At our Patient Day on 24th Nov 2018, Yvonne kindly told her inspiring and insightful PTEN story… Hello everyone, it’s a pleasure to be here today and to share our patient story within you all. My name is Yvonne and if you can’t tell already from the strange accent, I’ve travelled down from Glasgow in […]
Category Archives: Stories
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Aug
Aug
Michelle and Lexy share their story and hopes for the future…
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Jul
Jul
David told us his story as a PTEN/PHTS patient from childhood, through diagnosis, to now…
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May
May
Ross is in his 20’s and shares his experience. When and how did you first get diagnosed? Signs where there when I was in Primary School at the age of about 6 or 7, and they found 2 lumps and unusual symptoms. This was around 15 years ago and I was young at the time, but from […]
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Apr
Apr
Derek is in his 50’s and shares his experience 1. When and how did you get diagnosed? In late summer 2006 I saw an ENT Consultant at my local hospital (Queen Alexandra in Cosham) over Ménière’s attacks. He sent me for an MRI scan and from the results I was admitted to Southampton General on […]
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Oct
Oct
Ellie is in her 20’s and shares her experience. When and how did you first get diagnosed? They found out that my Dad had Cowdens about four years ago (when I was 22) and myself and my sister were then tested. I was then diagnosed a couple of months later and my sister found that […]
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Sep
Sep
Mike is in his 60’s and shares his experience. When and how did you first get diagnosed? Approx 2013 What symptoms prompted the PHTS/Cowdens/BRRS diagnosis? I had a number of colonoscopies and there was a tendency for polyps to be found. On the basis of this a referral was made to the genetics clinic where […]