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    Is this bad news? They asked me to come in face to face tomorrow for the biopsy results. I am panicking now

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    Warm weather affecting changing of stoma bag

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    Ocular Eye melanoma, Tantalum markers, Proton beam.

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    Worn out after looking after my wife for the last ten years through cancer

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    Advice please - having to wait over the time frame for my BCC referral. What can I do?

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