Hello I’ve had liver cancer for two years, things seem to have been going well, my last scan showed all’s well, however this last week I’ve been sweating profusely, I’ve no pain anywhere in fact nothing different other than anxiety over the sweating,
Any advice please
One of the livers 500 different functions is to maintain the body at the correct temperature. Some people can feel permanently cold, while others like yourself can over heat and sweat a lot. If that particular part of the liver that controls temperature has become compromised through damage, then this will unfortunately happen.
Do you by chance have tumours on you liver?
Well last scan said not but the Doctor has yet to schedule an MRI, surely though that would be all the time mine is once a day ( actually don’t answer that one it could be anytime) food for thought,.
Cheers
Hi Bal
I had another of my liver clinic sessions at QEHB today.
I raised a concern about the fact that over the last couple of weeks I have been waking up with the bed more or less soaked in sweat. i was told this was quite normal following a tp which I have had but you haven’t, I presume. So the two may not correlate at all, but may be worth asking?
I also get day sweats from hypos due to diabetes - 3 in 2 weeks. But perhaps you don’t have diabetes.
My correlations are probably rubbish but hey ho may be worth a mention, or not!
There are lots of things that MAY cause your sweats, including, as you say, anxiety.....
Best to see your GP?
All the best.
Miles
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Matey well done , yes 20mins after diabetic hypo, my levels have been good for months , but I thought I’d regimate my routine until the oncologist decided to do something, I love the UK but people are dying here , Different deptments don’t talk to each other, I’d had terminal cancer last scan all “clear” as of 20 July 18 , now awaiting MRI despite me giving The mri results from Australia, I’m very concerned that that scan wasn’t looked at (last May performed in Oz ) which may have shown pockets of Cancer that could be felt with here , now of course being out of the treatment size
Very Bad system indeed !
Hi Bal
Apologies but just trying to get to grops with your reply! Are you Australian by any chance, or just lived there?
So
- Are you diabetic?
- Yes - I agree that different departments and hospitals don’t always talk to each other. More recently I have noticed statements like “it is up to you as patient who is resonsible for...x,y,z.!
But, to some extent, imho, it is understandable as the NHS is “free” (although of course when working we do pay large amounts of National Insurance). But when you have something like a liver transplant you really do appreciate this “freeness”. For instance I was told that, all in, my transplant cost the NHS £350,000! Then of course you have a rapidly increasing number of old people, like me 😁, who have high expectations of being repaired which is costing the NHS more and more. This is not a party political broadcast because it applies to whoever is in control (in control lol 😁)
I’m sorry for your issues especially since you have such a serious illness, and I hope you can get it sorted soon (my god, the waiting is, for me, the worst bit).
All the best
Miles
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And as friends:-
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Duel nationality, I was two when we emigrated, came ove for two weeks in 98 and stayed, I was diagnosed 2016 November 9 , given 11 months tops, no options for transplant and offered no treatment, returned to Adelaide “to die” but brother wouldn’t have it, long story short I had a SIRts procedure ( never heard of it nor offered in UK)
Tumour as of last 20 July gone 18x12 cm , of always the worries of return, hence question over sweating and statements over NHS ( oh I’ve returned and bought a place here)
May not have been a good idea
Mind you’ve gotta die somewhere!
Barry
Gosh Barry you’re having a torrid time ☹️
Hope something comes along soon to help you.
Good luck!
Miles
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Hello yes I do have diabetes,type 2 I returned from Egypt last week 29th , I live in Cornwall but ive taken a hotel room in London as I’ve had to catch up on a few things and feel generally not up to the drive back ,
three days ago I called 111 for advice on profuse sweating an ambulance was called
and hospital thereafter .
7 hours later not sweating and I talked the staff to have a Doctor write me a script.. no insulin administered at hospital but my levels lessened after 7 hours and script in hand I left blood test are fine in fact everything test wise is fine
So now I’ve had insulin for the last two days all’s been well, until waking 4 hours ago (I could water a garden with the amount of fluid I’m discharging) bed soaked of course
And I don’t have my sugar level reader that disappeared with my insulin whilst away
I’m on slow acting “lantis” insulin
What I worry about is after a prior diagnosis of liver cancer and the a radical treatment in Australia resulting in tumour disappearing on the CT scans
My Doctor over in Oz ordered a MRI this happened 28 May I then returned Early June to the UK with the results to follow
Whilst waiting for results Doctors here ordered CT and that came back clear in July
Now here are my concerns ,
I had a appointment in Cornwall and I took disc of Mri in with me (coincidentally arrived the day beforehand)
The Doctor took said disc and as it predates the CT of July he was going to order a new mri,
Now I’m thinking as he took disc,surely he would have looked at the MRI information as I had mentioned to him my oncologist in Australia had concerns about pockets of cancer but he assured me that treatment would now be available, ?
As I’ve not been asked to undergo any such treatment should I assume that my oncologist in the UK found no such pockets or is he just put my file on a pile whilst I wait on the new MRI thus meaning any cancer that could have been treated if he’d bothered to look at the MRI ?
Of course this thought pattern is due to this sweating ( you mentioned temperature control)
Any feedback appreciated
Apologies for the lengthy text
Bal
I’m still waiting for transplant and I go from massive sweats to shivery cold at the moment. During the whole summer ( not just the heatwave) I seemed to spend everyday day looking like I had jumped in a swimming pool fully clothed the sweats were so bad. So like Richard said, if it’s the part of your liver that controls heat that’s been affected then that would explain things. Take care
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