Hi Chris. 

It can be an awkward question to answer, remember I'm a cancer surviver not medicaly trained. 

Terminal should be when the patient hasn't got much time left with or without treatment. 

Uncurable is where treatment can stop or even shrink the cancer but can't completely get rid of it. 

I was told i was uncurable in Feb 2016 been living with my uninvited guest since, saw a new oncologist bit ago and it's now classed as palliative care, nothing changed just different opinions.

Hope that helps. 

Billy 

Hi Billy, 

What does it mean by palliative care? What recently changed for you to be classed as palliative? 

Thanks so much 

Xxx

Hi jade. 

As far as I know nothing changed with me, it's just a different specialists opinion of the medical wording, that's why sometimes things can get very confusing, my old oncologist retired and it was always uncurable. Straight away with new oncologist it's palliative. 

I'm still having same treatment nothing changed there. 

Hope that helps you. X

Billy 

Hi Jade. 

I've been on injections since things sorted with diagnosis every three months. Did have chemo at beginning 6 sessions, just lately started having 4tablets a day because cancer count shot up these SHOULD bring it down again, its just wait and see, again.

Hope things are going well with your parent. 

Hope you're looking after yourself properly. 

Billy 

Xxx 

I have everything crossed for you Billy! 

Thanks for asking my dad is doing well :) I'm doing aswell as I can.  

You look after yourself

Xxx

Hi Chris, Very sorry to hear about your diagnosis. I'm not a medic, but it looks to me, reading your other posts, that the specialists have had trouble deciding what sort of cancer it is. I agree with Billy: Terminal implies a short life expectancy. Incurable means that it cannot be cured, but may be able to be controlled, possibly for a long time. Your doctor will be able to answer any questions you have. But you will have to ask because some patients do not want to know what their prognosis is, while others do. Wishing you the very best. Harry

Hi Chris what I do understand terminal is when you have not long time left.I was diagnosed with incurable breast cancer in May 2019!!!!!Still on treatment and doing well if I dont go for weekly chemo I dont even know I have cancer.I am even back to work.My chemo still working and keep shrinking the lung nodules.I never wanted to know my prognosis because doctors can be very wrong.

Denise

I would just like to thank everyone for their advice and replies. Very much appreciated 

Chris