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  • July 2, 2014 at 3:36 am #83422
    marions
    Moderator

    Patzel…..I agree with your suggestion. Perhaps you can start a specific thread titling it: Scotland or whatever you choose. We will then ask Rick to “sticky” it and we then compile all information in one place.
    I will help in any way I can.
    Hugs,
    Marion

    July 1, 2014 at 2:12 pm #83421
    patzel
    Member

    Hi,
    I was not thinking of “another” forum… perhaps an area within this forum? Even to use this thread to communicate about our specific needs might be helpful.

    What do you think?

    July 1, 2014 at 6:42 am #83420
    clarem
    Spectator

    Hi Lainey,

    I’ve missed you all too. My excuse is a lame one but life’s a bit calmer now!

    July 1, 2014 at 1:36 am #83419
    lainy
    Spectator

    Hi, Clare, my friend, I missed you! Thanks for bringing up AMMF great idea. AMMF is already proven to be a fantastic forum for support in the UK. Good advise for everyone there!

    June 30, 2014 at 9:41 pm #83418
    clarem
    Spectator

    Hi Patzel,

    Good to see you. I’ve shamelessly neglected the forum over the last 4 weeks due to work commitments and having to go abroad. It was here and AMMF I came to for help and support (still do) as we all know to well there is a lack of good advice. What kind of forum were you thinking of? I’m not sure going by my track record recently how easy I would find it to keep track of another forum!

    June 30, 2014 at 12:30 pm #10248
    patzel
    Member

    would any of the UK patients (and caregivers) be interested to form a sub-group or any other way of regular communication?
    We will probably all have the same problems such as limited access to treatments which are standard in US and Europe, NICE guidelines which question treatments which have been approved in other countries, lack of experience in medical staff with this kind of cancer, NHS funding problems (for interventional radiology, especially in Scotland), limited access to trials…

    Talking from own experience: could you believe that it was me who had to investigate suitable treatment options to get our oncologist to look into them? Some treatments the oncologist had never even heard of… (not funny ones, just standard procedures in other countries)
    Could you believe that it had to be me (and I am not a doctor!) who had to look into side effects and risks caused by medication which my husband was on for a long time and make suggestions to the doctors to change to medications with less severe side effects. Some stuff he’s been given over a period of many months (some even years, although should not be used over a period of 10 days) are metabolised via the liver and caused problems which now can be controlled with a much less harmful drug…

    I think it could all help us if we compare our situations (what stage, how treated, which complications, how were they treated, alternative treatments to control side effects of for example pain relief drugs etc.).
    One major problem is (especially in rural Scotland) that you might have an oncologist “in charge” who is supposed to oversee all treatments you get but he might be far away and you cannot consult him when you experience any problems. So if you have major side effects to a treatment it’s the GP you see who is hopelessly overchallenged by making the right decisions due to a lack of oncology background… a vicious and sometimes life-threatening situation

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