My husbands mum was seen by general surgery consultant last Monday after previously having had ultrasound and body scan
We were told there was a tumour on her pancreas and cluster showing on her liver - I understand that it is difficult to dianose in the early stages
Unfortunately as was spread to liver was inoperable and the way forward was to have a biopsy to the liver to confirm consultants diagnosis - we went home in a daze
Later in the afternoon - telephone call from nurse to arrange biopsy for next day - 9am
Arrived admissions ward 8.30am and allocated bed
At 1.30pm mum-in-law was transferred for procedure - I took father-in-law to find him some lunch
At 3.30pm we went to ward 7 no mum, try ward 37 again no mum, told to wait in the day room about 4.30pm ward clerical staff came looking for us mum had been asking for us - we went to Angiplasy unit where mum was very upset as the nurses had been trying to find us for 2 hours
At 5pm mum transferred to ward 37 as Angiplasy unit was closing
As mum was not too well she was eventually told she ad to stay overnight - I got my father-in-law home at 8.30pm after 11 hours at the hospital
We were all exhausted and mum really wanted to come home with us
Mum is in a daze, as we all are, and dad cant understand why there are no drugs to kill the cancer
We have been told today mum has an appointment with chemo consultant on Wednesday
I have looked at the blogs, and forums and been on chatrooms twice - but seems that pancreatic cancer is not discussed very much - does any one have any advice on what to expect re chemo etc
FormerMember
hi ive just seen ur blog - a week on
hope you - your mother in law and family are all calming down a wee bit although its still early days!
you describe the finding out brilliantly - total shell shocked!
dig deep and find your strength to help her ....... just be there for her
I was really pleased to hear from u - had stopped looking for replies
We went to oncology last wednesday - they were very helpful gave us lots of information on diagnosis and how cancer spreads etc - but could not discuss chemo as biopsy sample was still being analysed
We are going to oncology again tomorrow - hopefully they will be able to tell us more then
Thanks for message - glad to see your sons making good progress - keep up the good work with HIM looks like he must be listening Fifteen weeks must be good to know your halfway there - hope continues to improve in the next 15 weeks
