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I have been put forward for genetic testing as myself and my sister both with breast cancer and aged 38 and 39. My Surgeon has sent a letter to the team in Crumlin but said it could be six months before test and six months wait for results as ta...
Men Against Cancer (MAC) is a support group for men with prostate cancer. Nobody knows like somebody who has been through it.. if you would like to share in the knowledge and experience of a man who has been through a prostate cancer diagnosis and t...
hi guys just wondering if there is anyone to talk to about melanoma's. i just had one removed from my cheek 3 weeks ago today. it was a clark v 5.5mm deep. it was a lump under the skin that appeared last year but because i was pregnant (i lost) i had...
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I'm scheduled for Lattismus Dorsai Flap reconstruction soon and wonder if there's anyone out there who has had this and what their experience was? I had a left masectomy in Sept 2007 following by chemo and Herceptin. Have made a great recovery - ...
My Dad has extensive small cell lung cancer, liver and spots in his bone and brain. He has undergone chemo and never recovered from it to be honest. He is very fatigued. He started some pallitive radiotherapy yesterday for five sessions to hopefully ...
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I found a swelling in my left breast around Christams but as I was going into hospital of an operation on a shoulder problem I ignored the swelling. I went to my GP Tuesday week and she was concerned, I saw the specialist yesterday. He sa...
My husband of 16yrs passed away on May 1st. He was diagnosed last June with stomach cancer, he was only 39. He was amazing. He never let the cancer or the treatment get him down. Within weeks of starting his chemo he was back on his feet. In March th...
From someone who has come through mastectomy, chemo and reconstruction in the last 10 months, I'd just like to say thank you very much to all the women who took part in the Dip in the Nip last weekend.
You've raised much needed funds and increased a...
Why is there so little information on Kidney Cancers. I have just lost my wife to this cancer and to be honest i'm finding it so hard to deal with things right now. I have tried looking up for information on this cancer to see if we could have seen i...
Don't know why I am posting this here and I will probably delete it before morning but I just need to verbalise it.
I miss her so much.
She died in February and not a day goes by when I dont think of her and regret not telling her how much she mean...
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My Dad ahs just been diagnosed with prostate Cancer and they say that it is moderate as they did not catch it early. He has been for an MRI (which he hates as he is very clostraphobic) and thus showed some "hotspots" on his liver -he t...
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I was 26 when I was diagnosed with bc. Treatment including chemo and radiation followed. Managed fine, was very strong mentally through it. I was advised to get genetic testing done as we have a long familly history. Dianosed with brac1 and ...
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