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Looking for some light in the darkness. Am so so frightened & lost - feel like giving up. Diagnosed with gallbladder cancer after routine keyhole op to remove it. Spread to liver & aorta lymph nodes in stomach. incurable and inoperable. Given 6 months...
Hi, Please bear with me as I am new to this support network. My dad is a retired GP who was working as a very health medical consultant until the age of 73. He is currently 75 and was in April this year diagnosed with stage 4 cancer of the gall bladder...
My mum was rushed into hospital 3 months ago. She was jaundiced with stomach pain and this was the first time cancer was mentioned. They thought it was liver cancer. She had a biopsy and they told her there was no cancer there. Great - we thought. Then...
Hello all, Today I was finally informed of my date for surgery. It will be September 12th, so very soon, relatively speaking. My gall bladder is being removed, along with sections IV B, and V, of my liver. I am enormously apprehensive about this,...
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