Liver /blie duct cancer......

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Hi, old friend's wife has cholangiocarcinoma(rare liver cancer). Only had contact over facebook (lotsof facebook chatting this eveing) and obviously I feel so dreadful for him and his wife and 2 year old. SHe is very poorly.

Does anybody know anything about this disease? Sorry to be blunt but is she likely to survive?

What a bastard, bastard, bastard disease.

I don't know anything about that cancer but there is some information here.It doesn't look like a good prognosis if it's not in the early stages.

How awful for your friend and his wife and child .

Thoughts.

I'm afraid that it doesn't have a very good survival rate.

I know some places like the Mayo clinic in the US have a treatment protocol involving localised radiotherapy followed by liver transplant, which is more successful, but I don't know if anyone here is doing it.

He has let me know today that they got results and that the cancer has spread to her bones. He has said they are not expected to cure the cancer now.

Could somebody not pull punches and tell me exactly what that means

Holy crap.

Sosorry for your MIL and you. When was she first diagnosed?

Sorry to hear this. I am afraid it is likely it will be more pallitive care now for her.
Usually when the symptoms show with this it is advanced.
Given it has spread to her bones it doesn't look good.
Bone cancer is very painful i hope she gets good pain relief.

Can't believe it. They are so young and have abrand new family like us. What is it all about? How on earth can they wake up knowing that their DD wont have a sibling, or really ever remember her mummy.

He's going to have like 60/70 years of life left without her, bringing up their DD on his own whilst working etc.

Incredible.

Is blowing my mind. So so sad.

SOrry to ask again. How is the rest of htis liekly to go. How does cancer actually kill?

That is a hard question to answer tbh
Every cancer produces different symptoms. If they are controlled and pain relief is good then they will gradually be less able to do things and slowly 'shut down' as it were.
In my limited experience of watching someone die of cancer i think good pain relief is a must