Newly diagnosed with liver cancer, having trouble coping

Thank you everyone for your replies. It makes me feel less alone in this. Next week is a big week. Monday body CT scan since my AFP levels are high. Wednesday meet my liver specialist. Friday liver biopsy. Having trouble staying positive. Don’t mind saying I’m scared. Thank you all again, Joe

Sounds like you have several options! Keep fighting and if you feel good enough get outside.. everyday is a miracle!

Diagnosed April ‘24, surgery June. We chose wait and see with 90 day MRI. September MRI showed another tumor. Tumor board thought ablation was the way to go and I agreed. Oct 18 surgery/ablation was unsuccessful because tumor had grown 2c more and is against the bile duct. Bad news. Good news I still have options. Friday I get mapped for Y90 drug which will be administered 11/7. I am hopeful the drug will shrink the tumor so it can be ablated. We won’t know if possible until 6week MRI after Y90. I was not a transplant candidate, too old. So we are following protocol for HCC liver cancer. I’ll report in how the mapping went for me. We feel alone but there are many liver cancer patients who are living daily with this disease. Fight on!!

What are your drs suggesting for treatment?

Hello Joe,
Sorry for your diagnosis of liver cancer. Are you being treated at a teaching hospital? There are many treatment available now and it is good you got an early diagnosis. That gives doctors more options for treatment. See below for some insight.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/liver-cancer/symptoms-causes/syc-20353659
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9418-liver-cancer
Glad you found Connect as you will find patients here with liver cancer experiences and support. Wishing you the very best outcome.