My wife has been diagnosed with gallbladder cancer and has gone through her chemo treatment with Cisplatin to try and shrink the tumor for surgery. The tumor actually grew so we are trying a different chemo plan and looking st clinical trials at Mayo. working with Dr. Borad. Doing chemo in our home town.
I would welcome any similar input if it is out there in our community.
Take Care
Doug
My wife has been diagnosed with gallbladder cancer and has gone through her chemo treatment with Cisplatin to try and shrink the tumor for surgery. The tumor actually grew so we are trying a different chemo plan and looking st clinical trials at Mayo. working with Dr. Borad. Doing chemo in our home town.
I would welcome any similar input if it is out there in our community.
Take Care
Doug
Hi Doug, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Please meet @pgf, who has also been diagnosed with gallbladder cancer.
Has your wife started the new chemo regimen yet? How is she doing both in terms of side effects and emotionally? It must've been a blow to hear the tumor grew instead of shrinking with the first chemo. How are you!?
My wife has been diagnosed with gallbladder cancer and has gone through her chemo treatment with Cisplatin to try and shrink the tumor for surgery. The tumor actually grew so we are trying a different chemo plan and looking st clinical trials at Mayo. working with Dr. Borad. Doing chemo in our home town.
I would welcome any similar input if it is out there in our community.
Take Care
Doug
Hi Doug, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Please meet @pgf, who has also been diagnosed with gallbladder cancer.
Has your wife started the new chemo regimen yet? How is she doing both in terms of side effects and emotionally? It must've been a blow to hear the tumor grew instead of shrinking with the first chemo. How are you!?
She has not started yet, It is strictly to keep the tumor from growing while she is considered for trials. But, you never know..
We are trying very hard to work with all of this as best we can. It is difficult but that is to be expected.
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Hi @pgf, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Have you been recently diagnosed with gallbladder cancer?
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Allow me to connect you with @sarasally2 who also has had gallbadder cancer.
You may also be interested in this Q&A with Dr. Kabir Mody, past co-chair of the Hepatobiliary Disease Group at Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
- Hidden gallbladder and bile duct cancers https://connect.mayoclinic.org/blog/podcasts/newsfeed-post/hidden-gallbladder-and-bile-duct-cancers/
Do you know the stage of your cancer yet? What treatments have you had or will have?
My wife has been diagnosed with gallbladder cancer and has gone through her chemo treatment with Cisplatin to try and shrink the tumor for surgery. The tumor actually grew so we are trying a different chemo plan and looking st clinical trials at Mayo. working with Dr. Borad. Doing chemo in our home town.
I would welcome any similar input if it is out there in our community.
Take Care
Doug
Hi Doug, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Please meet @pgf, who has also been diagnosed with gallbladder cancer.
Has your wife started the new chemo regimen yet? How is she doing both in terms of side effects and emotionally? It must've been a blow to hear the tumor grew instead of shrinking with the first chemo. How are you!?
PGF - Do you know the stage of your cancer yet? What treatments have you had or will have?
I clicked on Douglmcd and there was no message
I am Stage IIIb , starting Xeloda this week
PGF, click this link to see the whole discussion and the comments by others https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/gallbladder-cancer/
My wife has been diagnosed with gallbladder cancer and has gone through her chemo treatment with Cisplatin to try and shrink the tumor for surgery. The tumor actually grew so we are trying a different chemo plan and looking st clinical trials at Mayo. working with Dr. Borad. Doing chemo in our home town.
I would welcome any similar input if it is out there in our community.
Take Care
Doug
She has not started yet, It is strictly to keep the tumor from growing while she is considered for trials. But, you never know..
We are trying very hard to work with all of this as best we can. It is difficult but that is to be expected.
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