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Hi, My husband has stomach cancer (Stage 2 or 3) and will be having a total gastrectomy in a few weeks. He has completed 16 weeks of FLOT chemotherapy and is 57 years old. The surgeon will also take out some lymph nodes and depending on how the lymph...
Hi over a year down the line of total gastrectomy, I’ve lost a lot of weight but maintaining, I still have an appetite but struggling to consume calories needed daily. My main problem is constant belching , endoscopy all normal thankfully! Any one else...
Hi, my husband was diagnosed with stomach cancer July 22. It had already spread to his peritoneum at diagnosis so we were told surgery wasn't an option. However, they could offer him palliative chemo to buy him more time. He had 18 weeks of Capox chemo...
Hi. I'm 64 female and have type 2 diabetes. I went for my monitoring bloods in August '23. Surgery rang and said need to repeat bloods. After this my GP rang me in the evening and asked me to go in to the surgery the next day. I asked for a telephone...
Hello its taken me a while to post, I have been diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer on the 9th December, we made the best we could of Christmas with all family staying over. We are all devastated and broken but also try to stay positive. I start palliative...
I was diagnosed with stomach cancer in August after many many months of trying to get the medical world to take my symptoms seriously (that's a whole other story). The cancer is right at the bottom and caused a blockage leaving me unable to eat and...
Hello everyone, I have written extensively in my profile about my dad's journey with stage IV cancer dating from his diagnosis in 2017. We're about to go into 2021 and he's NED - free of disease.I hope that new members can find hope from his story,...
My husband was diagnosed on 28th December with stomach cancer which has spread to his liver. He didn't even know he was ill until he experienced stomach pain from 8th December which didn't go away. We ended up going to A&E to get a quick diagnosis as...
We were called to the Hospital an Thursday and cancer has been confirmed but they're not sure if it started in oesophagus or stomach as right on the junction. At present biopsy and CT show signet ring with poor differential T4 N0 M0 but he now has to...
Hi, my dad has lost a lot of weight since having cancer. He has had x4 rounds of flot chemo, a TG and 1 round of post op flot chemo so far. We have never seen him look so skinny and frail. All the family are worried. Does anyone have any tips/advice on...
