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Hi All,
This important discussion about 'Chemo Brain' has been moved across to this new thread so that more Cancer Connections community members will be able to read and respond.
Replies/Comments to this post have been listed by date with the most recent appearin...Read More
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I just wanted to know if anyone has any information on metastron. I have heard that it can be used for bone cancer pain. My dad is really suffering from the pain and morphine and radiation is not working very well.
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Well... I was so busy in 2012 with treatment and preparing to relocate for further treatment that I really didn't have time to reflect. Now I have ALL this time... with nothing to fill it.
Specialist recently allowed me a short trip home to see children. That ...Read More
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I haven't been active on this site for a while - things with my husbands GBM have been challenging but manageable. Three weeks ago he began having seizures & since then downhill rapidly (he was diagnosed in April 2010) The dilemma now is the time has come to use Av...Read More
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Hi. I am new here. I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in August this year and would love to connect with anyone using this website. I am originally from the UK - we emigrated here 4 years ago - and although my hubby & son, friends, and colleagues here have all bee...Read More
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Hi
If anyone out there has experience with Velcade for Multiple Myeloma (MM) I would love to hear from you with some advice.
I have been on Thalidomide for 2 years but my tumours have grown and are getting out of control. Worse, they have spread to my head and oth...Read More
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This time last night we were coming to terms with the fact that there multiple satellite nodules growing in my husband's head. Surgery wasn't an option, and we were heading down the Avastin route.
However, today the possibility of steriotactic radiosurgery was br...Read More
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Hi,
I am planning an overseas holiday between chemo cycles 7 & 8, but it means I would return several days after cycle 8 was due to start. Does anyone have experience with delaying a chemo cycle by several days or up to one week?
I have oesophageal cancer with liv...Read More
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Hi,
I am just wondering what treatments people use for mouth ulcers from chemotherapy. I have heard rinsing with salty water or bi carb soda is good. But how much and/or how often?
Have you tried anything else and did it work for you?
Thanks
Mandy
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In October last year I had a lumpectomy for invasive breast cancer. I am very fortunate to have had successful removal of the lump with a good clear margin. Lymph nodes are clear. I have chosen not to have radiation and I have also chosen not to continue with the h...Read More
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