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Has anybody experienced a difference between public and private cancer treatments?
My personal experiences involved private doctors rooms staffed by doctors and secretaries, and a private hospital with no oncology department, only one day room for chemo and one n...Read More
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Hi Everyone,
I hope you're having a good and side-effect free day!
For those of you receiving Radium, I have a question: Did you get a permanent/semi-permanent tattoo, or just a mark/dot/crosshair type thing done with a marker that lasted a few days and then came...Read More
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I had a Hepatic flexure tumour (adenocarcinoma) discovered in my large intestine, subsequent Right Hemicolectomy then 14 cycles of Chemotherapy and have had 3 CT scans (Chest/Abdo)and another one is coming up soon to monitoring for any abnormalities. Been in the c...Read More
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Hi my name is steve 3 weeks ago l had Radical Prostate Surgery l'm recovering very well haveing a few probbs but iv'e been told they will improve over time..My tests came back and the gleeson score was a 9 but my surgon told me all the lymph nodes he took out came ...Read More
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im carolyn and im 35 and i have suspected bc my doctor cant find it but i started bleeding and i had both breasts and weight loss and i was sent for ultrasounds and other tests but at the moment im seeing a surgeon my doc thought I was cutting them myself
if you w...Read More
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So - most of the time I try and remain as upbeat as possible, and really have faced this whole Cancer diagnosis by way of avoidance - I go in, get blood taken, get pumped full of chemo, go home, and do it all again a week later. I think because of my long family hi...Read More
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Good Evening all,
So, I have Chemo again on Wednesday. My Chemo nurse Maureen and my doctors keep suggesting I get a syringe driver, or pump, so that I have a continuous flow of morphine going in to help with pain etc. I'm a little worried about it as people seem ...Read More
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Hi everyone,
I hope you're all doing well and feeling the best that you can be!
So tonight something very weird happened, and has happened a few times since the first incident.
I've had a slight cough (my daughter has a slight cold, so I probably caught it from ...Read More
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I have adenocarcinoma oesophagoeal cancer and may have to have a removable type stent put in shortly. I would like to make contact with anyone who has had this procedure mainly to find out how they got on with it and if there were any complications etc.
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Hi everyone,
I live in Darwin and I am undergoing treatments for my Breast Cancer for the second time.
Originally, I found a lump in my right Breast in 1998. I had the lump and sample Lymphnodes removed. Then I received three months of Radiation treatment.
Then...Read More
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