My husband was diagnosed over a year ago with terminal liver cancer, with a year life expectancy.
Since leaving hospital with the horrendous news that day, we have had no follow up support and dealt with it all very much alone. He has been doing OK most of the time but recently had terrible sweats but with a low temperature. Is this a common symptom? He wouldn't allow me to contact the doctor and has improved today.
Hi and a warm welcome to the online community
I'm sorry to read that you have had no support since being told that your husband had liver cancer. Has he been discharged from hospital back into the care of his GP? If this is the case then it is his GP who has overall responsibility for his care but if not then he should have been assigned a cancer nurse specialist (CNS) who would be his point of contact if he needs to speak to his hospital team.
I don't have any experience with liver cancer so I don't know if having terrible sweats with a low temperature are a sign of this type of cancer but I do know that if these are new or worsening symptoms then it's important that your husband seeks medical advice as soon as possible.
I realise that as it's the weekend your husband's GP or his CNS are probably not available so you may want to ring NHS111 for advice.
You might like to join the supporting someone with incurable cancer group which is a safe place to discuss your emotions as well as practical issues about palliative care. If this is something that you think might be helpful then clicking on the link I've created will take you straight there where you can then join and post in the same way as you did here.
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