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Hi everyone, I was diagnosed in April at stage 4 no options for surgery just palliative chemo. I’ve done 6 sessions and been on a break for nearly 3 months had a scan last Friday and worried they are not going to offer me any more treatment, even though...
Good morning after having a stomach removal surgery for a cancer tumour in June 2022. Unfortunately my cancer has returned in my peritoneum. This has been said to me as a terminal situation. I have thought about a second opinion from a specialist cancer...
Hi Guys and Dolls Just an update on my journey so far from my last update . Now been informed that what i call bile is my body creating enzyme Spelling ? which breaks down the little food i am eating . Going to try a oral suspension sulfate solution...
Sorry guys, I posted another post before this one Does this black cloud ever go away . I had my stomach removed in August this year . I feel fine except trouble with bile , and a feeling of never knowing if it could come back Had my inlaws up from...
Hi all my 35 year old partner was diagnosed 2 weeks ago with stomach cancer, ct scan is back and they said it’s stage 4 and tumour is 10cm at the junction of his stomach and oesophagus. Now he has a pet scan next week as they couldn’t see he’s liver...
Hi wondering if anyone can help . After 4 rounds of capox ( daily capecitabine tablets and 3 week cycle for oxaliplatin infusions ) I have had side effects from the oxaliplatin where I struggle with the cold . Including throat spasms and tingling in hands...
Hello everyone, I am Jill and I am 31 years old and has been recently diagnosed with Stomach Cancer. The diagnosis came as a surprise because the symptoms I had all happened in a span of a month and I was told it was stress or IBS until I started becoming...
Hi all! I don't go on here all too often but I wanted to offer a quick update on my Mum who was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer last August for anyone who has come on here also with a similar diagnosis. She is on first-line chemo still and will...
Got my stage 4 terminal diagnosis 10 days ago. First Oncology appointment next week but I’m still numb. I’m a poet, a man of words; but I can’t find any that cut anywhere close to how I feel. Outpouring of love from family and friends since the news broke...
Hello everyone,Well after 1 cycle of capox which my husband had a severe reaction too.Then started folfox and was doing fine,got 2 cycles and then a scan and we were told it wasn’t working,also Nivolumab not working.So now trying Docetaxel as second line...
