My Dad was diagnosed with this disease 2 weeks ago and we have been told there is nothing they can do! I can’t accept that there isn’t something or someone.somewhere that can’t help.!!?? They say stomach cancer is the hardest to diagnose and more often than not had spread too far before tit is diagnosed! In this day and age this is not good enough. My Dad is a young, fit, healthy 77 year old, not a frail 97 year old! I wonder if the prognosis would be different if he was in his 30’s or 40’s!??? He constantly feels sick and when he is it obviously puts him off wanting to eat anything. I can’t bear to see my Dad in this state, any help or advice would be greatly appreciated
Hi DesperateT and a very warm welcome to the online community
I'm very sorry to read that your dad has just been diagnosed with stomach cancer and I know what a worrying time this will be for the whole family.
As I had a different type of cancer I don't know what the criteria for treatment of stomach cancer would be but have found this information from Macmillan for you on treatment of stomach cancer.
You could speak to one of the nurses on the Support Line if you want to understand more about why your dad's team don't feel that treatment is possible. The number to call is 0808 808 0000, it's free to call and the nurses are available every day between 8am and 8pm. Whilst they don't have access to your dad's NHS records they should still be able to help answer your questions.
Another option is to ask for a second opinion. If this is something that you'd be interested in doing then clicking here will take you to information about the pros and cons of doing this and how to go about it if you want to.
When you have the time it would be great if you could pop something about your dad's diagnosis into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you. 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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