Hi, my mum has recently been diagnosed with bile duct cancer, she is 79 and independent lady. She has been recommended whipple resection surgery which she has turned down, because of the complex procedure and yea she worries she will lose her independence...
Hi everyone am new to I the forum ! I have been diagnosed with liver cancer stage 4 after 2 previous breast cancer occurrences in the last 3 years. Devastated and still numb !! am still awaiting full liver biopsy results but not looking good I suspect...
Hi everyone. Well this is a place I didn’t expect to be, but i guess that’s what everyone else first thought too. My dad was recently diagnosed with bile duct cancer after going back and forth to his surgery for a year, with various symptoms and feeling...
Hi, I'm new to the group and in my mid-40s. My story started back in the summer of 2021 when I suddenly had a pain in the ribs on my right hand side after dinner. Various things happened along the way with costochrondritis diagnosis, taking ibuprofen...
Hi there My husband has recently been diagnosed with Bile Duct Cancer and his prognosis is not good at all. He is going to start palliative chemo next Friday, and hopefully his biopsy will show he has a mutant gene which means there is some other sort...
Hi there - strange question coming up! We have been told to wash our clothes separately. Flush the loo twice. Does anyone else follow this procedure? What about crockery and cutlery in the dishwasher? Any guidance on the above would be great and also...
Hi. Where do I start? I am 48 years old with 2 kids (14 years and 12 years). About a 7 weeks ago I was having really strong wee which I put down to dehydration. I then developed about 4 weeks ago itchy skin, again i just put it down to the warm weather...
Had Whipple procedure in April and now on my forth session of Chemo tablets with another four to go. Felt really daunted about the operation but it was no where as bad as I had envisaged. Staff at the Queen Elizabeth in Birmingham were absolutely marvellous...
Hello. I have recently been diagnosed with intrahepatic bile duct cancer with metastasis to liver and lymph nodes. Unfortunately surgery is not an option, so I will be offered some form of palliative chemotherapy. I had biopsies taken last week, and I...
Hi everyone - I’ve been lurking for a while as it’s been raw but feeling brave today. I was unwell (being sick, strong urine and generally feeling unwell) back in March 2023 - after trying to get a GP appointment and failing I called 111 - they sent me...
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