posted by ciaraf
18 February 2016
Just got told it's not curable
Last reply:
17 June 2016 21:42
Hi everyone,
My name is Ciara and my mum (52) was diagnosed with stomach cancer in June 2015. She was put straight onto chemo with the idea that the talk of surgery would be had further down the line. The oncologist we had at the time was very pro surgery which obviously made us feel like this Cancer was something that could be cured. However, 8 months down the line, and after countless rounds of chemo (which has kept the cancer stable) we have a new oncologist who has told us that we should have never been led to believe surgery was an option and that there is no actual cure for my mums cancer. She is going to be starting on a new antibody treatment which will hopefully keep it at bay, but we are left reeling. I don't know how long you can live with stomach/gastric cancer? Scared, confused and devastated all at the same time and I don't know what to do.
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