by Leanne Talbot | Feb 6, 2025 | Patient Stories & Experiences
Name: Tim Neuroendocrine Cancer Primary Site: Stomach – Type 3 Centre of Excellence: Kings College London Date of Diagnosis: September 2024 – Tim’s Story: An Unexpected Start My NET journey started, like so many others, by accident. Early in 2024, on...
by Leanne Talbot | Jan 23, 2025 | Patient Stories, Patient Stories & Experiences
Name: Davinya Neuroendocrine Cancer Primary Site: Small Bowel and Lung Hospital: The Christie NHS Foundation Trust – Davinya’s Story The Unexpected Discovery My neuroendocrine cancer story started as a result of a ‘stair-diving’ incident in January 2024....
by Leanne Talbot | Jan 10, 2025 | Patient Stories, Patient Stories & Experiences
Name: Melanie Neuroendocrine Cancer Site: Lung NETS (also known as Typical Carcinoid Lung) Hospital: Diagnosed at St George’s University Hospital London* Date Diagnosed: March 2020 – The Beginning: When Life Stopped My story starts when everyone’s...
by Leanne Talbot | Dec 11, 2024 | Patient Stories, Patient Stories & Experiences
Name: Margaret Watt Diagnosed: 2018. Primary Site: Small Bowel UK NET Centre of Excellence: Glasgow Beatson – Introduction My name is Margaret, and I am grandmother to four beautiful grandchildren: Owen (18), Paige and Payton (14), and Poppy (2). Six years...
by Leanne Talbot | Nov 21, 2024 | Patient Stories, Patient Stories & Experiences
Primary Neuroendocrine Cancer Site: Pancreas NET Centre of Excellence: The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester – Living with Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Cancer I’m writing this in November 2024, and at this moment in time, I aim to find a way to live with my...
by Leanne Talbot | Aug 7, 2024 | Patient Stories, Patient Stories & Experiences
Name: Leanne Neuroendocrine Cancer Site: Primary tumour in my rectum and metastases in my liver and thyroid. Hospital: Newcastle Freeman Hospital – Initial Diagnosis I was originally diagnosed in August 2019, with a primary tumour in my rectum and metastases...