Hi all, My wife has just being discussed and we are now waiting ro hear about our treatment pathway. An operation is definitely on the cards followed by some medication. Post a endoscopy to determine if it has breached the stomach wall. It's been...
Hi everyone I was diagnosed with stomach and bowel cancer stage 4 advanced and inoperable and terminal. I had to fight for treatment as I was refused chemotherapy April 2022 and told I had 6 months to live. I fought my corner got my chemotherapy and...
Hello everyone, I’m having to make a decision about accepting immediate chemotherapy after a gastrectomy, or to delay until cancer recurs. My surgery was several weeks ago and I now know I’m at high risk of a recurrence. The chemo offered is FLOT...
Hi everybody Has anyone on this forum had a granuloma patch turn cancerous? I recently had some lung nodules turn cancerous so now I worry about a granuloma patch in my stomach turning cancerous. The consultant doesn't seem interested in monitoring...
Hi I'm very much at the beginning of this journey and glad to join this discussion group. I've had a T3 stomach cancer diagnosis after having had a loss of appetite and some burping. I've now gone through the endoscopy,CT and PET scan with a laparoscopy...
I was diagnosed with stage 4 peritoneal and omental mets. Offered chemo but surgery not option. Is this usual procedure, is surgery doable if good response from chemo? thanks for your responses
Hi all, I recently started experiencing hiccups and then burping following an ear grommet procedure where anaesthesia was used. The burping came with some acid reflux. I did a stool sample which came back clear but then I had an endoscopy done which...
Hello Husband was diagnosed 1st June with stomach cancer. It's stage 3. No spread. It's at the junction of the food pipe. Chemo starts 19th July. (Flot.) Then surgery. Then chemo again. They're hoping for cure. I'm so terrified. As you all understand...
Hello, I was first diagnosed with stomach cancer in March 2023, had a complete gastrectomy plus roux-en-Y procedure in June which showed some lymph node involvement and cells still in the upper margin so I’m waiting to see oncologists to discuss further...
Dear All, I wonder if anybody experiences like I do, stomach pains, sweat, pains on either sides of the lower back, sometimes when I eat. I don´t know if it´s to do with the amount of food I eat, how fast I eat or the type of food I eat. I try to...
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