Hello 

This is my very first visit to this amazing forum. I have just found out that our wonderful brother in law has bowel cancer that has spread to his liver and abdomen! He now has a bag and needs to gain his strength before having 3 months of chemo,he has been told he has stage 4 cancer and that his liver is inoperable. He will see his oncologist in 2 weeks time when they hope to start his first course of chemo. 

His surgeon has told him they really hope to give him a year, With this in mind and knowing that everyone is different,we are setting ourselves small goals for example a birthday party in the summer, a weekend away ,even a trip to Las Vegas,lol!

As you can imagine with the speed at which his bowel tumour grew from early Dec ( 4cms ) to early January the size of a grapefruit and the discovery that it has spread we are all still trying to let this news sink in.

Having read about such sad but brave,wonderful and inspiring  families with this awful disease, I hope I will also be able to pass on upbeat news when we know more.