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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...
Hello! I was diagnosed with secondaries in the liver, in October. It originated from a sarcoma on my kidney two years ago when I had to have the kidney removed. I have been having three monthly scans at UCHL ever since and In September they spotted 12...
Hi, Just wondering how you cope with the wait for results and treatment options. I had colon cancer surgery and my 6mths chemo finished at Christmas. My post chemo scan shows liver cancer but until my MRI and PET scan results come back I don't know...
I’m not really sure how this works, so please accept my apologies for making a mess of this. I’m looking to check in on Court and Sazmac. I haven’t been on the site for a while as I’ve been trying to sort myself out! Can anyone tell me how to get a message...
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...
My husband has just been told his prostate cancer which was diagnosed over 3 years ago and has now spread to his liver, We are waiting for a meeting with the Oncologist to find out the stage of cancer and what treatments are available, He is not well...
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?
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