Hello. I have just been diagnosed with terminal bile duct cancer. They say it has spread to several other organs. I have agreed to have chemotherapy because they say that without it I only have about 5 months left. I need more than that to get my affairs in order. This is all such a shock because I have absolutely no symptoms. It was only found out through something on a routine blood test. The list of possible side effects from the chemotherapy is terrifying. I am 75 years old and live alone. All my family live a long way away or overseas, but I do have a wonderful group of friends who all say that they will be here for whatever I need. I am not much good with technology and am not on any social media platforms. I also have not got a posh mobile phone, only one that just does calls and texts. So that's where I am today.
Thank you.
Hi Alone with this and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
It must have been such a shock discovering you had terminal cancer but it's great to read that you have a wonderful group of friends supporting you.
As you know, the online community is divided up into different support groups and I hope you don't mind me suggesting that you join the living with incurable cancer group which is a great place to talk to others who, like you, have an incurable diagnosis.
If this is something that you'd like to do clicking on the link I've created will take you straight there where you can then join and post in the same way as you did here. You can also join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
Sending (((hugs)))
"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
