Hi Linluc,

May I extend a warm welcome to you from Cancer Chat?

I am sorry to hear about your husband’s diagnosis. This must have come as a dreadful shock to both of you. The good news is that the consultant has told you that it is curable. Chemotherapy is often given before surgery to reduce the size of the tumour.

Sadly, cancer doesn’t just affect the patient, but his family too. I am sure that your husband is terrified, even if he doesn’t want to admit this to you. The best thing that you can do is to try and put a positive slant on this situation. This is much more helpful than approaching this with a negative outlook.

Twenty years ago, I lost my mum to metastases from breast cancer after 12 years and now have breast cancer myself. I was first diagnosed 7 years ago and I cannot get over the difference in treatment between the two of us. Cancer treatment has come so far in that time and we are now hearing so much more about people living with cancer, rather than dying with it.

When is your husband due to start chemo? I hope that it all goes well for him.

Please keep in touch and let us know how he gets on. We are always here to support both of you, whenever you feel like talking.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Hi 

thankyou for your reply my husband is due start chem of 16th the first will be intravenously every three weeks and tablets every day then he will rest for six weeks then hopefully be operated to have his stomach removed then more chem for nine weeks praying that he doesn’t get to many side effects 

Hi, I’ve also been diagnosed with stomach cancer, and it is a scary time for all of you not just the patient, I do feel it’s good to talk to your husband about all aspects of his diagnosis and look forward to the all clear x

Hi Linluc,

I shall be thinking of him on 16th and hope that all goes well for him.

Regards,

Jolamine xx