weeks ago and was told the stage had changed from 1 to 3B as the cancer had spread. I will be sta...Read More

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Post thyroidectomy

Hi everyone. My name is India and about a month ago I had a full thyroidectomy. My recovery has been good and I'm finding the thyroxine to be working well (have been changed from 150mg to 100mg) but my doctor has now referred me to the royal Brisbane hospital to ...Read More

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Hello - I'm new here. Looking for other guys to chat to about Prostate Cancer treatments.

Hello members, I am having a bit of a hard time wrapping my head around the various treatments. I was offered two paths: A - radio, brushing, hormone (and maybe surgery) or B - Surgery (and maybe hormone). I'm vey afraid of Hormone treatment side affects - bu...Read More

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Starting treatment again

I've just finished around 18 months of treatment after my shock diagnosis of rectal cancer. Tumour removed, ileostomy reversed, radiotherapy and 5 cycles of chemo all done. "Remission" at last! You kind of forget how much pain all that caused, how your life is n...Read More

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New member - non - Hodgkins Lymphoma

Hi everyone. I'm new to this and it would be great to hear from others. I'm 35 and was 19 weeks pregnant when diagnosed. They initially thought it was a Crohn's disease flare up but scans amd a biopsy confirmed the cancer. Had a 15x9cm mass on my righ adrenal gland...Read More

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New to this

Hi I have just been diagnosis end with bowel cancer in one of the lymph nodes. I am finding the stress of not knowing how bad this is the worst. The surgeon just said I need to heal from surgery and then go from there with chemo. I find the not knowing and waitin...Read More

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IVC Filter complications

Hi all, I am new to the site, well I did join two years ago but with the meds I was on I dont know what user name I used. I am 32 and living in Perth with my hubby and young child. We were living in Kalgoorlie when I was diagnosed with a High-grade Sarcoma in my ...Read More

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Hello

Hello... I'm new here too. I am about to undergo a bilateral mastectomy with a DIEP reconstruction. I have had a lumpectomy for some cancer in my left breast and am positive for the BRCA2 gene mutation. I'm feeling a little terrified about the surgery and would lov...Read More

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Liver resection - surgeon/surgery. Options???

Hi, my husband is in his mid 40's and has bowel cancer (removed) with 4th stage liver mets.Initially the surgeon advised that the number - approx 14 & size of the tumours meant surgery was not viable but may be possible if treatment shrunk the tumours enough. We ha...Read More

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