Hi
I am new to this site and hoping someone can help. My partner has recently been diagnosed with liver HCC (about 3cm in size). He has cirrhosis of the liver which was caused by unknown Hep C caused by a tattoo which he has since beaten. Due to his history he gets regular scans to see all is ok...and this time it wasn't. We have only ever met with a specialist nurse who keeps changing which isn't helpful but 4 weeks ago we were told about the cancer. They advised that the consultants would get together and discuss his case and he would then be going for a liver ablation and that should get rid of it. NOPE...got a call today to say that this was now not an option as the tumour is so near to his gallbladder (he has gallstones which he recently had to be admitted to hospital with) and the surgery would be too risky. So the option we were then given today by the nurse was TACE treatment and for him to go on the transplant list! We have a meeting at last with his liver consultant on Wednesday to have our first face to face consultation. What i don' understand is why can't they just take his gallbladder out and then do the ablation, is that not less risky than a liver transplant?? Can we go down the route of live liver donation? His daughter and also other members of his family are prepared to do this. You can probably tell we are feeling completely lost as to what this all means and we don't seem to get any firm answers from anyone. Other than his liver history he is fit and healthy, does that help?
HELP
Hi and welcome to the online community although I'm sorry you've had to find us.
It must have been a tremendous shock for you both to hear about your partner's diagnosis. As my cancer was a different type could I point you to the liver cancer group where you can ask questions and get support.
To join just click on the link I've created and then choose 'join this group' on the page that opens. You can then post your question after selecting 'start a discussion' and respond to existing post by clicking on 'reply'. To save you typing it out again just copy and paste it from here into a new post.
When you feel up to it, it would be really useful if could pop something about your partner's journey so far into your profile as it helps others when answering or looking for someone with a similar diagnosis. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Edit Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
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