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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've just joined this forum after being diagnosed in Oct 21 with terminal cholangiacarcinoma. I had no real symptoms.. Slight stich in right side with 2 days vomiting prompted me to visit gp. 5 long weeks in hospital before discharged for end...
Mum with bile duct cancer but really well. She went into hospital jaundiced. Stent put in. Diagnosis made with mets to liver. She is home - my life with young kids put on hold as receiving end of life care pkg. since home she has improved , now walking...
Hi everyone, I hope you don't mind me posting here today. I just wanted to let you know, in case you hadn't seen it already, that the bile duct cancer group was featured in the Community News blog in February. The blog highlights the wonderful support...
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...
Hi guys I stumbled across this forum indirectly looking for support or answers after my meeting with the specialist - (as I’m sure we all do similar. When you hear the dreaded C word. So I suffer with Crohn’s disease and I am on daily meds for this...
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...
Hi all - husband (56) was diagnosed last Dec with cholangiocarcinoma underwent major surgery with ongoing issues. First oral chemo failed and just finished IV Cisgem - where does it go from here? Scared to death- he had scan yesterday and results on 23rd...
Hi I am new on here and a bit lost as I have been told I have an Ampullary tumor they found whilst looking for a kidney stone. I have not seen any cancer specialists yet but the Consultant / Endoscopist said that he thought an operation to remove it would...
