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Hi there, I was diagnosed with cancer in the gallbladder which spread to the liver about 6 weeks ago. I was told it was terminal and decided not to go down the chemo route. I have lost a lot of weight and felt the chemo would take me before the cancer...
My mother who is in her 70s has been under consultant care for her non alcoholic fatty liver disease with cirrhosis for the past 10 years. She was diagnosed with HCC in May this year and after initially being told they were putting her on end of life...
Hi. I'm new to this forum. My name is Sarah. I've been told today that I have 4 tumours on my liver. It is thought that they have come from my colon cancer which I was diagnosed with in 2019 and finished chemo in Apr 2020. I've also had breast cancer...
Hello My mum had breast cancer 5 years ago. She had two operations to remove the cancer followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment and got the all clear 9 months later. Since then we have tried to live our lives to the full and be as positive...
I know I’m jumping the gun as I’ve only just been diagnosed with secondary liver cancer. If I am lucky enough to have surgery, I was wondering roughly how long the recovery takes?I have two dogs and am really worried that I won’t be able to look after...
Hi all. I am new to the liver cancer forum, but was part of bowel cancer one. Unfortunately my hubby had rectal cancer and recovered quite well after his operation with a few ups and downs, this was in 2021. On his 6 month check up they informed him...
Hi everyone I was just wondering if anyone could offer me some advice, or share their experience. I had bowel cancer which was removed surgically in November 2019. My recent routine scan has shown liver cancer. The hospital believe it has been growing...
My mum has been battling with cancer for the past 3 years. Sadly, it has now got the better of her and there is nothing more than can be done. we’re finding the support at this stage is almost non existent. The doctors don’t want to know, and refer us...
My hubby who has just turned 50 had the diagnosis yesterday although we knew it was cancer from his scans etc he has primary liver cancer and secondary lung cancer it's incurable and can't be operated on. They have offered chemo to try and manage some...
Hi, My dad was diagnosed with liver cancer at the back end of last year and has been having chemo since November last year.It hasn’t spread from the liver and the chemo is managing the tumour currently after the results of the last scan. It was always...
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