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Hi everyone, My husband was diagnosed just a year ago of oesophageal gastric cancer (OGC) he had 4 rounds of Flot chemotherapy then a partial gastronectopy and then 4 more rounds of the Flot. He had complications after his surgery and still has them...
My husband was diagnosed with stage 4 peritoneal 13 months ago , he has had 14 gruelling rounds of chemo . He had every side effect listed . we have been to Basingstoke and been told surgery is not an option for him . The tumour has now doubled in size...
Hi All i’ve been diagnosed with secondary peritoneal cancer and have been given a life expectancy of 6-8 months. Your stories all sound so promising but do you all have primary PC? mine came from oesophageal cancer which was treated in September 2018...
PMP diagnosis confirmed 23 August. Full CRC/HIPEC in about 3 weeks.
Hi everyone, I'm 44, just been diagnosed with Stage 4 peritoneal cancer, only symptom was tiredness. Being told that I'm bizarrely well physically. Have been scheduled for 23rd to begin carbonation and pacslitaxel I've consented to do the brca test...
Hi, After having a right homicolectomy, removal of the caecum and lymph nodes in Dec 2021 then chemo for 4 months I was clear for 3 months. My current diagnosis is metastatic colorectal cancer with peritoneal disease. I'm in my 3rd cycle of palliative...
I’ve been going through cancer since 2021 no symptoms of any kind and was diagnosed at stage 4 high grade endometriosis. Had 3 rounds of chemo then complete hysterectomy then 3 more chemo and sent home all ok. 9 months later back with 11 litres of asistus...
My sibling has just been diagnosed with liver and peritoneum cancer. He's very frightened and thinks he's going to pass away. He hasn't started treatment yet and an operation is not an option. What can he expect, regarding treatment, pain and life...
My mum was diagnosed with peritoneal low grade serous cancer 2.5years ago. She had some chemo that seemed to react positively and things settled for a short while. However, the cancer is not acting in a low grade manner, it is slot more aggressive...
Hello ,I had bowel cancer 2yrs ago and had a tumour I called Albert removed ,long story short the beasties metasisied in my neck and peritoneum I've been on imunatherapy for 12mths and it's stopped them from spreading but the side effects are seriously...
