I have been diagnosed with a cancerous tumour in my bile duct 7 weeks ago. I underwent an ERCP procedure 5 weeks ago and stayed in hospital for just over 3 weeks after contracting pancreatitis, an infection in my bile duct and my bowel shutting down. I was actually not expected to make it furing the first week and myself and my family were told there would be non resusitation should anything else happen. My cancer cannot be removed due to it growing too close to a major blood vessel. They are going to try to manage it with targeted radiotherapy. I have my first meeting tomorrow with an oncologist to get all the details. I am so scared...can anyone ease my fears? Thank you
Carol - age 57 - Aberdeen, Scotland