Hi just been diagnosed with secondary liver cancer stage 4 ,starting chemo on Wed 4rd. I'm really scared but I want to just do something. Has anyone tried cannabis oil . What do medics think and has anyobe tried it??
I am sorry to hear about your cancer diagnosis and I wanted to wish you the very best of luck with the start of your chemotherapy treatment on Wednesday. We have detailed information on our website here on chemotherapy to help you prepare for Wednesday and hopefully it will answer questions you may have about your treatment.
While there is evidence that medicinal cannabis products can help manage pain and side-effects from cancer treatment, cannabis oil (THC) remains illegal to purchase in the UK and there is currently no reliable evidence that it can effectively treat cancer in patients. Further trials are needed to understand whether cannabis-containing products could be used to treat cancer in the future. You can find out more about the research that is currently being carried out in a very interesting article on our science blog.
Taking cannabis oil could also potentially interfere with any other conventional cancer treatments and can carry other side effects and risks as well so anyone who is looking into this needs to discuss this with their medical team. You can read more about the safety of complementary and alternative therapies on this page.
Think I'd be too afraid to take anything that could jeopardize my chances. Will just stick with my medical team.
I do find it difficult to relate to my oncologist however.
She's very a direct flat closed type of person and get absolutely no encouragemt from her whatsoever. It's very discouraging at the most difficult time. I know she has to be factual but she is also very closed. How easy is it to change doctor. I have been making use of the McMillan people who are thankfullyw
Also can you advise how to join friends on the website as I'm not very tech savvy???
