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Your space to discuss the impact of living with cancer. It can help to share with people who understand.

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    Bladder Cancer BCG Treatment - 10 days after finishing I developed muscle aches everywhere. 3 weeks on & it hasn't changed. When will the pain start to go away?

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    Breast cancer triple negative

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    Feeling overwhelmed - I've had cancer twice and now supporting my husband.

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    Stage3 cervical cancer and spread to lymph nodes

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    Results next week following surgery to remove ovaries, omentum and hemicolectomy. I'm only 34 yrs old.

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    Triple negative breast cancer - struggling with my emotions whilst waiting for my diagnostic tests. I just don't think it's sunk in

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    Anyone living with Essential Thrombocythaemia?

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    New bruising 6 weeks after lumpectomy

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    Advice on abnormalities seen on cervix

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    Radical cystectomy - 4 months on and recovery is still up and down. When will it get better?

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    Waiting on my mammogram

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    Bladder cancer - referral and next steps

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