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stomach cancer spread to pancreas
Hi, My brother's girl friend has stage 3 stomach cancer. He doesn't give me much information but I know it has spread to her pancreas. I know at this time she is unable to have stomach surgery and she can not take chemo or radiation so she is on some other type of cancer drugs. I want to support my brother but he keeps…
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symptoms of cancer
my dad's stomach hurts him alot and he has abdominal pain also. furthermore he has a tumor in his mouth that has been recently removed ( sucessfully) but regarding his stomach nothing from blood tests and other tests show any thing . the only other tesst left are the ct scan and kidney test, should I be worried that he is…
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Mother passed away March 15th in the morning from stomach cancer.
My gracious mother 63 years old passed away yesterday morning from stomach cancer. She was diagnosed in July after having flu like symptoms. My mother had a healthy lifestyle and no family history of cancer. In the initial diagnosis, the doctors felt they caught it early but during the surgery they observed that the cancer…
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Stomach Cramping/Griping post gastrectomy
I am a 66 year old male dx with stomach cancer in late June 2009. Since then I have taken 10 chemotheraphy cycles. I am now on my 4th regimen. I have had two PET Scans the last which was taken in Oct 2009 and showed that there was response to the treatments. And then I suffered a setback in december, when the incision at…
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Stomach cancer with mets to liver, ovaries, pancreas and peritoneum
Dear all, my mother got diagnosed with stomach cancer IV september 2009. However, she had 75% of her stomach removed in March 2009, and the doctors told her that it was corrosive ulcer. She had bilrot II then. She kept losing weight and felt tired overall and went back to another hospital for a totala check up. There she…
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Just got my Surgery Date. Any advice for preparing?
Hi My name is Tom I am 38 years old, I was diagnosed with Gastric Adenocarcinoma in November of 2009. The cancer is mostly in the top portion of my stomach but has also invaded part of my esophagus. Since my diagnosis I have gone through 3 rounds of Chemo treatments and the doctors have given me a surgery date of April…
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my mommy just got a third surgery where they put a tube
Hi, My mother has stage 4 stomach cancer. During her first surgery they removed 75% of her stomach. The surgery was performed with mistakes and with no follow up chemo or radiation. So the cancer kept spreading and she had canceramotosis (cancer on her intestine linings) and her peritoneum. The second surgery did not give…
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Introduction and a few questions
Hello everyone, I am so relieved to find this discussion board. I have been trying to find something like this for several days. My mother (who is 57) has JUST been diagnosed with stomach cancer. We don't even know what stage or type of cancer it is yet (we should be finding out soon). I would love to know if any of you…
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OPC (grape seed extract, pine bark extract)
my friend is stage 4 gastric cancer and is starting chemo next week (5FU/leucovorin weekly x 5 weeks). i've heard OPC is really helpful antioxidant to take during chemo/radiation to help protect the healthy cells...so you won't feel wiped out. does anyone have experience w/ this supplement or any others during chemo/XRT?…
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Eating after 80% Stomach Removed
My dad had 80% of his stomach removed on 1/20/10. After surgery he had other issues and is now also on kidney dialysis. He is still experiencing eating problems. Every so often he gets a gag reflex when he is eating. He can only get about 2 small meals down a day. Does anyone have any advice on how to eat? Is there…