Hello, my mother has stomach cancer with metastases to the liver and peritoneum. They are going to give him palliative chemotherapy (FOLFOX) and immunotherapy (Nivolumab) to see if it stops anything. Someone is in the same situation and can tell me...
Hi all my dad is due to start his first round of chemotherapy (FOLFOX) in a few weeks. Does anyone have any advice on managing side effects or what to take with them to chemotherapy to make it easier? He's also having a PICC line inserted.
Hi,my husband had a total gastrectomy in December and has been suffering a lot of pain after eating and drinking and has lost 7 stones.he has been diagnosed with esophagitis and now has a small intestinal bowel bacterial overgrowth known as sibbo. He...
Hi,I have been very concerned about my husband who had total gastrectomy in December. He seemed to be getting on well but developed a lot of bile reflux. For the last few weeks he has been getting a lot of pain after eating and feels like the food isn...
Hi,im wondering if someone can give advice please. My husband had a total gastrectomy in December and is recovering well but does get a lot of nausea.he isn't ever actually sick but just feels it randomly.we can't seem to find a cause as it can be after...
It’s one year today since I had my gastrectomy, for all those on this journey don’t give up you can do it!
I don’t even know where to begin, I’m Kirsty age 45 and I was diagnosed with T4NXM1 stomach cancer in September 2024. My stomach perforated and ended up in A&E having surgery where they took biopsies and a week later was told I had cancer. I started...
My husband has just started weekly treatment with Paclitaxel for 3 mths . This is his second line of treatment, the first treatment with a different drug last year, didn’t work. Anyone with any experience with this drug ? He has already lost a lot of...
So after our appointment with the oncologist today for scan results,the cancer is still stable,also no nodules on the peritoneum or elsewhere,there is still a slight swelling on the stomach wall but she isn’t too worried about that as there is no change...
My treatment plan of 7 months ( 4 FLOT chemo cycles, total gastrectomy, and 4 more chemo cycles) has taken 9 months due to a couple of complications and recent staffing shortages in the chemo unit. My last chemo started on 27th Dec. The side effects have...
