Hi, What a wonderful tool this site is, and populated with wonderful brave people! I was diagnosed with bladder cancer in November and was treated via cystoscopy. Am down to annual cystoscopies to check for cancer. So far I’m clear Then in June 2025...
My mum was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma in February. With 5 weeks she received a wipple surgery to remove the cancer. I thought the hard part would have been the 6 weeks in hospital recovering. But since she started chemo at home it has broke me...
Hello I'm Joe from Newport South Wales I had an operation in November 2024 in which my gallbladder was removed and small tumor excised from my liver which has now regenerated. I was given 6 months chemo in tablet form as a precaution. By the end of...
Hi I’m new here. I’m just really worried about my husband. This has been going on for quite awhile. He had the usual signs of being really tired nausea itchy skin and massive weight loss. To cut a long story short it went through the system and they found...
Congrats to all reading this. God is good. Feb 6th, 2008, I had my whipple, cholangiocarcinoma. Turned yellow, after a week of tests, scans, biopsy’s …. It was confirmed. 3 days later my world changed. After a difficult 13 hour whipple procedure, I woke...
Hello I just wanted to add my story, I’m 52 years old lady and was diagnosed with stage 4 bile duct cancer with mets to lymph nodes in April 2024. I had right sided tummy ache for around 7months which I put down to stress due to a very close family bereavement...
My husband has recently been diagnosed with bile duct cancer and is scheduled for a Whipple in the new year. He’s also got a bowel cancer which will be operated on at the same time. I’m just sat here now crying, trying to get my head around how life changing...
Hi, I’m here as my mum has cholangiocarcinoma that has spread to her liver, lymph nodes and lungs. She wasn’t suitable for treatment and has outlived her initial prognosis. She is now very unwell, at home, being cared for primarily by me (her daughter...
My husband has just been diagnosed with bile duct cancer. Metastasis to the liver, femur, hips, skull. Not been given a prognosis yet, but sounds grim. We saw a private HPB consultant 3,weeks back and he thought he looked too well to have HPB cancer which...
I was diagnosed with extra hepatic bile duct cancer end of September 2025. It was discovered because I had become very jaundiced and scans showed the bile duct was blocked. Initially they were hopeful they could operate and remove the tumour along with...
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