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Does anyone have night sweats and indigestion (a lot) and some breakthrough pain which is controlled with meds. I get soaking several times some nights, then other nights none. Also in the morning too. ( not menopause, I’m 66). I saw oncology registra...
Hi I am wanting to know what I might expect from my CT scan which is tomorrow. I have been on Immunotherapy and Chemo for 4 cycles and have 4 cycles to go. Has anyone else passed this stage? I want to prepare myself to know what the likelyhood of the...
Hi all I am new on this site, I was diagnosed with Bile duct cancer, in October last year 2023. Since then I have had a liver biopsy, CT scans MRI scans, Pet scan. I have also had a robotic removal of my left kidney in June 2021. It was in October...
Hi all I'm new here, and I'm waiting waiting waiting it seems to be told whether or not the tumour in my bile duct is benign or not. I became ill suddenly in April and after many years they discovered I had large stones in my gallbladder and my bile...
Hello, I am Minhchau. I am new and hoping to find comfort in each other who share the same hardship. My mom was diagnosed one month ago. She got her first chemo on Monday. She was doing great for 3 days then she got extremely tired on day 4. Is it...
Hi all My dad is having his first chemo on Wednesday (above) and wondered if anyone had experience of this type of chemo and what the likely side effects are going to be?
Hi, My dad went for his prognosis yesterday and the consultant told him he could only have low grade chemo. He is now considering not having it at all as he's worried it will ruin the quality of life he has. Has anyone got any advice on this please...
Hi a family member has been diagnosed with bile duct cancer. They cannot have surgery or chemo due to health conditions they had a stroke in 2018 and are paralysed down one side. The hospital have said they don't want to interfere with the bile ducts...
Hi, has anyone had any experience of Molecular Profiling? I have heard it’s really good in identifying specific mutations and therefore being able to provide targeted therapy even for Stage 4.
My husband is due to start chemo tomorrow morning (FOLFOX), he started getting a runny nose about 7 days ago and has had a chesty cough for the past 4 days. I was hoping it would be over before he was due to start chemo but it’s still lingering. What...
