still slightly “in limbo” ……had endoscopy yesterday ……no obvious cancer was found but extreme inflammation, polyps and some suspect tissue which has been taken and sent for histology . I’m relieved ( of course !) to know nothing is obvious …but now...
Hi I am jo, new to the group, joined on behalf of my dad my dad was diagnosed on the 22nd December 2022 gastric cancer with strictures in the oesophagus stage 4, he has been told that he is not strong enough for surgery or chemotherapy due to being...
Hi everyone Currently awaiting surgery to remove stomach and section of small bowel due to having hundreds of fundic and tubular villous adenoma polyps in stomach those biopsied some had low grade dysplasia and some high grade dysplasia (cell change...
I’m still in a limbo just now as I’m 99% sure of diagnosis……from GP but have endoscopy to confirm on Friday this week . I guess I know really ( ex breast cancer sufferer ) but it’s a bit daunting and I’m already in pain with nausea and “inner chills...
Mr partner had been having stomach pain for a good year, but despite multiple tests it took him not being able to eat anything and getting another endoscopy a year later on for the cancer to be found. Metaticized now. Chemo only option. Also getting immunotherapy...
Hi to everyone of you including carer's helping with cancer sufferers. Ive been diagnosed luckily i believe very early with localised stomach cancer inside the stomach ONLY. i start chemotherapy next week and it would be good to hear from those who are...
Hi, I’m new here and I’m trying to work out what is going on with my family member - I don’t cope well without you facts and obviously I need to protect my family by not charging at this like a bull in a china shop, which is my M.O. I was told a little...
Hi my mum has just been diagnosed with cancer , it started in her ovaries and has spread to stomach , she is going for a meeting to discuss chemotherapy treatment tomorrow , are there any questions she should be asking ? Any advice would be appreciat...
I really dunno what to do or surport I'm 27 years old female. my mum is 54 but got told today my mother only got a year to 18 months to live she got a rare form of stomach cancer where chemo will only give her a extra 2 months to live.my dad my mother...
Hello everyone, I'd just like to share a situation I'm fretting about. A few months ago I was diagnosed with h pylori in my stomach. I took medication which cleared it but my stomach problems persisted so I was referred for a gastroscopy. I had this...
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