Hi,

sorry to find you on here.

Im not sure about chemo -I'm due to start mine next week.

As far as I'm aware it's doesn't

take pain away.

chemo is meant to stop cell growth - Having chemo can give rise to other things -like it can make joints ache

However ask the Chemo team -they should have knowlege of Your partners Particular cancer type and chemo type too.

best wishes

Efffie x

Thank you Effie. I'm really sorry that you are going through it as well. I understand what you say about joint pain, am also hoping the chemo is positive (for you both). He has secondary liver cancer so it's all a bit bleak and I mostly want his pain to be alleviated. We are still waiting for a biopsy next week, so we are in an in-between stage where it feels hard to get answers, but I will speak to the chemo nurses when he starts. Thank you x

What's probably happening is a swelling is probably pressing against the wall of the chest. so if they manage to shrink that, it may take the pain away.  The liver has no nerves and that's why a lot of liver conditions are painless until symptoms show much later on with the surrounding tissues. When the liver is unwell it can get inflammation which stretches the thin membrane surrounding the liver, which does have nerves, or like i said before that, it could be the tumour pressing against the nerves that run up the chest.

So if they've spoken about shrining the liver met, that can alleviate some or most of the pain.  But yeah, it all depends what they've told you guys. do contact your doctor or the cancer team and ask them what they're hoping to achieve with the chemo regarding the liver pain.

I know when a relative had pancreatic cancer, he was having awful liver pain.  I think they used radiotherapy in an attempt to alleviate the pain.  Whatever they did, worked.  But I'm no expert and you need to ask the doctor.