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Hi All, After what seems like forever (4 months) we have my dads diagnosis. Stomach cancer, stage 4 T3N2M1. He is 71 and due to the cancer he is quite weak and can only manage 20 paces before needing a rest or he becomes very faibt, low bp and vomits...
Hi , I am feeling so bagged up, wind or whatever it is , maybe side effect from chemo, I've had that anyway because of ulcer, anyone know of anyway of easing this?
I have an endoscopy coming up soon, and so scared it will show stomach cancer. I have symptoms such as loss of appetite, burping, fatigue (that could be because I also have post viral fatigue). Does anyone have these symptoms and it was cancer?
My wife has cancer tumour attached to her stomach wall and it’s approx 30cm x 25cm in size she is on fourth drug treatment and I am finding it hard to cope . I let her live her normal life as far as she can , after 3years of all the treatments I’m starting...
Hi, it’s just some general questions: 1) Since my gastrectomy last April I’ve a sweet tooth which I never had before. Does anybody else have the same thing? Is it normal or am I lacking in something to make me crave? I will eat a small biscuit/cake...
Just had a phone call from the upper GI nurse to say my husband’s histology came back all clear., the margins were clear plus the lymph nodes, we still don’t know the grade/stage, she said to ask at our 3 month meeting? So we’ll go with that for now....
Hello everyone, my husband had his operation 3 weeks ago today, he’s been out of hospital for 2 weeks and doing ok, he had all his stomach out. We went for the histology on Monday but it wasn’t back so have to wait another week, I asked the surgeon what...
Did any of you guys develop allergic reaction post - op to chemo, I saw in FB group that it is a thing ?
I'm never sure of the correct place to post so forgive me if it's in the wrong section, Im fairly new but I've posted a few questions so I'm just here with an UPDATE.. I am definitely to start chemo tomorrow , I will be in overnight for 2 nights, seems...
My mum was diagnosed with inoperable stomach cancer 3 years ago when she was age 81. She benefited from two different forms of chemo but in each case the cancer eventually beat the treatment. The latest scan shows that the cancer is growing. Her choice...
