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Hi new to here just now found out my 73 year old mum has non treatable stage 2 cancer of liver and bowel and some lymph nodes around heart that are cancerous. Absolutely devastated praying we have time with her and that we will have this Xmas and more...
hi I claim universal credit and my partner works. he recently had open liver surgery and is recovering well. He only get SSP from work while he is off on sick leave. Universal credit are pestering him to go to the job centre to talk about his job options...
For those who have not seen my profile. I will be 79 next month. In a nutshell I have been diagnosed with Liver cancer November 2022 (8/9cm), in March 2023 was given Radio therapy but did not work, a month later I was put on Immunotherapy, until 15th...
My Dad was diagnosed with liver cancer over 12 months ago. He also has cirrhosis. He had a liver resection which we were told had been successful and he recovered well. My Dad then started losing his appetite and having a horrible taste in mouth, has...
Hello my name is Lorna , I’m 58 and just newly diagnosed with liver and lung cancer. Don’t have the exact type or details yet just that it looks like palliative care as far as my consultant can tell. I had anal cancer 7 years ago, T4 tumour which I was...
Hello all, Having been diagnosed with cancerous liver cysts, I am awaiting liver surgery. A left hepatectomy is what is on the cards for me. I am reaching out to anyone who has had this procedure and their thoughts. I am very nervous. Thank you...
Hi, I would like some advice about time scales? My partner had gallbladder/liver cancer 10 years ago, narrowly survived. I was not around then so this is new to me. He is now sick, liver blood clot & they have done mri - eventually & found lesion on his...
Hello, I am Chedly, I am 78 and was diagnosed with liver cancer in November 2022 at Churchill Hospital Oxford. I am told it is 9cm. A biopsy and subsequent scans with contrast confirmed it. In March 2023 I had SERT radiotherapy, but later I was...
Hi everyone I'm new here as I'm very worried about my husband. He had routine bloods done and his ggt and alpha were elevated and again on the repeat so he's awaiting an ultrasound . Gp says liver working very hard. He doesn't drink and isn't on any...
I found out through a blood test last April. In May I had a mri that showed ihad a lesion on the liver and it was cancer. I then had a ct scan endoscopy and a pet scan. It hadn't spread. But I had a lymph node. So the mdt decided to put me on neo-adjuvant...
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