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I appreciate that I have achieved remission with my cancer and I was thinking about the fact that my liver, even though I have cirrhosis, managed all of the chemo drugs I've had pretty successfully. In our patient groups we often see people who die quickly when a second problem appears. As a vote

An update of the long-term follow-up results from the original 300-patient FCR (fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab) study initiated at MD Anderson in 1999, Sustained remissions in CLL after frontline FCR treatment with very-long-term follow-up, reports ~47% of patients with mutated IGHV

Hello again, the original post from yesterday and some more information and questions underneath. Thanks again for all the help. Part 1 Good afternoon everybody hope this makes sense Is there anybody out there that needs to run outside the ranges in order to feel good? At

Seeing if anyone has any insight. On May 16th my mom (62 years old) went to her cardiologist with chest pain. She did have afib for the last three year but she had that under control. When she went to her cardiologist on the 16th he sent her to the ER just because he was concerned with chest pains

Primary analyses from this phase 3 clinical trial of the investigational, subcutaneous infusion of levodopa/carbidopa (LD/CD) (ND0612) showed that treatment in doses of up to 720 mg/90 mg per day, supplemented with oral levodopa provided almost 2 additional hours per day of “Good On” time without troublesome

We’re on the med journey that I’m sure so many of you know well. My son is 7.5 ASD/PDA, originally also diagnosed ADHD with lots of anxiety. He struggles big time with emotional regulation, aggression, following routines and demands. He’s extremely verbal and social but has a hard time making and keeping

hi everyone…….has anyone gotten substantial improvement from PT and biofeedback? I had CA 20 yrs ago and now having lots of GI problems. My GI specialist would like me to try this to see if I can get some improvements. Otherwise she’d like me to see a colorectal surgeon. I’ve called many places and no

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism about 25 years ago, in my mid-thirties. For almost 20 years, I took only Levothyroxine. I realise now that I was probably depressed for the whole period. Back in 2016, I decided to quit drinking alcohol. I wasn't an alcoholic, but I was drinking every day, and sometimes

My tinnitus having got significantly worse recently, I'm keen to try cognitive behavioural therapy but am having trouble identifying a suitable therapist. There appear to be dozens of qualified therapists in my region (north Oxfordshire) but none list tinnitus as something they treat.

Hello everyone, I was diagnosed with inflammatory arthritis this past October and the rheumatologist tried to put me on Methotroxate and I kindly declined after seeing all the negative reviews about it. I’m only 31 years old and have to get fluid drained off of my knee at least 1-2 times a year. Has

Hi there, I'm Weng , 57, from Singapore. Last year, I was told by my neurologist that I have PD. The news came when I was about to retire. My goal is stay off medication and continue living a normal life. I have made a lot of lifestyle change since that fateful day. Things I do to help myself: brisk

I had 1.5 cm local, node negative breast cancer recurrence 3.3 years after my first breast cancer diagnosis. HER2+ PR+ ER+( triple positive). I opted not to have Chemo, but did have targeted therapy for the HER2+ cancer, Herceptin and Perjeta subcutaneous injections for a year. The worst constant side

Good news folks! I learnt today that there is a new drug out for uncontrolled COPD with evidence type 2 inflammation levels. This medication is called Dupixent and has been approved for use in Europe by the European Medicines Agency. Before you get too excited, of course this doesn't mean that

Good news folks! I learnt today that there is a new drug out for uncontrolled COPD with evidence type 2 inflammation levels. This medication is called Dupixent and has been approved for use in Europe by the European Medicines Agency. Before you get too excited, of course this doesn't mean that it

Here is a link to the trial on clinicaltrials.gov https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06285643?term=REGENERATE-PD&rank=1 Below is an excerpt from a news article about the trial: A new Phase II trial, REGENERATE-PD, will study AB-1005, an adeno-associated virus 2 (AAV2) glial cell line-derived neurotrophic

Hi everyone I have been meaning to post an update for months but things have been changing so rapidly, every day would have been a different story. So we did get to see a specialist who did a BM biopsy and recommended Venetoclax as a Monotherapy as his BM was 50% CLL. We were told it wasn't chemo

Hello everyone. 💙It's been six months since my mother had herpes encephalitis type 1, but she still can't stand up and is physically weak. I don't know if occupational therapy is useful or not? What should I do to improve her physical condition?

I am a 78 year old retired educator who has battled GIST CANCER for 20 years. To my surprise, An HCC tumor was found in my liver in between two GIST tumors. in my June 5 MRI. The GIST tumors were shrinking out of site thanks to be taking Gleevec, a targeted therapy drug. My surgeon could not safely resect

Hi All, I have hearing loss in both ears and have tinnitus all the time. This is a difficult challenge for us all. The doctors just put you on betahistine or amitriptyline or alprazolam or any anti depressants they say it helps reduce tinnitus or improve blood flow to inner ear. This is the same

I have already talked about this but it continues to look promising, so here is an update: https://www.urotoday.com/video-lectures/asco-2024/video-2/mediaitem/4152-secure-trial-copper-67-psma-therapy-for-prostate-cancer-geoffrey-johnson.html in a nutshell, improved Pluvicto: "the SECuRE trial for