Recently Diagnosed

[chimdale]

Hi There.

Frankly terrified right now. My wife and I just found out that she has three masses, two in her liver one near a rib. Largest in liver 15.3 x 10. We found out on a Friday night, so nobody to talk to until Monday. Is this treatable for your understanding?

Thank you for reading

[Rshc]

I am so sorry you are going through this. I don’t know the answer to your question but I couldn’t just read and not respond. If you are not able to talk to your own consultant on Monday I would recommend calling The British Liver Trust helpline for advice, they are very helpful

[chimdale in reply to Rshc]

I will and thank you

[AyrshireK]

Hi Chimdale, sorry to hear about your wife's situation, hopefully you will find out more from her doctor very soon. I know you are in the USA so we can't advise on what the treatment situation is over there but for a general overview on liver cancer and possibly some information on treatments the British Liver Trust has recently launched a liver cancer specific page at:- livercanceruk.org/ which may be of some use.

Wishing you both all the very best,

Katie

[chimdale in reply to AyrshireK]

Thank you for the link

[Readlots]

Hi, it is really scary when you first hear news like this. I can’t say whether it’s treatable in your wife’s case, only her doctors can do that. What I can say is that they can do amazing things now. My Dad had a liver resection with almost half his liver removed to take out tumours. Unfortunately he had one tumour they couldn’t remove, but they must have thought it had a good chance of success for them to do the procedure. Hopefully you’ll get to talk to someone tomorrow and you can get some answers.

[chimdale in reply to Readlots]

I am hoping so too, thank you

[oap74]

my liver cancer was treated by radiotherapy over two years ago and is still stable. All the best

[Readlots]

Hang in there, I know the waiting is scary and no doubt you’re trying to put on a brave face for your wife. I’d send you a big hug but your wife might not like that!