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His next appointment at the hospital was to find out how far the cancer had gone and how long we could expect to be together.
The consultant didn’t look as grim as I suspected he would be and his first words had us both thinking.
He said “I have some good news and some bad news for you, first of all the bad news, you do have cancer” this of course we already knew so what could the good news be! Read the rest of this entry »
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Liver cancer is a deadly disease and can affect anyone who has particularly a history of drinking or a family medical history of liver problems and hepatitis. The functions of the liver include metabolizing fats and carbohydrates and proteins, exuding bile and enzymes that help in digestion, and removing harmful materials from blood. Read the rest of this entry »
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The surgeon revealed that they had cut out the blockage which was due to the cancer; they had cut both sides and rejoined it. It was an entirely successful operation. John was home seven days later and much better.
There had been talk of chemotherapy but the specialist kept putting it off, as it was rare type of cancer he was interested in seeing how it progressed. This worried me a lot but John was relieved at not having to go through it.
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In the following months John lost a lot of weight which had me convinced there was something seriously wrong, my best friend and my brother in law died of cancer and the weight just dropped off them and John was going the same way.
The hot flushes were getting worse and he was becoming frightened to eat they made him feel so ill. Finally they decided to give him scan and this is when the cancer came to light, they found cancer in the liver and the small bowel.
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Johns problems began about ten years ago not serious ones more worrying. He started getting hot flushes after eating about once or twice a week, they didn’t last long but we couldn’t understand why as it is usually women who suffer from them.
He also started getting diarrhoea more often than is normal but we put that down to something he had eaten or perhaps a bad pint in the pub on his weekly nights out.
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A devastating blow was struck when my husband received the news that he had cancer. The specialist told him that more tests would have to be done before they could tell him the actual results.
Knowing how he must feel at this terrible news I should have been strong and supportive but instead all I could think of was that he might be leaving me in a matter of months and I couldn’t take it.