Hi, my husband was diagnosed with bile duct in September 21, originally the doctor said they can’t cure but then looking further into it they said it’s operable. So in November he went for surgery which wasn’t successful as they couldn’t remove the tumour...
My mum got a call at 7.15pm Friday night to say her bloods were in and they weren’t good. Firstly asked if mum had company and when she said yes my daughters her she replied “which one?” My mum lost her other daughter to MS years ago so not exactly the...
Following a CT scan requested by my GP, I was diagnosed with Cholangiocarcinoma and had a stent fitted via ERPC (endoscopy) a remarkable procedure, at Morriston Hospital, Swansea. I have now seen a consultant oncologist and am due to start chemotherapy...
Hi My mum has been diagnosed with a klatskin tumor. She has started an initial first 4 rounds of cistplatin/gembetacine with the hope that it will shrink on the portal vein so they can operate. She's missed the second dose of 2 of the rounds so far...
My wife got her diagnosis 2 weeks ago. Her tumour in the liver is large 9cm and she has another tumour in her portal vein and clots as well. The cancer has soreqd to her spleen and lungs too and they have said it is inoperable and chemo will only add...
I was diagnosed with bile duct cancer in December. I saw oncologist in January. Started chemo in February which has finished now . I have had a scan and tumour has not shrunk. I am devastated about this. But my concern in all of this I have not had any...
Hi my mother was told she had pancreatic cancer which had spread to liver and lungs with only palliative care. 3 days later it had changed to bile duct cancer and offered chemo. I am so confused as her bloods were good apart from bilirubin levels high...
Hi I was diagnosed in 2020 with this cancer after feeling very unwell and then getting jaundice, was transferred to The Royal Surrey hospital to see a lovely sugeon Proff Karanjia who said I would need the whipple op to hopefully take this cancer away...
My husband was awaiting a liver transplant and his doctors decided to biopsy a small 3.5cm spot in his liver that didn’t looked suspicious. This team of doctors said they needed to know what they were dealing with during the transplant. The biopsy was...
Hello all im having a hard time with side effect of the treatment and wondered if anyone else was on the same Gemcitabine and Cisplatin combination? I’ve barely started the chemo and have only completed one cycle and started the second. The second...
