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March 2009
My wife has finished going through radiotherapy treatment for breast cancer. She is doing quite well, but she still has a lot of redness and irritation on her chest area. Some friends were telling m...
October 2009
...bout that.
First round of radiotherapy today, so at least that is starting and means it will be closer to finishing.
I wont be around so much as i know i am going to get very tired and lots of side e...
April 2015
Dr Centrelink says I failed the 20 points necessary for them to pay me a Disability Allowance and I can work 15 hours a week. Wow nice of Dr Centrelink to tell me that and its only taken him/her 8 m...
January 2013
Hi, I'm about to start radiotherapy. It seems weird as this cancer issue comes in and out for me. Huge stress upon diagnosis, then operation/recovery then back to work. Back at work, the whole e...
January 2015
my husband has had radiotherapy on his Oesopgagus and is now experiencing problems with the muscles in this area. The muscles now seem to be weak and regularly he experiences pain as if he's torn a m...
July 2015
PSA at 4.9 dropping but still affected by remnants of cancers cells and Testosterone at 14.5 and I am not on any hormone treatments. Doctors in Perth say come back in 6 months.
Seems I neglected to...
April 2015
Day 31 and with 6 more treatments left and have my bags packed ready to go back home.
Dietitian appointment and she happy that I am back to normal weight. Irritation of the urethra is very minor an...
April 2015
Urinary tract and Bowel problems seem to have subsided and not sure if it's due to the Easter 4 day break or the decrease in coffee intake that has allowed things to settle but I am happier about it ...
May 2015
2 Treatments to go and at 12:30 Tuesday 5th May otherwise known as cinco de mayo, I am heading out the front door of this hospital and going home for the first time in close to 2 months now.
Appoint...
January 2015
My husband has oesophageal cancer and is experiencing a lot of different pain. At first it was stomach pain that seems to be responding to pantoprazolem tabs. His main pain seems to be muscular and t...
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