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In this National Volunteers Week, I was asked “Why do I volunteer?’” Having been working full time for many years I dropped down to part-time but wanted to keep my brain active and also give something back. I considered several things but in particular, I...
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Following diagnosis in 2013 I was on watch and wait for two years before needing surgery in April 2015. In the few weeks leading to surgery, I confided in a friend of my nerves. She looked up cytoreductive surgery on the internet and immediately came across an article...
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Not being a straightforward pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) patient, I started life out as a supposed irritable bowel syndrome sufferer, how wrong! Turns out I had bowel cancer. After receiving chemo after an emergency operation in August 2016, a small liver lesion...
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I’m tremendously grateful that my first experience of the charity and online community of Pseudomyxoma Survivor was with a most wonderful volunteer. It was nine months following a pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) diagnosis and six months following surgery. In those...
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I became a volunteer for Pseudomyxoma Survivor following my own diagnosis of this rare appendix cancer. I was 42-year-old busy wife and mum running a household and working full time as a GP and Associate Medical Director. My life was full of busy. I’d volunteered as...
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In December, Susan and Angela have been asked to present at the EuroPMP International Workshop on pseudomyxoma peritonei. It is a privilege to be asked to present to this network of experts from many fields, including surgeons, pathologists, oncologists, radiologists,...
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