I hope you all have had as good as Xmas as possible . I managed to get through the holidays with no sickness and eating pretty much normally , not much to drink though lol... However whilst I have no real pain I am now getting a profound feeling of...
Hi , I have a pyloric stent fitted meaning there are some foods I can't eat the main one being bread , , I am trying to find a convenient substitute to replace bread. I really miss being able to make a quick easy snack like a peanut butter or cheese sandwich...
Hi, I am looking for some advice/help. My dad currently has stage 4 gastric cancer with peritoneal metastasis. We were told it couldn't be cured, but could have palliative chemotherapy to prolong his life. He has since started XELOX, with iv given every...
The visit itself was very positive - the scan is clean. But as I am a computer specialist, it just hurts me very deeply to see what the poor doctor had to go through. This is a new oncologist for my husband, the one he had pre-op has retired (and good...
Yesterday I was taken into the endoscopy as a urgent case , food was not getting out off my stomach resulting in constant vomiting , after a extremely grueling and very unpleasant procedure of clearing out my stomach and fitting another stent , this time...
I saw my oncologist today because of eating probs reflux and bouts of vomiting, he has concluded I have a uncommon condition caused by nerve damage to the nerves that control my stomach. He has cut short my Oxaliplatin treatment but is continuing the...
I am in hospital atm with some probs and wondered if anyone else has suffered similar...(adenocarcinoma, pyloric stent). For nearly the last 2 weeks i have been feeling bloated , and reflux even after the smallest of meals, it was suspected there was...
Hi to everyone here, I thought I'd post a brief update on my Mum who has been living with her cancer a little over 2 years now since her diagnosis. She was diagnosed in 2022 with inoperable stomach cancer and is HER2-negative. She is on her second-line...
I have been felling bloated very gassy ( both ends lol) eating and drinking difficult just so uncomfortable ...spoke to care team last few days was told to keep hydrated use Laxido so I don't get bunged up ....tonight small piece fish potato hash ..made...
I am on chemo , immunotherapy and oral capecitabine. I have been told that grapefruit juice is not to be drank as it may interact with the chemo lol...how about grapefruit squash it is my favourite ..thanks
