Anyone suffering with late effects from childhood cancer?

Hi. Are there any childhood cancer survivors on this forum who have suffered with later effects? I'd be interested to chat to others if you have, I had ALL as a child and having some problems now and wondered whether these may be after effects.

Update: Hi everyone so I wrote this post years ago. I think what made me put the post at the time was possibly more conected to other another condition which I think in my expereince was linked to other life events and not nesscairly a cancer after effect but I guess we're never know. Either way I can't believe this post is still active after these years and I think that shows how many people are effected by after effects and I think this needs to be more widly recognized. But Im glad this post has brought so many together and helped people to support each other. 

you can't seem to delete posts here but people still seem to be commenting and finding it helpful so I guess i'll just leave it anyway. 

 

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  • Hi Anonymous,

    Thanks for sharing your story and I do hope other childhood cancer survivors will come along and talk to you about the later side effects they experienced. I am sorry to hear about the heart problems you are having. Have you seen a doctor and mentioned your symptoms?

    Feel free also to ring our nurses' helpline on this free number 0808 800 4040, Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm and don't hesitate to talk things through with them. 

    Best wishes,

    Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator

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  • Hi Anonymous,

    Thanks for sharing your story and I do hope other childhood cancer survivors will come along and talk to you about the later side effects they experienced. I am sorry to hear about the heart problems you are having. Have you seen a doctor and mentioned your symptoms?

    Feel free also to ring our nurses' helpline on this free number 0808 800 4040, Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm and don't hesitate to talk things through with them. 

    Best wishes,

    Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator

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