Here are stories from people affected by liver cancer covering different types of liver cancer and treatment. Each story provides an insight into the diagnosis, treatment and lives of people with liver cancer.
These experiences can be a great source of comfort and hope to patients and their loved ones. If you’d like to share your story, we can support you to do so.
Liver cancer type:
Cancer treatment:
Jane’s story: “My husband faced every challenge with courage, but the disruption to care made his journey so much harder.”
Kerry’s story: “I’m desperate for a transplant before my treatment wears off and just want to feel better and get back to being me”
Pete’s story: “I sailed through the transplant assessment – I was pedalling so fast that I nearly broke the exercise bike”
Diane’s story: “I hadn’t realised that primary biliary cholangitis could lead to hepatocellular cancer, so the diagnosis came as a shock”
Mandy’s story: “I was receiving an organ from someone who had themselves been a transplant patient. What were the risks?”
Frank’s story: “I feel incredibly fortunate to have received such informative and supportive care.”
Alastair’s story: “I went through all the medical trials, including Interferon and Ribavirin, as they tried to figure out how to control hepatitis C”
Monica’s story: “I was unbelievably lucky because my liver disease was picked up so early”
Graham’s story: “Prevention is the key to reducing cirrhosis as well as taxes on confectionary and alcohol”
Ian’s story: “The only way to a complete recovery would be a liver transplant”
David’s story: “Nobody fights cancer, you just go with the flow, do your best and follow the best advice you can”
Matthew’s story: “If you have something incurable it comes down to how you want to deal with it. I want to be happy”