About a month after I started a course of oral chemotherapy (Capecitabine), I developed symptoms that were similar to hay fever: head full of mucus, runny nose, runny and sore eyes, increased deafness. However it was November and I've never had real hay...
Hi - has anyone any experience of actually having this done? I have stage 4 Bile Duct Cancer that has metastasised to the peritoneum and I am looking to get this procedure done.
Is anybody else on Ivosidenib/tibsovo if so how you getting on re side effects etc
Just had a phone call from my nurse, confirming that the biopsies have shown that the cancer's there. She's going to get in touch the oncologist for an appt asap also with the Macmillan nurses, so looks as though is this the start of the end
When newly and suddenly diagnosed with bile duct cancer and due to age and general health surgery is not an option do people ever come home again from hospital?
Hi folks, well here goes and my 1st experience of this procedure, what a one it was!! Was welcomed by the Radiographer assistant, he assured me that 10/12 mins would complete this, erm thank goodness i did not take it all in!! He phoned to notify...
Hi may I ask if anyone has had successful chemotherapy and immunotherapy for bile duct cancer and then went onto have a whipple operation please ? thank you
Hi, We've just received my partners scan results. It's a bit confusing. He's been told that he has a small lump in his liver (near the top of the liver at the back near 3 Major blood vessels) and it can't be cut out because of the location, so the only...
Hi has anyone got any advice for living with (I hope temporary) external bile drains? I had part of my liver, bile duct and gall bladder removed a year ago to remove the cancer and have since had various post operative chemo/immunotherapy treatments...
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