Hello everyone, I suddenly lost my appetite and am finding it hard to eat or even drink. My doctor found a mass in my stomach and I’m booked for a gastroscopy in five days. She also advised me to have soups, milk shakes and energy drinks. I’m managing...
Hello, I have just joined, I have had chemo and now should be having a total gastrectomy, i really don't want it, has anyone else refused surgery? I also have breast cancer which would need to be treated whilst I would still be recovering, it all feels...
Hello! My mum (66) has been diagnosed in recent days with ‘suspected stomach cancer’. They are still not 100% certain where exactly and are doing an endoscopy soon to determine. All they can say is upper GI. She has had no really symptoms and it was only...
Good Morning, I am new to this group. I am also new to cancer. I been going thru a process of biopsy's, endoscopy's since Dec 25. I had an ESD June 24 to remove a tumour in my stomach. I am now waiting for a pathologist decision on whether or not I...
Hello everyone, my name is Alan, I'm 60 this month. I was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer on the 6th of June this year. Unfortunately due to having had a heart attack and stroke in the past I can't have surgery or chemotherapy as my heart wouldn...
Hello there New here !! My husband has been diagnosed with L Plastica the only symptom was sweating . 4 months on due to delays and cancelled tests the scans all look like it LP they tell us and it’s terminal .however two separate sets biopsies came...
Hi everyone, I was just wanting to ask a few questions which I hope is ok? I recently had an endoscopy done, as I'm having stomach pain, trouble swallowing and breathing. Now I do have gerd, and a hernia and have been on ppi's long-term. I've also had...
I initially went to the GP with food intolerance, who sent me for blood tests and scans for possible IBS. The ultrasound came back with pancreatitis, gallstones, fatty liver and a polyp on my ovaries. Also adenomyosis. She's sending me fast track to the...
Hi my husband has been told they think he’s got linitus Plastica ! I’m very scared and all the literature indicates short prognosis
I had urgent surgery to remove a ruptured 14cm GIST from my small intestine 16 years ago, followed by a hernia mesh repair as the wound site did not knit together as it should. I had 3 years of Glivec, with alternate CT and MRI scans for 10 years. Discharged...
