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Anyone diagnosed with Gallbladder cancer?

Posted by pgf @pgf, Jun 29, 2021

Any one here had this diagnosis?

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Sep 12 2:29pm
In reply to @desqueda "@dougmcd Hello. It seems this post is from a while ago. I too have stage IIIb..." + (show)
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@dougmcd Hello. It seems this post is from a while ago. I too have stage IIIb gallbladder cancer. I did the surgeries and the treatments and am entering year 2. Let me know if you still need info

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@desqueda, welcome. Am I interpreting your post correctly? You had surgery and other treatments for gallbladder cancer over a year ago. Are you currently on any treatment? How are you doing?

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desqueda | @desqueda | Sep 1 9:20am
In reply to @dougmcd "My wife has been diagnosed with gallbladder cancer and has gone through her chemo treatment with..." + (show)
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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

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@dougmcd Hello. It seems this post is from a while ago. I too have stage IIIb gallbladder cancer. I did the surgeries and the treatments and am entering year 2. Let me know if you still need info

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formayor | @formayor | May 20 6:29pm

It has been almost 4 years after finding out my wife had gallbladder cancer. We found out after surgery to remove her gallbladder because of gallstones. I am glad we didn’t take the doctors advice to remove parts of her liver and lymph nodes or start chemotherapy. All is still good.

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gallbladder01 | @gallbladder01 | May 19 5:20am
In reply to @colleenyoung "@gallbladder01, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I'm tagging fellow gallbadder cancer members like @theresamoh @livingwithlynch @pgf..." + (show)
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@gallbladder01, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I'm tagging fellow gallbadder cancer members like @theresamoh @livingwithlynch @pgf @waflanders @alie @formayor @heartofgold57 @edie78t @tammie4jc and others who have experience with gallbladder cancer.

@gallbladder01, it sounds like you had surgery. Will you have additional treatment? Were cancer cells found in the lymph nodes? How are you doing?

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@colleenyoung
Yes. I had surgery and I am on capecitabine twice daily and days 1 and 8 I do gemcitabine. I get one week off though! That starts tomorrow! I am so happy!

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | May 18 7:51pm
In reply to @colleenyoung "@gallbladder01, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I'm tagging fellow gallbadder cancer members like @theresamoh @livingwithlynch @pgf..." + (show)
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@gallbladder01, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I'm tagging fellow gallbadder cancer members like @theresamoh @livingwithlynch @pgf @waflanders @alie @formayor @heartofgold57 @edie78t @tammie4jc and others who have experience with gallbladder cancer.

@gallbladder01, it sounds like you had surgery. Will you have additional treatment? Were cancer cells found in the lymph nodes? How are you doing?

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@gallbladder01, oh I see you answered some of my questions in the new discussion you started here:
- Does anyone have gallbladder cancer and do chemo? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/does-anyone-have-gallbladder-cancer-and-do-chemo/

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | May 18 7:48pm
In reply to @gallbladder01 "Hi. I was diagnosed with this February 4, 2026." + (show)
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Hi. I was diagnosed with this February 4, 2026.

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@gallbladder01, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I'm tagging fellow gallbadder cancer members like @theresamoh @livingwithlynch @pgf @waflanders @alie @formayor @heartofgold57 @edie78t @tammie4jc and others who have experience with gallbladder cancer.

@gallbladder01, it sounds like you had surgery. Will you have additional treatment? Were cancer cells found in the lymph nodes? How are you doing?

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gallbladder01 | @gallbladder01 | May 4 6:58pm
In reply to @colleenyoung "@theresamoh, I'm tagging fellow members like @formayor @viopp @johnny2053 @edie78t @tammie4jc @maortiz1987 who have experience with..." + (show)
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@theresamoh, I'm tagging fellow members like @formayor @viopp @johnny2053 @edie78t @tammie4jc @maortiz1987 who have experience with gallbladder cancer. They may be able to share experiences with Xeloda and radiation treatment after surgery.

Theresa, have you started Xeloda now? How are you doing?

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@colleenyoung
Hi. I also have gallbladder cancer and would love to hear from others with it or who survived it. Thank you.

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gallbladder01 | @gallbladder01 | May 4 6:55pm
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I have been diagnosed with Gallbladder cancer. Already had surgery to remove the T4- Stage 4a tumor that invaded half my liver, a portion of my intestines and bile ducts which were all removed. I’ve never even heard of Gallbladder cancer before I was diagnosed. They want me to start on Xeloda and then after 4 months on chemo they want me to start on both Xeloda nd radiation. I feel very ALONE with this diagnosis as only 2 in 100,000 people get it and very AFRAID bcz of the poor prognosis. Can ANYONE relate???

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How are you?
I have stage 3. They only removed part of my liver and 9 lymph nodes. I pray you are well.

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gallbladder01 | @gallbladder01 | May 4 6:52pm

Hi. I was diagnosed with this February 4, 2026.

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livingwithlynch | @livingwithlynch | Apr 3, 2025
In reply to @theresamoh "I hope your surgery went well and no cancer was found and thank you for giving..." + (show)
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I hope your surgery went well and no cancer was found and thank you for giving me some hope with this prognosis. God bless and LMK how things went with the surgery when your up to it.

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You can read my reply to Colleen on the previous page. It starts out, "Thank you, Colleen. I had a very interesting turn of events..." The surgery never happened yesterday, and it may never happen. For now, I have to go on the assumption that I don't have gallbladder cancer or biliary duct cancer. But I will always offer you any hope that I can in terms of your treatment and prognosis.

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