New diagnosis

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Hello- we have just heard that my husband has secondary liver cancer. His large bowel tumour was removed last year in France. His treatment was fantastic but there was no English language support for me. We have just returned to the uk permanently and it is wonderful to know we can have the amazing support provided by Macmillan. Incidentally we met on a Macmillan trek 25 years ago!

  • Hi  and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.

    I’m Anne, one of the Community Champions here on the Online Community and, although I'm not a member of this group, I noticed that your post hadn't had any replies yet. Responding to you will 'bump' it back to the top of the discussion list again.

    If you don't get any replies here, it might be an idea to also join the bowel cancer group as I'm sure you'll find people there with the same type of secondaries as your husband.

    If this is something that you'd like to do, just click on the link I've created and, once you've joined, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.

    While you're waiting for replies, it would be great if you could put something about your husband's diagnosis and treatment to date into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.

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  • Hi, Lizig. My husband also has liver mets, diagnosed about a year ago. Although family are wonderful, having this community to go to where you can just talk to and listen to  others who are actually in the same situation is so comforting. My husband has now just been referred to the palliative care team who are going to be  looking after his ongoing care, and are at present trying to find him a medication regime that will keep him pain free. I wish you and your husband well and sending hugs to you both.

  • Thank you - and to you and you husband too. Its very early days but we have now registered with a GP and he has an appt this week. I do agree about the comfort of having a community to talk to. With the initial cancer and treatment I felt a bit of a fraud feeling so bad (through nobody's fault but my own) but this time I know I need support in order to support my husband.