Hi all, hope everyone is feeling okay and holding on. My mother ,71 years, has been recently diagnosed to have HCC liver cancer, with one met in vertebra. It's non resectable, she also has many co morbidities, diabetes, obesity. I stay and work in UK, She is in India, my brother is looking after her. She had symptoms of nausea and lack of appetite for 3 weeks that's all, picked up on ultrasound then HRCT, biopsy. It's been so difficult to process this. I have been reading a lot it seems so scary. They have advised to start Lenvatinib which has started to show the side effects like high BP, sore mouth, diarrhoea. Awaiting to have final biopsy result as there was dilemma between HCC or cholangiocarcinoma and neither seems to be better though...We are awaiting to start immunotherapy called durvalimumab. Has anyone taken/ this. Does It have any better effect on symptoms, less side effects, better quality of life? Better survival ? This is so overwhelming. I can't concentrate on work, children, or anything. Every morning It feels if this was a bad dream and hope not true but it is. It feels the time is clicking...how to cope with this? I'm really struggling and feels helpless. Just wanted to share.
