Hey you lovely people. I would really love to know what types of chemo you’ve been offered/had, and whether or not it’s been successful. As I’m now embarking on my third cancer diagnosis, it appears that this will be the most likely scenario for me. I...
Hello. I have only just joined this group I was diagnosed with secondary liver cancer and bowel cancer which is not operable. I'm on chemo tablets. Feeling very scared and isolated .
Me again. Does anyone have any websites or places to browse to get practical tips on some super foods to help fight this hideous disease? I know it’s fresh fruit, veg, whole grains etc and basically a balanced diet but I’d like to know more. I think my...
Hello. Where do I begin..... Husband is type 2 diabetic and currently lost 4 toes with gangrene. While having his big toe amputated in hospital he had a ct scan and it accidently picked up a growth on the bowel...shock!!! Further MRI scan has now confirmed...
I've finally started my treatment. I'm on Folifiri and Vectbix. So far so good. I'm at home on a pump till tomorrow then that is 1st one over. Starts again in a fortnight. So far so good (very early days) but as I only finished chemo last year for the...
Hi everyone…. I’m taking a chemo tablet for my secondary cancer (in liver now, started in kidney) called Cabozantinib and it’s giving me skin acne. Any one got any tips on what we can safely take?
After five long weeks of waiting to find out if my liver resection was successful, I phoned the hospital to be told it was. What should’ve been a wonderful time was spoiled by the fact that the hospital had known for a week, and my appointment to discuss...
Hi All I am looking for any information from individuals who have had Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR) as self paying private patients. I may be eligible for SABR under NHS England Guidelines for oligometastases but looking at the private...
I have secondary liver cancer. Sadly, my chemo hasn't worked and the cancer is growing on the liver. I now have to have a liver biopsy and then a different chemo. Apparently I have about one year left. Under the circumstances, I don't have much to lose...
Has anyone continued with Osimertinib whilst having chemo either with two drugs or 4? Also though I know everyone is completely different, did anyone have the ' aggressive chemo' and coped ok with it? My sister is being pressured to make a choice within...
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